Shane is mainly a
masculine
Masculinity (also called manhood or manliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles generally associated with men and boys. Masculinity can be theoretically understood as socially constructed, and there is also evidence that some beh ...
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
. It is an
anglicized
Anglicisation or anglicization is a form of cultural assimilation whereby something non-English becomes assimilated into or influenced by the culture of England. It can be sociocultural, in which a non-English place adopts the English language ...
version of the
Irish name ''
Séaghan/Séan'', which itself is
cognate
In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymological ancestor in a common parent language.
Because language change can have radical effects on both the s ...
to the name ''
John''. ''Shane'' comes from the way the name ''Seán'' is pronounced in the
Ulster
Ulster (; or ; or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional or historic provinces of Ireland, Irish provinces. It is made up of nine Counties of Ireland, counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom); t ...
dialect of the
Irish language
Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic ( ), is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family. It is a member of the Goidelic languages of the Insular Celtic sub branch of the family and is indigenous ...
, as opposed to ''
Shaun'' or ''
Shawn''.
Shane is sometimes used as a feminine given name, from the
Yiddish
Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ...
name ''
Shayna'', meaning "beautiful".
Shane is also a popular surname with the
prefix
A prefix is an affix which is placed before the stem of a word. Particularly in the study of languages, a prefix is also called a preformative, because it alters the form of the word to which it is affixed.
Prefixes, like other affixes, can b ...
"Mac", "Mc", or "O'", to form anglicized
Irish surname patronym
A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic.
Patronymics are used, ...
s. The surname was first recorded in
Petty's census of Ireland (1659), which lists a Dermot McShane (i.e., Son of Shane).
Variant forms include
O'Shane,
O'Shea
O'Shea is a surname and, less often, a given name. It is an anglicized form of the Irish patronymic name Ó Séaghdha or Ó Sé, originating in the Kingdom of Corcu Duibne in County Kerry. Historian C. Thomas Cairney states that the O'Sheas were ...
,
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
George Cooper Stevens (December 18, 1904 – March 8, 1975) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for ''A Place in the Sun (1951 film), A Place in the Sun'' (1951) ...
from a screenplay by
A.B. Guthrie Jr.
Given name
Men
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Shane, New Zealand singer
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Shane Acker (born 1971), American filmmaker
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Shane Adams, Canadian Equestrian Team athlete
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Shane Aguirre (born 1972), American politician
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Shane Alexander, 2nd Earl Alexander of Tunis (born 1935), British peer
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Shane Austin (born 1989), American football player
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Shane Baker, American politician
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Shane Barr (born 1969), former professional tennis player from Australia
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Shane Battelle (born 1971), American soccer player
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Shane Battier (born 1978), American basketball player
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Shane Beamer (born 1977), American football coach and former player
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Shane Bergman (born 1990), Canadian football player
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Shane Bieber (born 1995), American baseball player
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Shane Black
Shane Black (born December 16, 1961) is an American screenwriter, film director, and actor, known for his distinctive style of Action film, action and action comedy films. He is the original creator of the ''Lethal Weapon (franchise), Lethal Wea ...
(born 1961), American filmmaker and actor
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Shane Bond (born 1970), New Zealand cricketer
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Shane Brathwaite (born 1990), is a hurdler from Barbados
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Shane Briant (1946–2021), British-Australian actor and novelist
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Shane Brolly (born 1970), Irish actor and writer
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Shane Buechele (born 1998), American football player
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Shane Byrne, multiple people
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Shane Cadogan (born 2001), Vincentian swimmer
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Shane Carr
Shane Carr is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played as a defender for Four Masters GAA, Four Masters and the Donegal county football team, Donegal county team.
His inter-county debut came in a game against Antrim county football team, An ...
, Irish Gaelic footballer
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Shane Carruth (born 1972), American filmmaker
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Shane Carwin (born 1975), American mixed martial artist
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Shane Cassells (born 1978), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
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Shane Claiborne (born 1975), American Christian activist
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Shane Clipfell (born 1963), American basketball player and coach
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Shane Codd (born 1997), Irish DJ and record producer
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Shane Crawford (born 1974), Australian rules footballer
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Shane Crosse (born 2001), Irish jockey
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Shane Curran, multiple people
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Shane Dawson (born 1988), American YouTube comedian and actor
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Shane Doan (born 1976), Canadian ice hockey player
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Shane Dorian (born 1972), American professional surfer
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Shane Duffy (born 1992), Irish professional footballer
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Shane Drumgold (born 1965), Australian lawyer
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Shane Embury (born 1967), British bassist
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Shane Filan
Shane Steven Filan (born 5 July 1979) is an Irish singer best known as a member of the pop vocal group Westlife, which was formed in 1998, disbanded in 2012, and regrouped in 2018. Westlife has released thirteen albums, embarked on twelve wor ...
(born 1979), Irish singer
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Shane Forster (born 1972), Northern Ireland Anglican priest
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Shane Garrett (born 1967), American football player
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Shane Gillis (born 1987), American comedian
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Shane Golobic (born 1991), American racing driver
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Shane Grice (born 1976), American football player
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Shane Hall (born 1969), American former professional stock car racing driver
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Shane Harper (born 1993), American actor, singer, and dancer
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Shane Heal (born 1970), Australian basketball player
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Shane Henry (born 1970), American ice hockey player
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Shane Hmiel (born 1980), American former racecar drive
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Shane Horgan (born 1978), Irish rugby union player
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Shane Hurlbut (born 1964), American cinematographer
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Shane Jacobson (born 1970), Australian actor, director, writer, and comedian
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Shane Jennings (born 2001), Irish rugby union player
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Shane Johnson, multiple people
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Shane Kenny (born 1947), Irish journalist and broadcaster
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Shane Kippel (born 1986), Canadian actor
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Shane Lee, multiple people
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Shane Lemieux (born 1997), American football player
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Shane Leslie (1885–1971), Irish-born diplomat and writer
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Shane Long (born 1987), Irish footballer
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Shane Lowry (born 1987), Irish professional golfer
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Shane Lynch (born 1971), Irish singer
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Shane MacGowan (1957–2023), Irish-English vocalist
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Shane Fumani Marhanele (born 1982), South African basketball player
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Shane Martin, multiple people
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Shane Matthews (born 1970), American football player
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Shane McConkey
Shane McConkey (December 30, 1969 – March 26, 2009) was a professional skier and BASE jumping, BASE jumper. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and eventually based himself in Olympic Valley, California. Due to an itinerant childhood, he ...
(1969–2009), American professional skier and BASE Jumper
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Shane McDonald (born 1985), Australian basketball player
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Shane McGrath, multiple people
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Shane McKenzie (born 1973), Australian bobsledder
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Shane McMahon (born 1970), American professional wrestling executive and wrestler
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Shane Meadows (born 1972), British film director
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Shane Meehan (born 2002), Irish hurler
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Shane Merritt (born 2000), Irish Gaelic footballer
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Shane Minor (born 1968), American country music artist
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Shane Murphy, multiple people
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Shane Mosley (born 1971), American boxer
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Shane Nelson, multiple people
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Shane Nicholson, multiple people
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Shane Niemi (born 1978), Canadian track and field athlete
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Shane Nigam (born 1995), Indian actor
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Shane O'Brien, multiple people
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Shane O'Connor, multiple people
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Shane O'Mara, multiple people
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Shane O'Neill, multiple people
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Shane O'Sullivan, multiple people
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Shane Oblonsky (born 1985), Canadian kickboxer
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Shane Owen (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey
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Shane Parker, multiple people
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Shane Pow (born 1990), Singaporean actor
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Shane Reed (1973–2022), New Zealand aquathlete and triathlete
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Shane Richardson Reeves, 15th dean of the United States Military Academy
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Shane Reynolds (born 1968), American baseball player
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Shane Richie (born 1964), British actor and TV presenter
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Shane Rimmer (1929-2019), Canadian actor and voice artist
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Shane Roche, Gaelic footballer
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Shane Ronayne (born 1979), Gaelic football manager
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Shane Ryan, multiple people
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Shane Sewell (born 1972), Canadian professional wrestler and referee
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Shane Smith, multiple people
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Shane Sparks (born 1974), American hip-hop choreographer
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Shane Stant (born 1971), the known assailant who attacked
Nancy Kerrigan
Nancy Ann Kerrigan (born October 13, 1969) is an American former figure skating, figure skater. She won bronze medals at the 1991 World Figure Skating Championships, 1991 World Championships and the Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics, 19 ...
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Shane Stringer, American politician
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Shane Sweetnam (born 1981), Irish equestrian
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Shane Taylor, multiple people
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Shane Thorne (born 1985), Australian wrestler
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Shane Tilton (born 1978), American media scholar
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Shane Tuck (1981–2020), Australian rules footballer
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Shane Tutmarc (born 1981), American singer/songwriter/producer
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Shane van Gisbergen
Shane Robert van Gisbergen (born 9 May 1989), also known by his initials SVG, is a New Zealand professional auto racing, racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 88 Chevrolet Camaro (sixth generation)#ZL1, C ...
(born 1989), New Zealand racing driver
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Shane Vereen (born 1989), American former professional football player
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Shane Victorino (born 1980), American baseball player
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Shane Walker, multiple people
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Shane Walsh, multiple people
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Shane Warne
Shane Keith Warne (13 September 1969 – 4 March 2022) was an Australian international cricketer whose career ran from 1992 to 2007. Warne played as a right-arm leg spin bowler and a lower-order right-handed batter for Victoria, Hampshire ...
(1969–2022), Australian cricketer
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Shane Watson (born 1981), Australian cricketer
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Shane Webcke (born 1974), Australian rugby league footballer
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Shane West (born 1978), American actor
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Shane Williams (born 1977), Welsh rugby union player
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Shane Wiskus (born 1998), American gymnast
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Shane White
Shane White (born 1970) is an American illustrator, comic book writer and artist and author from Massena (village), New York, Massena, New York.
Career Comics
Shane White's earliest comic work appeared in small-press comics in the mid-1980s. His ...
(born 1970), American comic book artist
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Shane Woewodin (born 1976), Australian football player
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Shane Zylstra (born 1996), American football player
Women
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Shane Barbi (born 1963), American model
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Shane Bolks (born 1972), American writer
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Shane Collins, Multiple people
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Shane de Silva (born 1972), West Indian cricket player
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Shane Evans, Multiple people
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Shane Gould (born 1956), Australian swimmer
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Shane Kgoele (born 1964), South African judge
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Shane Pendergrass (born 1950), American politician
Fictional characters
* Shane, the eponymous hero of
Jack Schaefer's
novel
A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. The word derives from the for 'new', 'news', or 'short story (of something new)', itself from the , a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ...
(1949) and its
1953 film adaptation
* Shane, a marriageable NPC in the game ''
Stardew Valley''
* Shane-A112, a Spartan from the book ''
Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''
* Shane Barnstormer, the principal antagonist in the web series ''
Video Game High School''
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Shane Botwin, principal character in the TV series ''
Weeds
A weed is an unwanted plant of any species.
Weed or weeds may also refer to:
Places
* Weed, Arkansas, an unincorporated community in the United States
* Weed, California, a city in the United States
* Weed, Kentucky, an unincorporated communit ...
''
*Shane Detorre, 10-year-old daughter of Frank Detorre in the movie ''
Osmosis Jones''
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Shane Donovan, a character in the NBC daytime soap opera ''
Days of Our Lives''
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Shane Dooiney, Locomotive Number 5 on the Culdee Fell Railway in ''
The Railway Series
''The Railway Series'' is a series of British books about a railway known as the North Western Railway, located on the fictional Sodor (fictional island), Island of Sodor. There are 42 books in the series, the first published in May 1945 by Wi ...
'' by Wilbert Awdry
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Shane Gooseman, from ''
The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers''
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Shane McCutcheon, from ''
The L Word
''The L Word'' is a television drama series that aired on Showtime in the United States from 2004 to 2009. The series follows the lives of a group of lesbian and bisexual women who live in West Hollywood, California. The premise originated wit ...
''
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Shane Morasco, from the daytime soap opera One Life to Live
*Shane Omen, a character in the film ''
Mean Girls''
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Shane Parrish, a character in the Australian soap opera ''
Home and Away
''Home and Away'' (''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip to Kangaroo Point, N ...
''
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Shane Ramsay, from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours
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Shane Rebecchi, from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours
* Captain
Shane Schofield, central character in
Matthew Reilly's novels ''
Ice Station,
Area 7,
Scarecrow,
Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves'', and the novella ''
Hell Island''
* Shane Vansen, in the TV series ''
Space: Above and Beyond''
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Shane Vendrell, a detective on the police drama television series ''
The Shield''
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Shane Walsh in ''
The Walking Dead'' comic series
*Shane Wolfe, the protagonist of the 2005 Disney action comedy film ''
The Pacifier''
Surname
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Shane Twins (born 1967), twin brothers Mike and Todd Shane, professional wrestlers
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Alex Shane (born 1979), British former wrestler
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Bob Shane (1934–2020), American singer and guitarist, founding member of The Kingston Trio
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C. Donald Shane (1895–1983), American astronomer
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Doug Shane, president of The Spaceship Company and Scaled Composites, and test pilot
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Elvie Shane (born 1988), American country music singer
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Jackie Shane (1940–2019), American soul and R&B singer and transgender pioneer
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John Shane (1822–1899), American politician, judge, and military officer
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Paul Shane (1940–2013), English actor
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Peter M. Shane (born 1952), American law professor
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Rita Shane (1936–2014), American operatic soprano
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Tom Shane, founder of the Shane Company
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William Rodger Shane (1935–2012), American politician
See also
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MacShane, a surname
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McShane (name)
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Shain, surname with the same pronunciation
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Shayne (name)
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Sheen, name with a similar pronunciation
References
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English masculine given names
Masculine given names
English unisex given names
Irish masculine given names
Irish unisex given names