Home Names Shane

Shane

93% API Accuracy • 15,589 samples analyzed

male
Male Name 93% confidence

Overview

people
Sample Size 15,589

Gender Distribution

Male: 93.3%
Female: 6.7%

Origin and Meaning

Origin

Irish

Meaning

A variant of the name Sean, which is the Irish cognate of John meaning 'God is gracious'.

Geographic Distribution

This name appears in the following countries, sorted by popularity:

US 6,743 samples
98%
GB 3,086 samples
98%
IE 989 samples
99%
AU 723 samples
100%
ZA 672 samples
97%
CA 591 samples
98%
PH 287 samples
85%
IN 180 samples
98%
FR 163 samples
53%
NZ 147 samples
99%
CN 130 samples
85%
IT 127 samples
57%
DE 96 samples
82%
LK 96 samples
98%
NL 92 samples
87%
SG 89 samples
76%
MY 88 samples
82%
TW 86 samples
80%
BE 70 samples
81%
ES 65 samples
63%

+ 57 more countries

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