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 [ 1 syll. (s)hay-ne, sh-a-yne ] The boy name Shayne is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is SHEYN KEY. Shayne is used predominantly in the English language and its origin is Hebrew. Shayne is a variant (English) of the name Shane (English and Irish). Shayne is also a variant of the name John (English). Shayne is unusual as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 1990 with 0.019% of baby boys being given the name Shayne. Its ranking then was #484. The baby name has since substantially fallen in popularity, and is currently of very light use. In 2008, among the group of boy names directly linked to Shayne, John (English) was the most frequently used. Shayne has predominantly been a boy name in the past century. Baby names that sound like Shayne include Shane (English and Irish), 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). KEY: Pronunciation for Shayne: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
