Shane (name)
Shane is mainly a masculine given name. It is an Anglicized 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.
| Pronunciation | Shayn |
|---|---|
| Gender | Unisex |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | 'graced by God' |
| Region of origin | Ireland |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Chayne, O'Shane, O'Shea, Séamus, Seán or Sean, Shaine, Shauna, Shawna, Shay, Shayna, Shayne |
Shane is sometimes used as a feminine given name, derived not from the Irish name but from the Yiddish name Shayna, meaning "beautiful".
Shane is also a popular surname with the prefix "Mac", "Mc", 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]
A variant forms include Chayne, O'Shane, O'Shea, Séamus, Seán or Sean, Shaine, Shauna, Shawna, Shay, Shayna, and Shayne.
The name Shane was popularized by Jack Schaefer's novel Shane (1949) and its eponymous 1953 movie adaptation, directed by George Stevens from a screenplay by A.B. Guthrie, Jr.
Given name
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 Beehan (b.1985) Canadian bartender
- Shane Bergman (b. 1990), Canadian football player
- Shane Bond (b. 1970), New Zealand cricketer
- Shane Briant (b. 1946), British-Australian actor and novelist
- Shane Brolly (b. 1970), Irish Actor and writer
- 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 Jacobson (b. 1970), Australian actor, director, writer, and comedian
- Shane Kippel (b. 1986), Canadian actor
- Shane Lee (b. 1973), Australian former cricketer
- Shane Lemieux (b. 1997), American football player
- Shane Leslie (1885–1971), Irish-born diplomat and writer
- Shane Long (b. 1987), Irish footballer
- 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), American professional wrestling executive (WWE) 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 (b. 1990), Canadian ice hockey
- Shane Pow (b. 1990), Singaporean actor
- Shane Reierson (b. 1981), Canadian bad honey
- 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 Ryan (disambiguation)
- 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 Trujillo (b. 1990), American educator and social activist
- Shane Tuck (1981–2020), Australian rules footballer
- Shane Tutmarc (b. 1981), American singer/songwriter/producer
- Shane Van Gisbergen (b. 1989), New Zealand racing driver
- Shane Veryzer (b. 1985), Australian 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
- Shane Vicars (b. 1974), Marathon Runner
Women
- Shane Bolks (b. ?), American writer
- Shane Collins (field hockey) (b. 1963), New Zealand field hockey player
- Shane de Silva (b. 1972), West Indian cricket player
- Shane Gould (b. 1956), Australian swimmer
Fictional characters
- Shane, the eponymous hero of Jack Schaefer's novel (1949) and its 1953 film adaptation
- Shane Botwin, principal character in the TV 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 Vansen, in the TV series Space: Above and Beyond
- Shane Vendrell, a detective on the FX Networks police drama television series The Shield
- Shane Walsh in The Walking Dead comic series
- Shane Detorre, 10-year-old daughter of Frank Detorre in the movie Osmosis Jones
- Shane, one of the marriageable male characters of the 2016 game Stardew Valley
Surname
| Pronunciation | shayn |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Ulster |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | McShane MacShane O'Shane |
- The Shane Twins (b. 1967), twin brothers Mike and Todd Shane, professional wrestlers
- Alex Shane (b. 1979), British former wrestler
- Bob Shane (1934–2020), American singer and guitarist, founding member of The Kingston Trio
- C. Donald Shane (1895–1983), American astronomer
- Doug Shane, president of The Spaceship Company, president of Scaled Composites and test pilot
- Jackie Shane (1940–2019), American soul and R&B singer and transgender pioneer
- Paul Shane (1940–2013), English actor
- Peter M. Shane (b. 1952), American law professor
- Rita Shane (1936–2014), American operatic soprano
- Tom Shane, founder of the Shane Company, the largest family-owned jeweler in the United States
- William Rodger Shane (1935–2012), American politician
See also
- MacShane, a surname
- McShane (name)
- Shain (disambiguation), 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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