Shane
[ʃeɪn]Meaning
anglicized form of Seán, from Hebrew Yōḥānān, "God is gracious"
Background Story
Shane is a masculine given name, an anglicized form of the Irish Seán that comes from the way Seán is pronounced in the Ulster dialect rather than Shaun or Shawn. It goes back through Old French Jehan and Latin Johannes to the Hebrew Yōḥānān, and is cognate with John. The name came into general use in America after the release of the western Shane in 1953, adapted from Jack Schaefer's novel of 1949. Shane is also a surname, in anglicized Irish patronyms such as McShane or O'Shane.
Variations
Sean, Shain, Shayne
Related Names
Shawn
Anglicized form of Seán, from Hebrew yōḥānān, "God is gracious"
Janek
Estonian, Polish and Czech diminutive of Jaan or Jan
Janos
No documented meaning in the sources checked
Jovan
Serbian and Macedonian form of John
Sajan
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Sasko
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Senan
Anglicized form of Senán
Shaun
Anglicized form of the Irish name Seán, from Hebrew 'God is gracious'
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Soren
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