Shy Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Cambridgeshire 1
Hampshire 1
Hunts and Rutland 0
London 4
Oxfordshire 1
Suffolk 3
Somerset 4
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Shy Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Shy family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 2
Thatcher 1
Female Servant 1
Silk Maker 1
Tailoress 1
Male Servant 1
Manufacturer & Factory Thread 1
Inmate 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Shy

Name Census Frequency
William Shy 12
George Shy 9
Mary Shy 8
John Shy 7
Elizabeth Shy 6
Edward Shy 5
Charles Shy 4
Alfred Shy 3
Ellen Shy 3
Emma Shy 3
Ethel Shy 3
Frances Shy 3
James Shy 3
Annie Shy 2
Eleanor Shy 2
Eliza Shy 2
Francis Shy 2
Frederic Shy 2
Hannah Shy 2
Joseph Shy 2
Robert Shy 2
Sarah Shy 2
Frederick Shy 1
Harry Shy 1
Henry Shy 1

Shy Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Shay 75% 2,312
2 Ashey 60% 390
3 Shey 75% 180
4 Shy 100% 118

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The surname Shy is the 4th most popular variant of Shay.

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