Shay may refer to:
People
editShay is an Irish Gaelic name, a variant of the name Shea. It is derived from O'Shea, which is anglicized from Ó Séaghdha. Shay is also a Hebrew unisex name, meaning 'gift', deriving as a variation of Shai.
Mononym
edit- Shay (singer), Shay Mooney, of American act "Dan + Shay"
- Shay (rapper), Belgian rapper
Given name
edit- Shay Bushinsky, Israeli computer programmer
Entertainment industry
edit- Shay Astar (born 1981), American actress
- Shay Carl (born 1980), American YouTuber
- 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
edit- Shay Abutbul (born 1983), Israeli footballer
- Shay Brennan, Irish footballer
- Shay Doron (born 1985), (female) basketball player
- Shay, Seamus Elliott (1934-1971), Irish road bicycle racer
- Shay Gibbons, Irish footballer
- Shay Given, Irish footballer
- Shay Holtzman, Israeli footballer
- Shay Kakon (born 2002), (female) Israeli Olympic sailor
- Shay Kelly, English footballer
- Shay Keogh, Irish footballer
- Shay Konstantini (born 1996), Israeli footballer
- Shay Stephenson, Canadian hockey player
Surname
edit- Anthony Shay, American dancer and choreographer
- Art Shay, American photographer
- Dorothy Shay (1921–1978), American comedic recording artist and actress
- Ephraim Shay (1839–1916), American designer of the Shay locomotive
- Gene Shay, Philadelphia folk music figure
- Jennifer Shay, Canadian academic and ecologist
- Jerry Shay, American football player
- Jonathan Shay, American clinical psychiatrist
- Larry Shay, American songwriter
- Mildred Shay, American film actress
- Normand Shay (1899–1968), Canadian hockey player
- Ryan Shay, American long-distance runner
- Whitney Shay, American blues, soul, and rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
Fictional characters
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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