Given name & surname · also Gaelic

Shand

Shand is a surname from Scottish Gaelic, ultimately from Irish.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Shand comes from Scottish Gaelic, and ultimately from Irish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Shand’s family of names

In English usage, Shand as a surname has a related form in SHANDS.

Walk Shand’s family in the name graph

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Shand, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Irish

Sharkey

“descendant of Searcach”

No U.S. birth series

76% boys · 24% girls

Irish

Shawhan

“descendant of Síodhachán”

No U.S. birth series

57% boys · 43% girls

Irish

Wheeland

“descendant of Faolán”

No U.S. birth series

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German

Boland

“descendant of Beollán”

No U.S. birth series

85% boys · 15% girls

Irish

Shinnick

“descendant of Sionnach”

No U.S. birth series

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Gaelic

Mccausland

“son of Absolom”

No U.S. birth series

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Irish

Mcclelland

McClelland is a surname from Irish.

No U.S. birth series

75% boys · 25% girls

Irish

Sheedy

“descendant of Síoda”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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