Shaylee means fairy palace meadow — blending Shay (from the Irish séaghdha, fine/fairy) with the -lee meadow ending. The compound puts an Irish fairy palace in a flowing meadow. Two syllables of Irish-fairy-palace, -lee pastoral, and the most magical Irish-meadow compound.
Shaylee blends Shay (Irish for fairy palace) with -lee (meadow). Maximum magical meadow compound.
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First recorded
Earliest known use: Modern Irish compound.
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Today
Shaylee remains a beloved choice, ranking #2187 in the US. 7,001 babies have been named Shaylee since 1972.
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How popular is Shaylee?
2007peak year
The name Shaylee reached its peak in 2007, with 356 registrations (ranked #806). It first surfaced in U.S. records in 1972, roughly 35 years before its peak. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #2187) today, averaging about 98 new babies per year. Shaylee has been declining in recent years. Across all years on record, approximately 7,001 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
Shaylee's Life Path 6 is the nurturer's number — fairy-meadow nurturing. People named Shaylee tend to be flowing, magical, and gifted at being the fairy palace in any meadow.
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Fairy palace in meadow
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Irish-séaghdha
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Shay-Lee dual
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Magical pastoral
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Flowing fairy
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H8
A1
Y7
L3
E5
E5
Sum: 30 → Life path 3
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Personality of Shaylee
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Bright & creative
Imaginative, expressive, endlessly inventive.
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Magnetic warmth
Their laugh is contagious. People love being near them.
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Eternal optimist
Even in dark moments they find the light.
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Storyteller
They can describe anything and make it fascinating.
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