| [ 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 pet form Shealyn (English), and the spelling variants Shae (English), Shay (English), Shaye (English), Shey (English), and Sheye (English) are forms of the name. Shea is a somewhat popular baby girl name. 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 2007, it ranked at #927 with a usage of 0.014%, and it was the most commonly used within all girl names in its family. 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 Shay, the English Sage, the English Shey, the English Sheye, the Scandinavian Sille, the English Sis, the English Sky, the English Skye, the English Su, the English Sue, the Arabic Aesha, the Arabic Ayesha, the English Cee, the English Cis, the French Sacha, the Scandinavian Saga, the German Sascha, the Russian and English Sasha, the Scandinavian and German Sassa, the English Sassie, the English Sessy, the English Shae, the English Shaye, the English Shonna, the German Sigi, the German Sissi, the English Sissie, the English and German Sissy, the German Susi, the English Susie, the German Susy, the English Suzie, the English Suzy, the English Cici, the English Cissie, the English Cissy, and the Dutch and German Saskia. KEY: Pronunciation for Shea: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)"
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