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Shai

Shai: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“gift”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
shy · 1 syllable
Used for
Both (44% girls, 56% boys since 1880)

Hebrew name שַׁי meaning gift. It is used for both males and females in modern Israeli usage.

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How popular is Shai?

202490.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
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 Shai in 2024301

2024 rank#1,086 boys

Peak year2023

Total US babies since 18804,047

Shai is rising: use over the last five years is 4.3× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Shai

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Jordanto flow down · Hebrew
  • Shilohpossibly tranquil, or place name of Shiloh · Hebrew
  • Ariellion of God · Hebrew
  • Arilion · Hebrew
  • Salempeace · Hebrew
  • AzariahYahweh has helped · Hebrew
  • Jamiesupplanter · Hebrew
  • JessieGod beholds · Hebrew

Shai questions

What does the name Shai mean?

Shai means "gift". It comes from Hebrew. Hebrew name שַׁי meaning gift. It is used for both males and females in modern Israeli usage.

Is Shai a boy or girl name?

Shai is used for both: about 44% of US babies named Shai since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Shai?

301 US babies were named Shai in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.

How do you pronounce Shai?

Shai is usually pronounced shy.

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.