Shay

Shay may refer to:

People

Shay is primarily a Hebrew unisex name, meaning , deriving as a variation of Shai. Shay is also an Irish Gaelic name, a variant of the family name Shea. It is derived from O'Shea, which is anglicized from Ó Séaghdha.

Mononym

• Shay (singer), Shay Mooney, of American act "Dan + Shay"
• Shay (rapper), Belgian rapper

Given name

• Shay Bushinsky, Israeli computer programmer

Entertainment industry

• Shay Astar (born 1981), American actress
• Shay Carl (born 1980), American YouTuber
• Shay Haley (born 1975), (presumed) N*E*R*D musician
• Shay Hatten, American screenwriter
• Shay Healy, (1943–2021), Irish songwriter and broadcaster
• Shay Mitchell (born 1987), Canadian actress
• Shay Roundtree (born 1977), American actor
• Shay Youngblood, American creative writer

Sports

• Shay Abutbul (born 1983), Israeli footballer
• Shay Brennan (1937–2000), Irish footballer
• Shay Doron (born 1985), (female) basketball player
• Shay Elliott (1934–1971), Irish road bicycle racer
• Shay Gibbons (1929–2006), Irish footballer
• Shay Given (born 1976), Irish footballer
• Shay Holtzman, Israeli footballer
• Shay Kakon (born 2002), (female) Israeli Olympic sailor
• Shay Kelly, English footballer
• Shay Keogh (1934–2020), Irish footballer
• Shay Konstantini (born 1996), Israeli footballer
• Shay Maloney (born 2000), American ice hockey player
• Shay Stephenson (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player

Surname

• Anthony Shay, American dancer and choreographer
• Art Shay (1922-2018), American photographer
• Charles Norman Shay (1924–2025), American writer
• Dorothy Shay (1921–1978), American comedic recording artist and actress
• Ephraim Shay (1839–1916), American designer of the Shay locomotive
• Gene Shay (1935–2020), Philadelphia folk music figure
• Jennifer Shay (1930–2018), Canadian academic and ecologist
• Jerry Shay (born 1944), American football player
• Jonathan Shay (born 1941), American clinical psychiatrist
• Larry Shay (1897–1988), American songwriter
• Mildred Shay (1911–2005), American film actress
• Normand Shay (1899–1968), Canadian hockey player
• Paula Shay (1893–1972), American actress
• Ryan Shay (1979–2007), American long-distance runner
• Whitney Shay, American blues, soul, and rhythm and blues singer and songwriter

Fictional characters

• Shay, human tribe in the Shadow World RPG campaign setting
• Shay, in Scott Westerfeld's Uglies series of novels
• Shay Bourne, in the novel Change of Heart
• Shay Patrick Cormac, protagonist in the video game Assassin's Creed Rogue
• Carly Shay and Spencer Shay, in American TV series iCarly
• Shay Turner, in Australian–New Zealand TV series 800 Words
• Pearl Shay, in American situation comedy 227
• Leslie Shay, in American TV series Chicago Fire

Transportation

• Shay, alternative spelling for chaise (carriage)
• One-horse shay, a light, covered two-wheeled carriage for two persons
• Shay locomotive, a type of steam locomotive patented and popularized by Ephraim Shay
• Shay Motors Corporation, American automobile company 1978–1982

Other uses

• Shay, Arabic tea
• Shay's Warehouse and Stable, in New Hamburg, New York
• The Shay, Halifax Town F.C. and RLFC venue, England
• Shays' Rebellion, in the United States in the 1780s
• Shay, a short story collection by Rabindranath Tagore

See also

• Ó Sé
• O'Shea
• Shai (disambiguation)
• Shays (disambiguation)
• Shea (disambiguation)