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Shane

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Meaning and origin
Shane is a Irish boy name. The meaning of the name is `God is gracious `.


Where is it used?
The name Shane is mainly used in Irish and in English.

How do they say it elsewhere?
Sean (In Irish)
John (In English and in the bible)
Shawn (In English)
Shaun (In English)


What Shane`s say about their name
  1. The best thing about the name Shane:
    it means God is gracious
    The worst thing about the name:
    not very popular
    If my name wasn`t Shane....:
    it would be jermaine
    Extra information:


More `Shane` links
Shane as abbreviation
Actors named Shane
Shane in the encyclopedia





Statistics for Shane

Shane appears in 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 184. The name reached the top-100 7 times. 1970 was a `top year` for the name Shane. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #64. The last time Shane appeared among the most common names was in 1960. Our records go back to 1880

YearRankRank
2007184
2006179
2005167
2004165
2003144
2002130
2001128
2000116
1999110
1998117
1997114
1996112
1995103
199492
199384
199277
199175
199073
198069
197064
1960338
1950---
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See also the US top 1000 names 2007

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