as a Last Name
- 37,881
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Shea
Meaning & Origins
Irish: reduced form of O’Shea, Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Séaghdha‘descendant of Séaghdha’, a byname meaning ‘fine’ or ‘fortunate’.
| 927th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 37,881
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Massachusetts
- has the most people named Shea per capita
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