Shayne

Where Shayne comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Shayne.

  • Irish
  • Vowel-ended
Shayne through the years
  1. 1950
    First appearance
    #2,111 among boys with 13 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1957
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  3. 1982
    Shayne Reese born
    Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holder
  4. 1984
    Shayne Ward born
    English singer
  5. 1990
    Peak, #484
    399 babies named Shayne, the most in any year.
  6. 2002
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #862.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Irish.
Namesakes
  • Shayne Ward · English singer, born 1984
  • Shayne Reese · Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holder, born 1982
  • Shayne Whittington · American basketball player and coach, born 1991
  • Shayne Corson · Canadian hockey player, born 1966
  • Shayne Lavery · Northern Irish association football player, born 1998

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.