Shay

Where Shay comes from

Variant of Shea, from Irish Ó Séaghdha.
— Wiktionary's entry for Shay
  • From a surname
  • Vowel-ended
Shay through the years
  1. 1953
    First appearance
    #4,595 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1971
    Peak, #889
    149 babies named Shay, its best rank.
  3. 1976
    Shay Given born
    Irish association football player
  4. 1977
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,621.
  5. 1985
    Shay Jordan born
    American pornographic actress
  6. 1992
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Seamus.
Namesakes
  • Shay Given · Irish association football player, born 1976
  • Shay Jordan · American pornographic actress, born 1985
  • Shay Astar · American actress, singer-songwriter, born 1981
  • Shay Facey · English association football player, born 1995
  • Shay Sweet · American pornographic actress, born 1978

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.