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.

Shane
PronunciationShayn
GenderUnisex
Origin
Meaning'graced by God'
Region of originIreland
Other names
Related namesChayne, 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
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Men

Women

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
Shane
Pronunciationshayn
Origin
Word/nameNorthern Ireland
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
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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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