Shay may refer to:

People

Shay is an Irish Gaelic name, a variant of the name Shea. It is derived from Seamus, which is anglicized from Ó Séaghdha. Shay is also a Hebrew unisex name, meaning gift, deriving as a variation of Shai.

Mononym

Shay (singer) Dan + Shay (the plus symbol substituting for an ampersand as an 'and' indicator) is an American country pop music duo composed of vocalists and songwriters Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney. They are signed to Warner Records Nashville and have release ...

, Shay Mooney, of American act "Dan + Shay" * Shay (rapper), Belgian rapper

Given name

Shay Bushinsky Junior is a computer chess program written by the Israeli programmers Amir Ban and Shai Bushinsky. Grandmaster Boris Alterman assisted, in particular with the opening book. Junior can take advantage of multiple processors, taking the name Deep Jun ...

, Israeli computer programmer

Entertainment industry

* 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 Mitchell (born 1987), Canadian actress * Shay Roundtree (born 1977), American actor *

Shay Youngblood Shay Youngblood (born 1959) is a novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. Youngblood has worked as a public information assistant for WPBA in Atlanta and as a Peace Corps volunteer in Dominica. Early life and education Shay Youngbloo ...

, American creative writer

Sports

* Shay Abutbul, Israeli footballer * Shay Brennan, Irish footballer * Shay Doron (born 1985), (female) basketball player * Shay, Seamus Elliott, Irish road bicycle racer * Shay Gibbons, Irish footballer * Shay Given, Irish footballer *

Shay Holtzman Shay Holtsman ( he, שי הולצמן, born January 1, 1974) is an Israeli former professional footballer who played as a striker in the top level of Israeli league football for Maccabi Netanya, Maccabi Haifa, Tzafririm Holon, Hapoel Be'er Shev ...

, Israeli footballer *

Shay Kelly Shay Kelly is a retired football goalkeeper. Kelly most recently played for Longford Town FC . He signed for the club in 2005 from Bohemians. Shay played a key part in Longford's path to the FAI Cup final in 2007 before narrowly losing to Cork ...

, English footballer *

Shay Keogh Seamus "Shay" Keogh (6 September 1934 – 13 April 2020) was an Irish footballer who played as a centre half. He was part of the great Shamrock Rovers teams of the 1950s in a side, popularly known as Coad's Colts, that enjoyed many memorable day ...

, Irish footballer * Shay Stephenson, Canadian hockey player

Surname

* 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 Gene Shay (born Ivan Shaner; March 4, 1935 – April 17, 2020) was an American radio personality. Shay was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a Jewish family and was a representative of the city's folk music scene. He produced weekly folk rad ...

, 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 Normand Morse "Norm, Norman" Shay (February 3, 1899 in Huntsville, Ontario — November 28, 1968) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played two seasons in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins and the Toronto St. Pats between 1924 and ...

(1899–1968), Canadian hockey player * Ryan Shay, American long-distance runner *

Whitney Shay Whitney Shay (born September 16) is an American blues, soul, and rhythm and blues singer and songwriter. To date, Shay has released three albums including her 2012 debut issue, ''Soul Tonic''. She has won four San Diego Music Awards, including ' ...

, American blues, soul, and rhythm and blues singer and songwriter

Fictional characters

* 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 The '' Assassin's Creed'' media franchise, which primarily consists of a series of open-world action-adventure stealth video games published by Ubisoft, features an extensive cast of characters in its historical fiction and science fiction-ba ...

, protagonist in the video game ''Assassin's Creed Rogue'' * Carly Shay and Spencer Shay, in American TV series ''

iCarly ''iCarly'' is an American teen sitcom created by Dan Schneider, which originally aired on Nickelodeon from September 8, 2007, to November 23, 2012. The series tells the story of Carly Shay (Miranda Cosgrove), a teenager who creates and hosts ...

'' * Shay Turner, in Australian–New Zealand TV series '' 800 Words'' *

Pearl Shay ''227'' is an American sitcom television series that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 6, 1990. The series stars Marla Gibbs as Mary Jenkins, a sharp-tongued, city resident gossip and housewife. Other main characters inc ...

, in American situation comedy ''227'' * Leslie Shay, in American TV series '' Chicago Fire''

Transportation

* Shay, alternative spelling for '' chaise'' (carriage) * One-horse shay, a light, covered two-wheeled carriage for two persons *

Shay locomotive The Shay locomotive is a geared steam locomotive that originated and was primarily used in North America. The locomotives were built to the patents of Ephraim Shay, who has been credited with the popularization of the concept of a ''geared st ...

, a type of steam locomotive patented and popularized by Ephraim Shay *

Shay Motors Corporation Shay Motors Corporation was an automobile company founded by Harry J. Shay in February 1978 as the Model A & Model T Motor Car Reproduction Corporation. Harry Shay arranged with Ford Motor Company to build a limited run, modern-day reproduction o ...

, American automobile company 1978–1982

Other uses

* Shay,

Arabic tea Arabic tea (, (pronounced ''shay'' , is a variety of hot teas popular throughout the Arab world. It is commonly served to guests and business partners at meetings and social events, and has been drunk by Arab people for centuries. It is conside ...

Shay's Warehouse and Stable Building The building consists of two connected two-story sections: a square warehouse and rectangular stable. They are built into a slight slope and only the west (main) elevation is fully exposed. It has a stone foundation giving way to brick ...

, in New Hamburg, New York * The Shay, Halifax Town F.C. and RLFC venue, England *

Shays' Rebellion Shays Rebellion was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades. The ...

, in the United States in the 1780s