Shãne
given name · Latin script
Shãne is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Ireland it is the 58th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Anglicized form of the Northern Irish pronunciation of Irish Seán, from Old French Jehan, from Latin Johannes, variant of Ioannes, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān, li.
- IEIreland≈1 in 492(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 627
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 806
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #723 (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 590 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 492 (inferred from the name graph)
167,539 people, 2020
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Ireland, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Shane in US United States, AU Australia, GB United Kingdom and 4 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Old FrenchJehan(measured from records)
- LatinJohannes(measured from records)
- Koine GreekἸωάννηςIōánnēs(measured from records)
- HebrewיוֹחָנָןYōḥānān“God is gracious”(measured from records)
Anglicized form of the Northern Irish pronunciation of Irish Seán, from Old French Jehan, from Latin Johannes, variant of Ioannes, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān, literally “God is gracious”). Doublet of John, Jack, Johan, Johann, Johannes, Jean, Ian, Evan, Ivan, Sean, Shaun, and Giovanni as a male name. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena as a female name.
Sources 8
- A concise dictionary of first names
- A dictionary of surnames
- Irish first names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Shãne counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #313 | 167,539 | 1 in 2K | 165K | Shane | 590 |
| AU Australia | #113 | ≈41,000 est. | ≈1 in 627 | 104 | Shane | 316 |
| GB United Kingdom | #292 | ≈36,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.8K | 9 | Shane | 301 |
| ZA South Africa | #305 | ≈22,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | — | Shane | 141 |
| CA Canada | #312 | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | 5 | Shane | 294 |
| IE Ireland | #58 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 492 | 71 | Shane | 187 |
| NZ New Zealand | #113 | ≈6,100 est. | ≈1 in 806 | 11 | Shane | 175 |
| GY Guyana | — | 603 | 1 in 1.2K | 603 | — | 12 |
167,539 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Shãne mean, and where does it come from?
- Anglicized form of the Northern Irish pronunciation of Irish Seán, from Old French Jehan, from Latin Johannes, variant of Ioannes, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān, li… Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and A dictionary of surnames and 6 other sources.
- Is Shãne a male or female name?
- Shãne is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Shãne have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 168 thousand people named Shãne, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled shane.
- How common is the name Shãne?
- In the United States, the national register counted 167,539 people named Shãne in 2020, about 1 in 2.0 thousand residents.
- How common is Shãne compared with other names?
- In the United States, Shãne is the 313th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Shãne” — the 313th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.