Shane (name)
| Pronunciation | Shayn |
|---|---|
| Gender | usually masculine |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Anglicisation |
| Meaning | 'graced by God' |
| Region of origin | Ireland |
| Other names | |
| Related names | John, Juan, Shayne, Shayna, O'Shane, O'Shea, Sean, Séamus, Shay |
Shane is a masculine given name. It is an Anglicised version of the Irish name 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".
Given name
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Men
- Shane Acker (b. 1971), American filmmaker
- Shane Alexander, 2nd Earl Alexander of Tunis (b. 1935), British peer
- Shane Austin (b. 1989), Arena Football League quarterback
- Shane Battelle (b. 1971), retired Major League Soccer (MLS) player
- Shane Battier (b. 1978), American basketball player
- Shane Bergman (b. 1990), Canadian football player
- Shane Bond (b. 1970), New Zealand cricketer
- Shane Briant (b. 1946), British-Australian actor and novelist
- Shane Byrne (b. 1971), Irish rugby union player
- Shane Carruth (b. 1972), American filmmaker
- Shane Carwin (b. 1975), American MMA fighter
- Shane Claiborne (b. 1975), American Christian activist
- Shane Crawford (b. 1974), retired AFL football player and premiership player with Hawthorn
- Shane Doan (b. 1976), Canadian NHL hockey player
- Shane Dorian (b. 1972), professional surfer
- Shane Dawson (b. 1988), YouTube comedian and actor
- Shane Embury (b. 1967), bassist of the British band Napalm Death
- Shane Filan (b. 1979), lead singer of the Irish band Westlife
- Shane Harper (b. 1993), American actor, singer, dancer
- Shane Heal (b. 1970), retired Australian basketball player
- Shane Horgan (b. 1978), Irish rugby union player
- Shane Kippel (b. 1986), Canadian actor
- Shane Lee (b. 1973), Australian former cricketer
- Shane Leslie (1885–1971), Irish-born diplomat and writer
- Shane Lynch (b. 1971), Irish singer in the band Boyzone
- Shane MacGowan (b. 1957), singer/songwriter for the Irish music group The Pogues
- Shane Marhanele (b. 1982), South African basketball player
- Shane Matthews (b. 1970), American football player
- Shane McConkey (1969-2009), American professional skier and BASE Jumper
- Shane McDonald (b. 1985), Australian basketball player
- Shane McKenzie (b. 1973), Australian athlete
- Shane McMahon (b. 1970), former WWE executive and wrestler
- Shane Meadows (b. 1972), British film director
- Shane Murphy (disambiguation)
- Shane Mosley (b. 1971), Professional Boxer
- Shane Niemi (b. 1978), Canadian track and field athlete
- Shane O'Neill (ca. 1530–1567), Irish warrior, "The O' Neill"
- Shane Owen (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey
- Shane Reynolds (b. 1968), American baseball player
- Shane Richie (b. 1964), British actor and TV presenter
- Shane Rimmer (b. 1929), Canadian actor and voice artist
- Shane Sparks (b. 1974), American hip-hop choreographer
- Shane Stant (b. 1971), the known assailant who attacked Nancy Kerrigan
- Shane Tilton (b. 1978), American media scholar
- Shane Tutmarc, American singer/songwriter
- Shane Veryzer (born 1985), Australian professional wrestler best known as Shane Haste and also as Shane Thorne
- Shane Victorino (b. 1980), American baseball player
- Shane Warne (b. 1969), Australian cricketer
- Shane Watson (b. 1981), Australian cricketer
- Shane Webcke (b. 1974), Australian rugby league footballer
- Shane West (b. 1978), American actor
- Shane Williams (b. 1977), Welsh rugby union player
- Shane White (b. 1970), American comic book artist
- Shane Woewodin (b. 1976), retired AFL football player and Brownlow Medal
Women
- Shane Gould (b. 1956), Australian swimmer
Fictional characters
- Shane, the eponymous hero of a novel (1949) by Jack Schaefer, which was adapted to film (1953)
- Shane Botwin, principal character in the Showtime series 'Weeds'
- Shane Dooiney, Locomotive Number 5 on the Culdee Fell Railway in the Railway Series by the Reverend W. Awdry
- Shane Gooseman a Galaxy Rangers member
- Shane McCutcheon from The L Word
- Captain Shane Schofield, central character in Matthew Reilly's novels Ice Station, Area 7, Scarecrow and Hell Island
- Shane Vendrell, a detective on the FX Networks police drama television series The Shield
- Shane Walsh in The Walking Dead comic series
- Shane Vansen, Space: Above and Beyond character; a USMC captain in the 58th Squadron ("Wildcards").
Surname
| Pronunciation | shayn |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Northern Ireland |
| Other names | |
| Related names | McShane MacShane O'Shane |
- Alex Shane (b. 1979), British former wrestler
- Bob Shane (b. 1934), American folk singer, co-founder and lead singer of The Kingston Trio
- Doug Shane, test pilot
- Paul Shane (1940–2013), English actor
- Shane Twins (b. 1967), the twin brothers Mike and Todd Shane, professional wrestlers
- Tom Shane, founder of the Shane Company, the largest family-owned jeweler in the United States
See also
- Shain, surname with the same pronunciation
- Shayne (name)
References
- ^ "Shane - name meaning & origin". thinkbabynames.com. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
- ^ "View Name: Shane". behindthename.com. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
- ^ "View Name: McShane". surname database.
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