Shea

Shea is an anglicization of the Irish surname Ó Séaghdha, from séaghdha, hawklike or stately. It traveled with the diaspora, turned into first-name use somewhere between Brooklyn and the baby-naming books, and stuck. For Mets fans, Shea was also a stadium in Queens; for cosmetics shelves, a butter from West Africa's karité tree, unrelated but now braided into the name's association. At 1187 and unisex, it's a single exhaled syllable, open and soft. Shea reads a touch Irish, a touch athletic, a touch spa, a brief name that moves easily between formal rooms and kitchen tables.