as a Last Name
- 1,783
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Shy
Meaning & Origins
Americanized form of Dutch Schuy, an occupational name for a shoemaker, from Middle Dutch schoeyen ‘to shoe’.
| 14,397th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,783
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Missouri
- has the most people named Shy per capita
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