Sha
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 4 babies a year in England and Wales.
Sha by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Sha. In the US, 5 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 32 babies in 1989, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Sha
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sha. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Sheafrom the fairy fort; stately or admirable307 in the US (2017)
- Shayhawk-like or gift; a form of Séaghdha73 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shiagift from God122 in the US (2017)
- Shaigift100 in the US (2017)
- Shahking or ruler; from Old Persian khshayathiya31 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shawthicket or small wood28 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Sha
Names that are said the same way as Sha, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.