Shaya
A unisex name of Hebrew origin, meaning gift from god; a form of Shaya or Isaiah.
Shaya by the numbers
In 2025, 13 babies in England and Wales were named Shaya. In the US, 75 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 81 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Isaiah
Like Shaya, each of these traces back to Isaiah: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Isaiahsalvation of the Lord7,170 in the US (2017)
- IsaiasGod is salvation; form of Isaiah506 in the US (2017)
- IzaiahGod is my salvation; variant of Isaiah494 in the US (2017)
- Jasiahgod has made; a respelling of Jasaiah or Isaiah480 in the US (2017)
- Jesiahgod is salvation; a form of Isaiah or Jesaiah305 in the US (2017)
- Isaivariant of Isaiah; God is salvation194 in the US (2017)
- IzayahGod is salvation; a modern spelling of Isaiah179 in the US (2017)
- IsiahGod is salvation; variant of Isaiah169 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shaya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Shaya
Names that are said the same way as Shaya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a gift
Like Shaya, each of these has a gift in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Matthewgift of God11,623 in the US (2017)
- Mateogift of God7,735 in the US (2017)
- Jonathanyahweh has given; god's gift6,476 in the US (2017)
- Theodoregift of God2,638 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kennedymisshapen head; an Irish surname used as given name4,277 in the US (2017)
- Peytonfrom Paega's town; an English place name used as given name4,236 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Shaya, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Shaya
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