Given name
Sheya
“loftiness”·“pride”
Sheya is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewשיא
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Sheya means “loftiness” or “pride.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Sheya is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb nasa' (נשא), “to lift up.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2010. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Sheya appears in 2 Samuel 20:25.
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Sheya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15
- 15 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sheya’s family of names
See also 7
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
Similar names
If you love Sheya, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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