Shaleigh
SHAY-lee
Letters
8
Syllables
2
Origin
Irish
Total Births
368
Peak Year
#21 in 2005
First Recorded
1987
Style
Modern & Trendy
Spelling
Tricky to spell
What It Means
A variant of Shayla, which is of Irish origin. It's a modern name possibly derived from Sheila, the Anglicized form of Síle, meaning 'blind'.
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