Shane is mainly a masculine given name. It is an anglicized version of the Irish name '' Seaghán/Seán'', which itself is

cognate In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words in different languages that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymological ancestor in a common parent language. Because language change can have radical e ...

to the name '' John''. ''Shane'' comes from the way the name ''Seán'' is pronounced in the

Ulster Ulster (; ga, Ulaidh or ''Cúige Uladh'' ; sco, label=Ulster Scots, Ulstèr or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional Irish provinces. It is made up of nine counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kin ...

dialect of the

Irish language Irish (an Caighdeán Oifigiúil, Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic languages, Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European lang ...

, as opposed to '' Shaun'' or ''

Shawn Shawn may refer to: *Shawn (given name) *Shawn (surname) See also * Sean * Shaun Shaun is an anglicized spelling of the Irish name Seán. Alternative spellings include Shawn, Sean and Shawne. Notable persons with the given name include: Peop ...

''. Shane is sometimes used as a feminine given name, from the Yiddish name '' Shayna'', meaning "beautiful". Shane is also a popular surname with the prefix "Mac", "Mc", or "O'", to form anglicized Irish surname patronyms. 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'Shane is a patronymic Irish surname evolved from the 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 differ ...

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. Notable people with the name include: Surname *Alici ...

, Séamus, Seán or Sean, Shaine,

Shauna Shauna ( Irish: Seána) is an Irish female given name. It is the female version of the male names Shawn Shawn may refer to: *Shawn (given name) *Shawn (surname) See also * Sean * Shaun Shaun is an anglicized spelling of the Irish name Seán ...

, 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 from a screenplay by

A.B. Guthrie Jr. Alfred Bertram Guthrie Jr. (January 13, 1901 – April 26, 1991) was an American novelist, screenwriter, historian, and literary historian known for writing western stories. His novel ''The Way West'' won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and h ...

Given name

Men

* Shane, New Zealand singer * Shane Acker (born 1971), American filmmaker *

Shane Aguirre Shane Aguirre (born December 11, 1972) is an American accountant and Republican politician. He is a current member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, having represented the state's 17th House district since 2016. Biography Shane Agui ...

(born 1972), American politician * Shane Alexander, 2nd Earl Alexander of Tunis (born 1935), British peer *

Shane Austin Shane Austin (born June 14, 1989) is a former American football quarterback. He played college football at University of Hawaiʻi. Austin went undrafted in the 2012 NFL Draft and signed with the Everett Raptors of the Indoor Football League (IFL) ...

(born 1989), American football player *

Shane Baker Shane Baker is an American politician serving as a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from the 85th district. Elected in November 2020, he assumed office on January 1, 2021. Career Baker previously worked as a field representativ ...

, American politician *

Shane Battelle Shane Battelle (born October 5, 1971) is a retired American soccer player who played with the Columbus Crew in Major League Soccer. College After capping off his senior year at Hazelwood Central High School with a state championship, Missouri ...

(born 1971), American soccer player *

Shane Battier Shane Courtney Battier (born September 9, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. He's also worked for ESPN and recently joined the board of Yext. Battier is best known for his four years playing basketball at Duke, his 13 ye ...

(born 1978), American basketball player *

Shane Bergman Shane Bergman (born February 9, 1990) is a retired Canadian football offensive lineman who played in seven seasons for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is a two-time Grey Cup champion having won in 2014 and 2018 and ...

(born 1990), Canadian football player * Shane Bieber (born 1995), American baseball player * Shane Bond (born 1970), New Zealand cricketer * Shane Briant (1946–2021), British-Australian actor and novelist * Shane Brolly (born 1970), Irish actor and writer * Shane Buechele (born 1998), American football player * Shane Byrne (born 1971), Irish rugby union player * Shane Cadogan (born 2001), Vincentian swimmer *

Shane Carr Shane Carr is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played as a defender for Four Masters and the Donegal county team. His inter-county debut came in a game against Antrim in 1998. He was part of the panel during 1998 and 1999. He came back ...

, Irish Gaelic footballer *

Shane Carruth Shane Carruth (born 1972) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, composer, and actor. He is the writer, director, and co-star of the prize-winning science-fiction film ''Primer'' (2004), which was his debut feature. His second film, '' Upstrea ...

(born 1972), American filmmaker * Shane Carwin (born 1975), American mixed martial artist * Shane Claiborne (born 1975), American Christian activist * Shane Clipfell (born 1963), American basketball player and coach * Shane Crawford (born 1974), Australian rules footballer * Shane Crosse (born 2001), Irish jockey * Shane Curran * Shane Dawson (born 1988), American YouTube comedian and actor * Shane Doan (born 1976), Canadian ice hockey player * Shane Dorian (born 1972), American professional surfer * Shane Drumgold (born 1965), Australian lawyer * Shane Embury (born 1967), British bassist * Shane Filan (born 1979), Irish singer *

Shane Forster Thomas Shane Forster (born 1972) is a Northern Ireland Anglican priest. Since February 2021, he has been Dean of Armagh, the senior priest of St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh and the Church of Ireland's Diocese of Armagh. Early life and education ...

(born 1972), Northern Ireland Anglican priest *

Shane Garrett Marcus Shane Garrett (born November 16, 1967) is a former American football wide receiver who played one season with the Cincinnati Bengals. He played college football at Texas A&M. Early life Garrett was born on November 16, 1967, in Lafa ...

(born 1967), American football player * Shane Gillis (born 1987), American comedian * Shane Golobic (born 1991), American racing driver *

Shane Grice Shane Grice (born December 20, 1976) is a former American football guard and tight end who played one game in the National Football League (NFL) for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and five seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) for the Georgia Forc ...

(born 1976), American football player * Shane Harper (born 1993), American actor, singer, and dancer * Shane Heal (born 1970), Australian basketball player *

Shane Henry Shane Henry (born March 15, 1970) is a Canadian retired ice hockey center and left wing who was an All-American for Massachusetts–Lowell. Career Henry arrived in Lowell, Massachusetts after a successful junior career that saw him score mor ...

(born 1970), American ice hockey player * Shane Horgan (born 1978), Irish rugby union player * Shane Jacobson (born 1970), Australian actor, director, writer, and comedian *

Shane Jennings Shane Jennings (born 8 July 1981) is an Irish former professional rugby union player. He played at openside flanker for Leinster Rugby and Ireland. He was also registered to St Mary's College. Club career Jennings impressed for Leinster in the ...

(born 2001), Irish rugby union player * Shane Kippel (born 1986), Canadian actor * Shane Lee (born 1973), Australian cricketer * Shane Lemieux (born 1997), American football player * Shane Leslie (1885–1971), Irish-born diplomat and writer * Shane Long (born 1987), Irish footballer * Shane Lynch (born 1971), Irish singer * Shane MacGowan (born 1957), Irish-English vocalist * Shane Fumani Marhanele (born 1982), South African basketball player *

Shane Martin Shane Martin (born December 31, 1971) is an American politician serving as the member of the South Carolina Senate, where he has represented Spartanburg's 13th District since 2008. He is a member of the Republican Party. Early life and educa ...

* Shane Matthews (born 1970), American football player *

Shane McConkey Shane McConkey (December 30, 1969 – March 26, 2009) was a professional skier and BASE jumper. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and eventually based himself in Olympic Valley, California. Due to an itinerant childhood, he never id ...

(1969–2009), American professional skier and BASE Jumper * Shane McDonald (born 1985), Australian basketball player *

Shane McKenzie Shane McKenzie (born in Adelaide, South Australia)Australian Olympic CommitteeShane McKenzie profile/ref> is an Australian bobsleigh athlete. He represented Australia at the Winter Olympics in 2006. McKenzie first started the in sport of Bobsleig ...

(born 1973), Australian bobsledder * Shane McMahon (born 1970), American professional wrestling executive and wrestler * Shane Meadows (born 1972), British film director *

Shane Meehan Shane Meehan (born 2002) is an Irish hurler who plays for Clare Senior Championship club Banner GAA and at inter-county level with the Clare senior hurling team. Career A member of the Banner club in Ennis, Meehan first came to prominence ...

(born 2002), Irish hurler * Shane Merritt (born 2000), Irish Gaelic footballer * Shane Murphy (disambiguation) * Shane Mosley (born 1971), American boxer * Shane Nicholson *

Shane Niemi Shane Niemi (born June 2, 1978, in Kamloops, British Columbia is a retired Canadian sprints athlete. As a 17 year old he took the bronze medal in the 400 metres at the 1995 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships behind Obea Moore's then W ...

(born 1978), Canadian track and field athlete * Shane O'Mara * Shane O'Neill (disambiguation) * Shane O'Sullivan * Shane Oblonsky (born 1985), Canadian kickboxer * Shane Owen (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey * Shane Pow (born 1990), Singaporean actor * Shane Richardson Reeves, 15th dean of the United States Military Academy * Shane Reynolds (born 1968), American baseball player * Shane Richie (born 1964), British actor and TV presenter * Shane Rimmer (1929-2019), Canadian actor and voice artist *

Shane Roche Shane Roche is a Gaelic football manager and former player. He played for the Geraldine O'Hanrahans club and at senior level for the Wexford county team and later managed Wexford. Career When Paul Galvin left Wexford in 2020, Roche, who was w ...

, Gaelic footballer * Shane Ronayne (born 1979), Gaelic football manager * Shane Ryan (disambiguation) *

Shane Sparks Melvin Shane Sparks (born June 25, 1969) is an American hip-hop choreographer best known for his work as a choreographer on '' So You Think You Can Dance'' and judge on ''America's Best Dance Crew''. Early life Sparks was born in Cincinnat ...

(born 1974), American hip-hop choreographer *

Shane Stant On January 6, 1994, Nancy Kerrigan, an American figure skater, was struck on the lower right thigh with a telescopic baton by assailant Shane Stant as she walked down a corridor in Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan. Kerrigan had been practicing ...

(born 1971), the known assailant who attacked Nancy Kerrigan * Shane Stringer, American politician * Shane Sweetnam (born 1981), Irish equestrian * Shane Taylor * Shane Thorne (born 1985), Australian wrestler *

Shane Tilton Shane Tilton is an American academic and associate professor of multimedia journalism at the Ohio Northern University. He was the former director of the Center of Society and Cyberstudies, which is an international thinktank designed to study an ...

(born 1978), American media scholar *

Shane Tuck Shane Tuck (24 December 198120 July 2020) was an Australian rules footballer who played 173 matches for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) after also spending two years on the AFL list at Hawthorn without making a ...

(1981–2020), Australian rules footballer * Shane Tutmarc (born 1981), American singer/songwriter/producer * Shane van Gisbergen (born 1989), New Zealand racing driver * Shane Victorino (born 1980), American baseball player * Shane Warne (1969–2022), Australian cricketer * Shane Watson (born 1981), Australian cricketer * Shane Webcke (born 1974), Australian rugby league footballer * Shane West (born 1978), American actor * Shane Williams (born 1977), Welsh rugby union player * Shane Wiskus (born 1998), American gymnast *

Shane White Shane White (born 1970) is an American illustrator, comic book writer and artist and author from Massena, New York. Career Comics Shane White's earliest comic work appeared in small-press comics in the mid-80s. His first professional penciling ...

(born 1970), American comic book artist * Shane Woewodin (born 1976), Australian football player * Shane Wright *

Shane Zylstra Shane Zylstra (born November 16, 1996) is an American football tight end for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Minnesota State. College career Zylstra was a member of the Minnesota State Ma ...

(born 1996), American football player

Women

Shane Bolks Shane Bolks (born 25 December 1972), who writes under the pen name Shana Galen, is an American author of " chick lit" and historical romance novels. Biography Bolks was a secondary school teacher for over 11 years in Houston, Texas, before tur ...

, American writer * Shane Collins (born 1963), New Zealand field hockey player * Shane de Silva (born 1972), West Indian cricket player * Shane Gould (born 1956), Australian swimmer

Fictional characters

* Shane, the eponymous hero of Jack Schaefer's

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(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 ''Video Game High School'' (often abbreviated ''VGHS'') is an American action comedy web series from RocketJump Studios. It was written by Matthew Arnold, Will Campos and Brian Firenzi and directed by Matthew Arnold, Brandon Laatsch, and Freddie ...

'' *

Shane Botwin This is a list of characters from the television series '' Weeds''. Nancy Botwin's family Nancy Botwin Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker, leading character)—also known as Lacey LaPlante (season two) and Nathalie Newman (season six)—was a PTA ...

, principal character in the TV series '' Weeds'' *Shane Detorre, 10-year-old daughter of Frank Detorre in the movie '' Osmosis Jones'' * Shane Donovan, a character in the NBC daytime soap opera '' Days of Our Lives'' * 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 Island of Sodor. There are 42 books in the series, the first published in May 1945 by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry. T ...

'' by Wilbert Awdry * Shane Gooseman, from '' The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers'' * Shane McCutcheon, from '' The L Word'' *Shane Omen, a character in the film '' Mean Girls'' * Shane Parrish, a character in the Australian soap opera '' Home and Away'' * Captain

Shane Schofield Captain (land and air), Captain Shane Michael Schofield, callsign Scarecrow, United States Marine Corps, is a fictional character, whose exploits form the basis of a series created by the Australian author Matthew Reilly. He appears in ''Ice St ...

, central character in Matthew Reilly's novels '' Ice Station, Area 7,

Scarecrow A scarecrow is a decoy or mannequin, often in the shape of a human. Humanoid scarecrows are usually dressed in old clothes and placed in open fields to discourage birds from disturbing and feeding on recently cast seed and growing crops.Lesle ...

, Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves'', and the novella '' Hell Island'' * Shane Vansen, in the TV series '' Space: Above and Beyond'' * Shane Vendrell, a detective on the police drama television series '' The Shield'' * Shane Walsh in '' The Walking Dead'' comic series *Shane Wolfe, the protagonist of the 2005 Disney action comedy film '' The Pacifier''

Surname

* Shane Twins (born 1967), twin brothers Mike and Todd Shane, professional wrestlers * Alex Shane (born 1979), British former wrestler * Bob Shane (1934–2020), American singer and guitarist, founding member of The Kingston Trio *

C. Donald Shane Charles Donald Shane (September 6, 1895 – March 19, 1983) was an American astronomer and director of the Lick Observatory of the University of California from 1945 to 1958, during which time he carried out his monumental program of counting exter ...

(1895–1983), American astronomer * Doug Shane, president of The Spaceship Company and Scaled Composites, and test pilot * Elvie Shane (born 1988), American country music singer *

Jackie Shane Jackie Shane (May 15, 1940 – February 21, 2019) was an American soul and rhythm and blues singer, who was most prominent in the local music scene of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in the 1960s. Considered to be a pioneer transgender performer,

(1940–2019), American soul and R&B singer and transgender pioneer *

John Shane John Shane (May 26, 1822 – September 18, 1899) was an American politician, judge, and military officer. Early life and education John Shane was born on May 26, 1822, in Jefferson County, Ohio. He graduated from Washington & Jefferson Coll ...

(1822–1899), American politician, judge, and military officer * Paul Shane (1940–2013), English actor *

Peter M. Shane Peter Milo Shane (born 1952) is a law professor and writer. His best-known scholarly work focuses mainly on two subjects. The first is separation of powers law, especially law and the presidency. His work often explores what he calls an instituti ...

(born 1952), American law professor * Rita Shane (1936–2014), American operatic soprano *

Tom Shane Shane Company or Shane Co. is the largest privately owned jeweler in the United States. The company is a direct diamond, ruby, and sapphire importer that operates 20 retail stores across the US, as well as their website, ShaneCo.com. The company w ...

, founder of the Shane Company *

William Rodger Shane William Rodger Shane (October 1, 1935 – October 4, 2012) was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Early life and career Shane was born and raised in Indiana, Pennsylvania; the son of Joseph and Jean (née Bell) S ...

(1935–2012), American politician

References

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