Shia
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning gift from God.
Shia by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Shia. In the US, 122 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 115 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shia. 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)
- Shivauspicious; associated with the Hindu deity Shiva35 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shivathe auspicious one; hindu deity of destruction and renewal6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shintooth; hebrew letter5 in the US (2017)
- Saia19 in the US (2017)
- Shi6 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Shia
Names that are said the same way as Shia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Shiah5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a gift
Like Shia, 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 Shia, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Shia
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