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Girl's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: rising

Shai-LiIn Hebrew: שי-לי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: שַׁי-לִי

Shai-Li (Hebrew: שי-לי) is a girl's name of Hebrew origin. 6,071 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 355 girls and ranked #54. Its peak year was 2016, with 477 babies.

People in Israel
6,071
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
355
rank #54
Peak year
2016
477 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Shai-Li

In Hebrew letters the name is שי-לי, read right to left. Shai-Li is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Shai-Li by year in Israel

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Shai-Li: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Shai-Li

How do you write Shai-Li in Hebrew?

Shai-Li is written שי-לי in Hebrew (with vowel points: שַׁי-לִי). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Shai-Li?

6,071 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name שי-לי: 5,938 women and 133 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Shai-Li a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 97.8% of the people named שי-לי are women.

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.