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I know it gets used for both girls and guys, but I've never liked it for a guy. I think it sounds too soft and feminine for a guy. To me, it sounds much nicer on a girl.

No!

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Please don't use Shea for a boy when Shea Connemara is available to use on a girl. Please?

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Seamus for a boy might be nice with the nn Shea, I suppose. But not with the mn Connemara. Seamus Connaught (Western region of Ireland in which Connemara is located) would be very handsome though. It's hard to pronounce in English. The closest I can come is "CON-uhkht" where the "kh" sound is a very dry, throaty "h."

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But I really prefer Shea for a girl. Shea Connemara. :-)

Connemara is a breed of horse. I would not use it as a name. Even if you were to use it, it sounds much more feminine.

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I do know a boy named Shea, and he's quite masculine, so I don't think the name really has a bearing on that. I also know a girl whose middle name is Shea (Leah Shea), so the name is unisex to me.

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Overall, I do like it a lot. It's short, elegant, and a great alternative to some of the other overused one-syllable names... Lee, Lynn, etc.

It's a boy's name to me, although admittedly I've never met one of either gender. Connemara is a very unisex place name imo, I see no reason why you shouldn't use it on a boy if you want to.

Shea is totally a boy's name for me. Shea Connemara is a very nice combo but I think Connemara is really too feminine. It's probably usable since it's a middle name but I'd prefer Shea Conor or Seamus Conor "Shea".

I only know one Shae and she is a girl, so I can't see it on a boy. If it was spelt Shay then I would say that was a boy.

I always considered Shea a girls name, however there is a little boy named Shea in my son's class.
Also, we had a baby in the nursery I work in named Chay.
It's do-able.

I prefer Shea for a girl, maybe because all the Shays/Shaes I've met have been female including my niece Shayenne who goes by Shay.

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