Shane

Male given name

Also known as Shane (given name) · Shane (first name)

Instance of: male given name

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Shane is a masculine given name. It is an anglicized version of the Irish male name Séaghan/Séan, which itself is cognate to the name John. Shane comes from the way the name Seán is pronounced in the Ulster dialect of the Irish language, as opposed to Shaun or Shawn.

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Different from: Shane criterion used: given name has to use a different item than disambiguation pages
Native label: Shane
Language: English
Dutch
Script: Latin script
Soundex: S500
Cologne phonetics: 86
Caverphone: SN1111
Family name identical to this given name: Shane
Attested in: frequency of first names in the Netherlands, 2010 quotation: Shane · quantity: 717

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Nederlandse Voornamenbank IDShane

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