Given name & surname
Shire
“from the country”
Shire is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the country.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the country.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
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
Shire through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 43
- 6 boys · 37 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,915 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,915 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 170 as a first name in 2020; 1,515 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.
Shire’s family of names
Shire has a related form in Shira. Shire has a related form in Shyre.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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