Shea

Where Shea comes from

Anglicised from Irish Ó Séaghdha.
— Wiktionary's entry for Shea
  • From a surname
  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Shea through the years
  1. 1950
    First appearance
    #4,315 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1969
    Shea Whigham born
    American actor
  3. 1985
    Shea Weber born
    Canadian ice hockey player
  4. 1988
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  5. 1997
    Peak, #698
    309 babies named Shea, its best rank.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Shea Whigham · American actor, born 1969
  • Shea Weber · Canadian ice hockey player, born 1985
  • Shea Theodore · Canadian ice hockey defenceman, born 1995
  • Shea Charles · Northern Ireland-English association football player, born 2003
  • Shea Lacey · English footballer, born 2007

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.