Shane (name)
| Pronunciation | /ʃeɪn/ (shayn) |
|---|---|
| Gender | Unisex |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | 'graced by God' |
| Region of origin | Ireland |
| Other names | |
| Related names | O'Shane, O'Shea, Séamus, Seán or Sean, Shaine, Shauna, Shawna, Shay, Shayna, Shayne,Shania |
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.
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]
Variant forms include 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[]
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Men[]
- Shane Acker (born 1971), American filmmaker
- Shane Alexander, 2nd Earl Alexander of Tunis (born 1935), British peer
- Shane Austin (born 1989), American football player
- Shane Battelle (born 1971), American soccer player
- Shane Battier (born 1978), American basketball player
- Shane Bergman (born 1990), Canadian football player
- Shane Bieber (born 1995), American baseball player
- Shane Bond (born 1970), New Zealand cricketer
- Shane Briant (1946–2021), British-Australian actor and novelist
- Shane Brolly (born 1970), Irish Actor and writer
- Shane Buechele (born 1998), American football player
- Shane Byrne (rugby player) (born 1971), Irish rugby union player
- Shane Carr, Irish Gaelic footballer
- Shane Carruth (born 1972), American filmmaker
- Shane Carwin (born 1975), American mixed martial artist
- Shane Claiborne (born 1975), American Christian activist
- Shane Crawford (born 1974), Australian rules footballer
- Shane Doan (born 1976), Canadian ice hockey player
- Shane Dorian (born 1972), professional surfer
- Shane Dawson (born 1988), YouTube comedian and actor
- Shane Embury (born 1967), British bassist
- Shane Filan (born 1979), Irish singer
- Shane Gillis (born 1987), American Dawg, Comedian
- Shane Harper (born 1993), American actor, singer, dancer
- Shane Heal (born 1970), retired Australian basketball player
- Shane Horgan (born 1978), Irish rugby union player
- Shane Jacobson (born 1970), Australian actor, director, writer, and comedian
- Shane Kippel (born 1986), Canadian actor
- Shane Lee (born 1973), Australian former cricketer
- Shane Lemieux (born 1997), American football player
- Shane Leslie (1885–1971), Irish-born diplomat and writer
- Shane Long (born 1987), Irish footballer
- Shane Lynch (born 1971), Irish singer in the band Boyzone
- Shane MacGowan (born 1957), singer/songwriter for the Irish music group The Pogues
- Shane Marhanele (born 1982), South African basketball player
- Shane Matthews (born 1970), American football player
- Shane McConkey (1969–2009), American professional skier and BASE Jumper
- Shane McDonald (born 1985), Australian basketball player
- Shane McKenzie (born 1973), Australian athlete
- Shane McMahon (born 1970), American professional wrestling executive (WWE) and wrestler
- Shane Meadows (born 1972), British film director
- Shane Murphy (disambiguation)
- Shane Mosley (born 1971), Professional Boxer
- Shane Niemi (born 1978), Canadian track and field athlete
- Shane O'Neill (c. 1530 – 1567), Irish warrior, "The O' Neill"
- Shane Owen (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey
- Shane Pow (born 1990), Singaporean actor
- Shane Reynolds (born 1968), American baseball player
- Shane Richie (born 1964), British actor and TV presenter
- Shane Rimmer (born 1929), Canadian actor and voice artist
- Shane Ryan (disambiguation)
- Shane Sparks (born 1974), American hip-hop choreographer
- Shane Stant (born 1971), the known assailant who attacked Nancy Kerrigan
- Shane Tilton (born 1978), American media scholar
- Shane Tuck (1981–2020), Australian rules footballer
- Shane Tutmarc (born 1981), American singer/songwriter/producer
- Shane Van Gisbergen (born 1989), New Zealand racing driver
- Shane Veryzer (born 1985), Australian wrestler best known as Shane Haste and also as Shane Thorne
- Shane Victorino (born 1980), American baseball player
- Shane Warne (born 1969), Australian cricketer
- Shane Watson (born 1981), Australian cricketer
- Shane Webcke (born 1974), Australian rugby league footballer
- Shane West (born 1978), American actor
- Shane Williams (born 1977), Welsh rugby union player
- Shane White (born 1970), American comic book artist
- Shane Woewodin (born 1976), retired AFL football player and Brownlow Medal
- Shane Zylstra (born 1996), American football player
Women[]
- Shane Bolks, American writer
- Shane Collins (field hockey) (born 1963), New Zealand field hockey player
- Shane de Silva (born 1972), West Indian cricket player
- Shane Gould (born 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 Donovan, a character in the NBC daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives
- 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
- Shane Omen, a character in the film "Mean Girls"
- Shane Parrish, a character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away
- 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 Barnstormer, the principal antagonist in the web series Video Game High School
- Shane, a marriageable NPC in the PC game Stardew Valley
Surname[]
| Pronunciation | shayn |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Ulster |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | McShane MacShane O'Shane |
- The Shane Twins (born 1967), twin brothers Mike and Todd Shane, professional wrestlers
- Alex Shane (born 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 (born 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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