| [ 1 syll. (s)hea, sh-ea ] The boy name Shea is also used as a girl name, and it is more commonly a girl name. Its pronunciation is SHEY KEY. Shea is used predominantly in the English and Irish languages, and it is derived from Celtic origins. Shea's meaning is admirable. Seaghdh (Scottish), Seaghdha (Old Irish), and Segda (Old Irish) are original forms of Shea. Forms of Shea include the variant spellings Shay (English) and Shaye (English). Shea is an uncommon baby name for boys. At the height of its usage in 1986, 0.015% of baby boys were given the name Shea. It ranked at #527 then. The baby name has since steeply declined in popularity, and is currently of very modest use. Within all boy names in its group, Shea was nonetheless the most popular in 2007. There were times from 1970 to 1987 when more boys than girls were named Shea, but currently it is more often than not a girl name. In 2005, the name Shea was given to 2 times as many girls than boys. Baby names that sound like Shea include Shay (English), Sage (English), Shaw (English), Si (English), Siek (Czech), Sigge (Scandinavian), Sky (English), Skye (English), Cy (English), Cye (English), Sacha (French), Sasa (English, Russian, and Slavic), Sascha (German), Sasha (Russian and English), Shaye (English), Sigi (German), Sixtus (English and German), and Cus (English). KEY: Pronunciation for Shea: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)"
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