Shaquille
A unisex name of Arabic origin, meaning handsome; a form of Shaquil.
Babies a year
47
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Shaquille by the numbers
Shaquille was given to 47 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 1,784 babies in 1993, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Sounds like Shaquille
Names that are said the same way as Shaquille, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Shakeelhandsome, beautiful, well-formed5 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean beauty
Like Shaquille, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Bellabeautiful; a diminutive of Isabella4,616 in the US (2017)
- Kevinhandsome at birth3,813 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Shaquille
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