Given name & surname
Shean
“a shining man”
Shean is a variant of Sheen. One English interpretation is “a shining man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Shean is a variant of Sheen. One English interpretation is “a shining man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Shean is a variant of Sheen. An origin associated with Sheen is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shean through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 420
- 414 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 25 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 672 as a first name in 2020; 871 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Shean
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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