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 [ 1 syll. (s)ha-ne, sh-ane ] The boy name Shane is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is SHEYN KEY. Shane is used predominantly in the English and Irish languages, and its origin is Hebrew and Irish Gaelic. The name is Anglicized from Seán, representing a Northern Irish pronunciation of the Gaelic name. It was first adopted in America after the release of the popular western film Shane (1953) based on the novel (1949) of the same name. The name Shayne (English) is a variant of Shane. Shane is a variant (English) of the name Sean (English and Irish). Shane is also a variant (English and Irish) of the name John (English). Shane is also a variant of the name Shanahan (English). See also the related form, Shannon (English). Shane is popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity rose from the 1950s up to the 1970s; before that, it was of very light use only. At the modest peak of its usage in 1973, 0.354% of baby boys were given the name Shane. It ranked at #54 then. The baby name has since fallen in popularity. In 2008, its usage was 0.106% and its ranking #174. Out of the group of boy names directly linked to Shane, John (English) was the most widely used. In 2008, it was used 6 times more than Shane. Shane has mostly been a boy name in the past century. In 1974, the name Shane was given to 35 times as many boys than girls. Baby names that sound like Shane include Shayne (English), Sahn (Vietnamese), Sam (English), Sean (English and Irish), Seán (Irish), Sem (English, Dutch, and German), Shan (English), Shaughn (English), Shaun (English), Shawn (English and Irish), Shem (English and Yiddish), Shen (Chinese), Shon (English), Shone (English), Sim (English, German, and Scottish), Sion (Welsh), Siôn (Welsh), Sìm (Scottish), Stian (Scandinavian), and Swain (Scandinavian). A famous person named Shane is Shane West, Actor, born Shannon Bruce Snaith, 10 June 1978, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. KEY: Pronunciation for Shane: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
