Admirable meadow or hawk-like
A modern American invention, Shayleigh likely combines the Irish name Shay, meaning 'admirable' or 'hawk-like', with the popular 'leigh' suffix, which denotes a meadow. It follows the contemporary trend of blending traditional Gaelic sounds with phonetic, feminine endings.
Less common today
Shayleigh isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #3,463 in 2003.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
