Shray
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.
Shray by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Shray. In the US, 9 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 England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 2001, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Shray
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 Shray. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Shayhawk-like or gift; a form of Séaghdha73 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shreyexcellence or superiority10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shaanpride, majesty37 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shayagift from god; a form of Shaya or Isaiah13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sirajlamp, light, or radiance8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shragalight, fire26 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Shray
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