Given name & surname
Shone
“God is gracious”
In English use, Shone is a variant of Sean. In Irish use, Sean carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Shone is a variant of Sean. In Irish use, Sean carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shone through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 386
- 335 boys · 51 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 36 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 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 33 in 1973. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 402 as a first name in 2020; 670 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.
Shone’s family of names
In English usage, Shone has a related form in Sean. Shone has a related form in Shona.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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