Shea - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Shea \

, also used as boy's name Shea, is pronounced shay. It is of Gaelic origin, and its meaning is "admirable". Also possibly (Irish, Gaelic) "from the fairy fort". Basketball player Shea Ralph.

Shea has 8 variant forms: Shae, Shaelee, Shay, Shayda, Shaye, Shayla, Shaylee and Shaylyn.

Baby names that sound like Shea are She-, Sha- and Shaya.

Shea is a somewhat common first name for women (#2270 out of 4276) and an even more common last name for both men and women (#1001 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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