Baby name
Shane
/SHAYN/
Meaning
“God is gracious”
Anglicization of Irish Seán, itself from Hebrew Yochanan meaning 'God is gracious'.
How it ages.
Has a Western/outlaw feel in American culture; in Ireland it reads simply as a classic.
The cultural moment.
Less common than it was in the 1980s–90s but still solid in Ireland and Australia.