Shaye

Where Shaye comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Shaye.

  • Vowel-ended
Shaye through the years
  1. 1951
    First appearance
    #3,106 among girls with 12 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1998
    Peak, #1,359
    128 babies named Shaye, the most in any year.
  3. 2003
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,556.
  4. 2024
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the surname or from Irish, variant of Shay.
Namesakes

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