Unisex name

Shea

1,578 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2005. Expression number: 6.

Origin

Anglicised from Irish Ó Séaghdha.

From Wiktionary, entry “Shea”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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How many babies received it

From the official birth registers.

In England and Wales

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GirlsBoys

Peak in 2005: 95 births. 1,578 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. It is given to girls (10%) as well as boys (90%). It is still given: 135 births from 2021 to 2025.

Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.

In the United States

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GirlsBoys

Peak in 2005: 531 births. 21,102 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1970s to the 2020s. It is given to girls (60%) as well as boys (40%). It really came into use around 1959. It is still given: 1,773 births from 2021 to 2025.

Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.

In Ireland

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GirlsBoys

Peak in 2025: 54 births. 682 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It really came into use around 2007. It is still given: 212 births from 2021 to 2025.

Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.

The numbers of the name

Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.

S1H8E5A1

■ vowel · ■ consonant

Expression

All the letters: talents, the way you act.

6

responsibility, harmony, commitment to others

1 + 8 + 5 + 1 = 15 → 6

Soul

The vowels: what drives you deep down.

6

responsibility, harmony, commitment to others

5 + 1 = 6

Personality

The consonants: what others notice first.

9

humanity, generosity, completion

1 + 8 = 9

Digits missing from the name
2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9
Most frequent digit
1 · initiative, independence, beginnings
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Your name and theirs

The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.