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Shea

Shea: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“stately, hawk-like”
Origin
Irish
Say it
SHAY · 1 syllable
Used for
Both (60% girls, 40% boys since 1880)

From the Irish surname Ó Séaghdha, based on the personal name Séaghdha. The meaning is traditionally given as 'stately' or 'hawk-like'.

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How popular is Shea?

202496.0 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 Shea in 2024320

2024 rank#1,187 girls

Peak year2005

Total US babies since 188020,790

Shea has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Shea

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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

Shea questions

What does the name Shea mean?

Shea means "stately, hawk-like". It comes from Irish. From the Irish surname Ó Séaghdha, based on the personal name Séaghdha. The meaning is traditionally given as 'stately' or 'hawk-like'.

Is Shea a boy or girl name?

Shea is used for both: about 60% of US babies named Shea since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Shea?

320 US babies were named Shea in 2024. Its peak year was 2005.

How do you pronounce Shea?

Shea 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.