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Middle name for baby girl Shay

73 replies

Samzzz · 11/11/2023 21:24

Please can I have your middle name ideas for our girl name Shay? Siblings are Winter Victoria and Ezra George. Also, which spelling do you like best? Shay, Shea or Shae? Thank you x

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StarlightLime · 11/11/2023 21:24

Shay is a male name.

KeeefBurtain · 11/11/2023 21:26

I thing a longer ‘traditional’ type name would work best.

margaret
josephine
eleanor
matilda

do you have female relatives with names along those lines who you can honour?

meant to add, I like the Shay spelling better

Samzzz · 11/11/2023 21:26

It’s unisex but thank you.

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CutiePatooties · 11/11/2023 21:34

I like Shae best. I’d go for Shae Madeline.

Mumofgirls2017 · 11/11/2023 22:58

Shae harriet
shae juliet
shae isabelle
shae imogen
shae beatrice
shae emmeline
shae ottilie
shae matilda
shae amelia
shae alice
shae sophia

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 12/11/2023 01:50

Shay Alexandra.
Shay Maddison.
Shay Olivia
ShAy Marie
Shay Louise
Shay Frances

daylightplease · 12/11/2023 02:08

I have to agree that Shay is only unisex on American based naming sites.
In the UK and Ireland it is a boys name.

So if you are in the USA don't think twice. On the other side of the pond maybe it would be better as the middle name.

TheSandgroper · 12/11/2023 02:15

Shay is usually short for Seamus/Seumas which is a boys name.

However, there is a thread going about Shanes with lots of boys names and one Shane Gould so being called Shane didn’t hurt her.

Jewelspun · 12/11/2023 02:18

Middle name Dee.

Why choose a name that is going to have many question whether she is a boy or a girl?

Aria999 · 12/11/2023 02:20

I prefer Shae spelling.

Shae Eleanor
Shae Meredith
Shae Catherine

Rainbowqueeen · 12/11/2023 04:54

Shay Rebecca
Shay Matilda
Shay Eloise
Shay Elodie

Combusting · 12/11/2023 05:00

Ezra George? Like the singer George Ezra!

Shay Dee was an excellent suggestion above from PP❤️‍🔥

Theoldwoman · 12/11/2023 06:30

Winter Victoria, Ezra George and:

Shay Estelle
Shay Alexandra
Shay Olivia
Shay Genevieve
Shay Isobel
Shay Amelia
Shay Francesca
Shay Annabel
Shay Juliet
Shay Elisabeth
Shay Meredith
Shay Rosanna
Shay Harriet
Shay Naomi
Shay Rhiannon
Shay Katya
Shay Calista
Shay Brianna
Shay Xanthe
Shay Antoinette
Shay Lucinda
Shay Tahlia
Shay Marguerite
Shay Tabitha

I like the Shay spelling with a longer middle name.

Theoldwoman · 12/11/2023 06:31

I know plenty of female Shay’s and only one male.

Puccini1900 · 12/11/2023 06:38

I didn't realise it's a girls name.

Either Shay or Shae.

Shea makes me think of Shea butter and I thought it's pronounced differently?
Shae = Shaaay // Shea = Sheeee-a

Namechange0027 · 12/11/2023 06:44

Vingmafoof

Monyou

MumofSpud · 12/11/2023 07:19

I know a Shae (girl)

Samzzz · 12/11/2023 09:55

Combusting · 12/11/2023 05:00

Ezra George? Like the singer George Ezra!

Shay Dee was an excellent suggestion above from PP❤️‍🔥

George is a family name and George Ezra had gone quiet when my son was born. Unfortunately he’s now had a come back lol!

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KirstenBlest · 12/11/2023 10:35

Agree with others that Shay seems a boy's name.

If you want to call her Shay, why not use a longer name on the BC (Babies called Shay in England & Wales since 1996 (darkgreener.com)), or call her a girl's name like Fay?

CutiePatooties · 12/11/2023 11:48

Do NOT go for middle name Dee, no matter what you do! 😂 can’t believe people are suggesting it!

Shay Dee…. As in, shady… as in, she’s a shady character? No way! Don’t do it!!

Doseofreality · 12/11/2023 11:49

I’ve got a perfume called Shay Blue, maybe that?

WetBandits · 12/11/2023 11:52

Butter? 🙂

CuriousGeorge80 · 12/11/2023 11:53

Of the suggestions people have made I agree with Shay or Shae Madeleine.

Catandsquirrel · 12/11/2023 11:58

Monyou! 😂😂😂

Highlyflavouredgravy · 12/11/2023 12:00

I would spell it c-h-a-r-l-o-t-t-e