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[drunkontea.livejournal.com]

Shei

Wdyt? It's pronounced "Shay," and I think of it as a girl's name, although I guess it could be either/or.

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[my-goat-henry.livejournal.com]

I know a boy named Shea. Pronounced the same. [Shay]
But I can see it either way. =]

[jewelzrpretty.livejournal.com]

I like it, I like it better spelled with a 'y' though.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

It will always make me think of shea butter, regardless of spelling or gender.
Which I don't find appropriate as a kid's name :P

However, I have a friend Sheila (in Italy, so yeah, her mother had exotic-like taste in names), who shortens it to Shey. She pronounces her name Shay-la, not Shee-la, because she's going by italian phonetics.

[dustkitty.livejournal.com]

Even by English phonetics, it'd be SHAY-la. I have no idea why it's usually SHEE-la, but SHAY-la is prettier.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I've always heard Shee-la in english-speaking countries, I think it's a bastardization of the Irish pronounciation?

[omfg----hxc.livejournal.com]

I prefer Shea.

[songspell.livejournal.com]

I have to agree with most of the above: I prefer Shea.

It's on the short list of names that my husband and I agree on. I think of it as unisex, but to my husband, it's a boy's name. So, our lists have "Shea" for a boy (probaby as a middle name) and "Shealyn" for a girl...

I think it means "eagle" or something like that...

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

The first time I heard the name was on costume designer Shaye Cunliffe, and that seems to be the spelling I prefer. I think it looks pretty, but as it reminds me of shea butter, it's not one I'd use.

[sykotropic.livejournal.com]

Seems to be Chinese. I think it is female but not sure

[drunkontea.livejournal.com]

Haha, "Shei" is pretty much the phonetic spelling of how you would pronounce "who" in Chinese. I prefer that spelling over Shea or Shay though.