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Shuntay
Pronounced shun-TAY /ʃʌnˈteɪ/Low
Meaning: Shuntay joins a Shun- opening to the fashionable -tay ending heard in Shantay and Chauntay. It is a sound-led creation from the African-American naming tradition, assembled for its lively rhythm rather than an inherited meaning.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Shuntay is a coinage from the African-American naming tradition, joining a Shun- opening to the -tay ending shared by Shantay and Chauntay. It was chosen for its upbeat, syncopated sound and carries no documented older root.
The name stayed rare and of its decade, peaking around 1978 with roughly twenty girls a year before fading. A woman named Shuntay from that peak is now in her late forties, placing the name in the 1970s.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Shuntay mean?
It is a modern African-American coinage joining a Shun- element to a -tay ending; it carries no older fixed meaning.
How do you pronounce Shuntay?
It is said shun-TAY /ʃʌnˈteɪ/, two syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Shuntay a boy or girl name?
Shuntay is used here as a girl's name.
How popular is Shuntay?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the late nineteen-seventies.