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Shae

Shae: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“hawk-like; stately”
Origin
Irish
Say it
SHAY · 1 syllable
Used for
Both (79% girls, 21% boys since 1880)

Usually a variant of Shea, from the Irish surname Ó Séaghdha. The Gaelic byname is commonly explained as meaning hawk-like or stately.

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How popular is Shae?

202433.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Shae in 2024111

2024 rank#2,149 girls

Peak year1998

Total US babies since 18807,589

Shae has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Shae

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Sheastately, hawk-like · Irish
  • Shayhawk-like, stately · Irish
  • Rileyvaliant · Irish
  • Rowanlittle red-haired one · Irish
  • Quinndescendant of Conn · Irish
  • Roryred king · Irish
  • Lennonlover · Irish
  • Caseyvigilant · Irish

Shae questions

What does the name Shae mean?

Shae means "hawk-like; stately". It comes from Irish. Usually a variant of Shea, from the Irish surname Ó Séaghdha. The Gaelic byname is commonly explained as meaning hawk-like or stately.

Is Shae a boy or girl name?

Shae is used for both: about 79% of US babies named Shae since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Shae?

111 US babies were named Shae in 2024. Its peak year was 1998.

How do you pronounce Shae?

Shae is usually pronounced SHAY.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.