| [ 1 syll. (s)hay-ne, sh-a-yne ] The boy name Shayne is pronounced as SHEYN KEY. Shayne is used predominantly in English and its origin is Hebrew. Shayne is a variant of the name John (English). See also the related form, Shane (English and Irish). Shayne is uncommon as a baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1990, 0.019% of baby boys were named Shayne. Its ranking then was #484. The baby name has since substantially dropped in popularity, and is currently of very light use. In 2007, within the group of boy names directly related to Shayne, John (English) was the most frequently used. Baby names that sound like Shayne include Shane (English and Irish), 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 Shayne: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"
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