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
  • Shay Craig, American bishop

Entertainment industry

  • Shay Astar (born 1981), American actress
  • Shay Carl (born 1980), American YouTuber
  • Shay Gabso (born 1984), Israeli singer
  • 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 Ciezki (born 2003), American basketball player
  • 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)