Shie

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Archaic form of shy (“to throw”)

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Shie is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.4M(measured from records)
  • NGNigeria≈1 in 139K
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 161K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,500 people, est.

Sources
135 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 139K (inferred from the name graph)

Nigeria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Archaic form of shy (“to throw”).

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Shie counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Shie is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NG Nigeria≈1,500 est.≈1 in 139K—Shie19
US United States2421 in 1.4M263Shie135
MY Malaysia≈200 est.≈1 in 161K—Shie25
GH Ghana≈150 est.≈1 in 196K—Shie7
KE Kenya≈140 est.≈1 in 390K—Shie5
SG Singapore≈18 est.≈1 in 342K—Shie15

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Shie is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Indonesian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, Netherlands, United States

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Shié, Śhįë

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Colombia, Philippines

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Shįę, Shié

37 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Shie is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In dag, 1. place 2. used freely with other forms to make compounded words: 3ishie, setting place; vuhimshie, resting place

    as a wordDagbani Dictionary CD

  • In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of しえ

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In dag, near to

    as a wordDagbani Dictionary CD

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

500100015002000Xuanzang, b. 602Amoghavajra, b. 705Hotei, b. 850Muqi, b. 1210Shi Nai'an, b. 1296Shih Kien, b. 1913Stan Shih, b. 1944Shi Zhengli, b. 1964Domee Shi, b. 1989Shi Tingmao, b. 1991
  • Xuanzangb. 602CNnot in their usual name7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar (602–664)
  • Amoghavajrab. 705UZnot in their usual nameBuddhist monk and translator active in China (705–774)
  • Hoteib. 850CNnot in their usual namefigure in Buddhist and East Asian religious traditions
  • Muqib. 1210CNnot in their usual nameChinese painter
  • Shi Nai'anb. 1296CNnot in their usual nameChinese writer (1296-1372)
  • Shih Kienb. 1913CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong actor (1913-2009)
  • Stan Shihb. 1944TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese businessman, Chairman Emeritus of Acer Incorporated (born 1944)
  • Shi Zhenglib. 1964CNnot in their usual nameChinese virologist (1964-)
  • Domee Shib. 1989CAnot in their usual nameChinese-Canadian filmmaker, animator and storyboarding artist (born 1989)
  • Shi Tingmaob. 1991CNnot in their usual nameChinese diver

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Shie
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020263#78,395
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010242#78,821
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000234#76,465
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Shie mean, and where does it come from?
Archaic form of shy (“to throw”). Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Shie have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.5 thousand people named Shie in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled shie.
How common is the name Shie?
In the United States, the national register counted 242 people named Shie in 2010, about 1 in 1.4 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Shie”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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