Given name

Shaday

“one who is honorable”

Shaday is a variant of Sade. One interpretation is “one who is honorable.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Shaday is a variant of Sade. One interpretation is “one who is honorable.”

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Shaday through the years

Babies since 1880
350
0 boys · 350 girls
Most popular year
1986
40 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Shaday in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1985–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 40 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 353 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Shaday’s family of names

Shaday has a related form in Sade.

Walk Shaday’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Shaday, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

 

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“one who is sleek”

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Hebrew

Shayna

“beautiful” · “a beautiful woman”

36RareEasing

>99% girls

English

Lindsay

Lindsay is used as a given name, a surname, and a nickname. One English interpretation is “from the island of linden trees; from Lincoln's wetland.”

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1% boys · 99% girls

Cambodian

Vanna

“golden-haired woman”

33RareEasing

>99% girls

Hebrew

Alona

“one who is as strong as an oak”

30RareEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Shania

Shania is a feminine given name.

35RareEasing

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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