Shea (pron. Shay) boy or girl name?

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Shea (pron. Shay) boy or girl name?
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Tue, 09-21-2004 - 3:31pm

Shea (pron. Shay) boy or girl name?



  • We want to name a boy Shea, but some people say it's a girl's name.
  • Do you think it is a boy's name?


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Registered: 08-17-2004
Tue, 09-21-2004 - 3:34pm
It goes either way. I think of it more as a girls name. How about Shayne or Shane instead?
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Registered: 03-25-2003
Tue, 09-21-2004 - 5:05pm
The Shea I knew was a girl.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 09-21-2004 - 9:01pm
I have a niece named Shae (AE spelling), and I see it more as a girl name. HOWEVER- last semester I had a professor who has a 4 year old son named Shea. I think it easily could flow either or. It'd be cute a little boy, imo, but I wonder if in the future it'll eventually float mainly to the girls side.
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Tue, 09-21-2004 - 10:53pm
The only Shea I know is a 10 year old boy.
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Registered: 05-05-2003
Wed, 09-22-2004 - 12:17am
The only Shae's I know are all girls (one is 9 and the others are smaller). I forget the exact meaning right now, but we had considered Shaeleigh, a form of Shae, as a middle name, and it was listed as a girl's name that means "fairy palace." I do like Shane for a boy, as someone else suggested. HTH
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Registered: 09-22-2004
Wed, 09-22-2004 - 12:13pm
Girl
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Registered: 08-01-2003
Wed, 09-22-2004 - 12:21pm
I think it's a girls name
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Wed, 09-22-2004 - 3:12pm
my friends little boy was called shay
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Registered: 09-22-2004
Wed, 09-22-2004 - 4:33pm
Hey,

just wanted you to know that we have a 13 year old SON named Shea and have never regretted naming him Shea. We do know a few girls named Shea also. Hey, he was named after Shea Stadium!! I love his name. Hope that helps.