Shia
Does anyone have legit information on the use of Shia as a name and its meaning? שַׁי (pronounced SHY) is "gift" in Hebrew, but Shia LaBeouf has said that Shia means "Gift from God". It seems to me that meaning would probably require שַׁיאֵל (shy-EL) since -el is the typical Hebrew name element meaning "God", and that Shia alone would just mean "gift." Anyone know for sure? It's certainly not common, but Google turned up a couple of other people named it, so at least it exists.~ Caitlín


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In this case the suffix for G-d would be -ja/-ya (יה-) as in G-d‘s name יהוה.
See for example a more common name like עזרא (Ezra) which may be understood as a short form of עזריה (Azaryah) meaning „G-d is help“ by extension of „*The name* is help“.
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Shia prononced shee-ah is a Yiddish pet form of Yeshayahu (Isaiah).
Prononced shy-ah, it is a Yiddish pet form of Yehoshua (Joshua).You often find them spelled respectively Shia and Shaya.
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