Shain
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 9 babies a year in the US.
Shain by the numbers
Shain was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 40 babies in 1985, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Shain
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shain. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Shain
Names that are said the same way as Shain, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Shanegod is gracious; anglicized form of Seán927 in the US (2017)
- ShawnGod is gracious; a form of Sean835 in the US (2017)
- Shaungod is gracious; a form of sean244 in the US (2017)
- ShayneGod is gracious; a modern spelling of Shane85 in the US (2017)
- Chancommon surname; often means facilitator or mediator11 in the US (2017)
- Chaun6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Shain
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