Name: Shane
Gender: Male
Usage: Shane, of hebrew origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Shane are in general originating from Australia, Barbados, France, Ireland, New Zealand, Seychelles, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Shane across the world, see John.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Shane is: God is gracious.
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Numerology of the first name Shane: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 2. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: cooperative, sensitive, adaptive, passive, diplomatic, peaceful, warm.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Diplomatic, Sensitive
Ruling planet: Moon
Colors: Green, Cream
Gemstones: Pearl, Jade, Moonstone
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The name Shane is ranked on the 192nd position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 2958200 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.041% of the population. The name Shane has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Shane for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Shane is 24 June.
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History and Origin
Shane is a masculine given name. It is an Anglicised version of the Irish name Seán, which itself is cognate to the name John. 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. The surname was first recorded in Petty's census of Ireland (1659), which lists a Dermot McShane (i.e. Son of Shane).
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".
English and Irish: early Anglicized form of Seán, representing a Northern Irish pronunciation of the Gaelic name. In recent years it has also been used as a female name.
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