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Shane is a popular baby boy name. The name's popularity grew from the 1950s up to the 1970s; before that, it was of only sporadic use. Its usage peaked modestly in 1973 with 0.354% of baby boys being named Shane. It had a ranking of #54 then. The baby name has experienced a drop in popularity since then. In 2007, it ranked at #184 with a usage of 0.101%. Among the family of boy names directly related to Shane, John (English) was the most widely used. It was more frequently used than Shane by 6 times in 2007. The name Shane has been mainly given to boys, although it has also been used as a girl name in the last century. There were 35 times as many boys than girls who were named Shane in 1974. Baby names that sound like Shane include Shayne (English), Sam (English), Sean (Irish), Sem (Dutch and German), Shaun (English), Shawn (English), Shem (English), Shone (English), Sim (English), Sìm (Scottish), Stian (Scandinavian), Swen (German and Scandinavian), Cem (Arabic and Turkish), Salman (Arabic, Iranian, and Turkish), Sami (Arabic, Hungarian, Iranian, and Turkish), Sammy (English), Samu (Hungarian), Samy (Arabic and French), Sanya (Russian), Sawney (Scottish), Sawnie (Scottish), Semyon (Russian), Senán (Irish), Shannon (English), Shimon (Hebrew), Siemen (Dutch and German), Simen (Scandinavian), Simon (English, French, and German), Simone (Italian), Sina (Arabic and Iranian), Síomón (Irish), Sonnie (English), Sonny (English), Szymon (Polish), Cemi (Albanian), Seanán (Irish), Simeon (German and Slavic), and Stiana (Irish). KEY: Pronunciation for Shane: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" A famous person named Shane is Shane West, Actor, born Shannon Bruce Snaith 10 June 1978, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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