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Shantai

Gender
Girl
Say it
shan-TY
Origin
Modern

Shantai is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Shantai come from?

Modern: modern coinage, a spelling of Shantae

Is Shantai a girl's or a boy's name?

Shantai is a girls' name.

How popular is Shantai in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 5 girls.

1997Busiest: 5 in 20032008
Shantai in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20084#4,742
20075#3,858
20064#4,357
20055#3,543
20040–
20035#3,233
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19980–
19973#3,991

Names like Shantai

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Shantai

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Shantai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shantai, updated 20 October 2026.