Shane (name)

Shane
Pronunciation Shayn
Gender mainly Male
Origin
Meaning 'graced by God'
Region of origin Ireland
Other names
Related names Shayne, Shayna, O'Shane, O'Shea, Sean, Séamus, Shay, Shaine, Chayne, Shauna, Shawna

Shane is mainly a masculine given name. It is an Anglicised version of the Irish name Seaghán/Seán, which itself is cognate to the name John .[1] Shane comes from the way the name Seán is pronounced in the Ulster dialect of the Irish language, as opposed to Shaun or Shawn.

Shane is also a popular surname with the prefix "Mc", "Mac", or "O'", to form Anglicized Irish surname patronyms.[2] The surname was first recorded in Petty's census of Ireland (1659), which lists a Dermot McShane (i.e. Son of Shane).[3]

The name Shane became popular through the novel Shane (1949) by Jack Schaefer and its movie adaptation (1953), directed by George Stevens from a screenplay by A.B. Guthrie, Jr.

Variant forms include Shayne.

Shane is sometimes used as a feminine given name, derived not from the Irish name but from the Yiddish name Shayna, meaning "beautiful".

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Surname

Shane
Pronunciation shayn
Origin
Word/Name Northern Ireland
Other names
Variant(s) McShane
MacShane
O'Shane

See also

References

  1. "Shane - name meaning & origin". thinkbabynames.com. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
  2. "View Name: Shane". behindthename.com. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
  3. "View Name: McShane". surname database.
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