Admirable or hawk-like
Shayley is a modern American coinage, likely a combination of the Irish name Shea, meaning 'admirable' or 'stately', and the popular suffix -ley, meaning 'clearing' or 'meadow'. It may also be interpreted as a variant of Shae or Shelley.
Less common today
Shayley isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #5,668 in 2000.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
