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 [ 1 syll. (s)hea, sh-ea ] The girl name Shea is also used as a boy name, though the use for girls is more popular. It is pronounced SHEY KEY. Shea's language of origin is Celtic. It is predominantly used in English and Irish. The meaning of Shea is 'admirable'. The name Shea is widely used; it has 30 forms. Forms of the name include Lashea, Shaela, Shaelene, Shaeline, Shaely, Shaila, Shailey, Shailyn, Shayana, Shayda, Shayla, Shaylagh, Shaylee, Shayleen, Shaylene, Shayley, Shayli, Shaylie, Shaylla, Shaylyn, Shealene, Shealy, Sheavon, and Sheyla. Other English forms include the pet form Shealyn, and the spelling variants Shae, Shay (used in Irish as well), Shaye, Shey, and Sheye. Shea is an all-time favorite. Today it is still a somewhat popular baby girl name, but not as much as it was previously. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1980s. At the recent height of its usage in 2005, 0.017% of baby girls were named Shea. It was #764 in rank then. In 2008, it ranked at #962 with a usage of 0.013%. Within the family of girl names directly related to Shea, the English Shayla was the most commonly used. The name was thrice as popular as Shea in 2008. Although there were times from 1970 to 1987 that Shea was more popular with boys, today it is used more commonly as a girl name. In 2005, 2 times more girls than boys were given the name Shea. Baby names that sound like Shea include the English and Irish Shay, the English Sage, the English Saige, the Indian Shashi, the English Shey, the English Sheye, the Japanese Shizue, the Chinese Shu, the Scandinavian Sille, the English Sis, the English Sky, the English Skye, the Korean Sook, the English Su, the English Sue, the Korean Suk, the English, German, and Hawaiian Suse, the English Suze, the English Sy, and the Arabic and English Aesha. KEY: Pronunciation for Shea: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)"   |
