Boy name Shain

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is this jewish
can it be the masculine of shaina

Posted: Thu, Jun 14 2012, 9:54 pm Post subject: re: boy name Shain

It's spelled Shane. Wiki says it's an Anglicized version of the Irish name Sean, which is itself a version of John.

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Are you saying you heard the name Shane and were wondering if it counts as Jewish? B/c I really don't think it does... I don't think there's a legit male equivalent of Shaina, unless you count something like Yafet.
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In Hebrew it means tooth.

Posted: Fri, Jun 15 2012, 12:55 am Post subject: re: boy name Shain

I like it. It's really a secular name. Israelis would say shen for tooth, so Shain would be different, with two yuds.

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There can't be an Israeli Shane. The sound "ay" with that "y" doesn't really exist. If I saw Shin Yud Yud Nun-sofit I'd read it: Shine. Not Shane. Anyway, it's not a very masucline name for a man.
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Posted: Fri, Jun 15 2012, 4:51 am Post subject: re: boy name Shain

I know someone who called their son sean after her father who was yaakov. (Yaakov=Jacob=jack=John=Sean)

So yaakov would be the hebrew.

Posted: Fri, Jun 15 2012, 5:37 am Post subject: re: boy name Shain

Israelis can be taught to prounounce it "Shain".

Posted: Fri, Jun 15 2012, 10:35 am Post subject: re: boy name Shain

According to Beider, the closest you're going to get is Sheynman: Created by Jews from the (Judeo-) German expression meaning handsome man (schoeneman).
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Posted: Mon, Jun 18 2012, 4:24 pm Post subject: re: boy name Shain

Friends of ours have a little girl named Shain.

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Shaina is yiddish and it means beautiful. Shain is an awesome name, but not Jewish Sad

How many Shawn?

Posted: Tue, Jun 19 2012, 3:18 am Post subject: re: boy name Shain

I'm not sure a boy would like the name Shain, meaning nice/pretty. It's a little fay.

Posted: Tue, Jun 19 2012, 5:13 am Post subject: Re: re: boy name Shain

Posted: Tue, Jun 19 2012, 8:03 am Post subject: re: boy name Shain

spring13 is correct. Seamus is the Scottish form of James which stems from Yaakov.
Sean is a form of John and comes from Yochanan.
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Posted: Tue, Jun 19 2012, 10:40 am Post subject: Re: re: boy name Shain

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don't do it. The boys will call him "shaina maidel".

Posted: Sun, Mar 17 2013, 3:45 pm Post subject: re: boy name Shain

Sean/Shawn and Shane are 2 different pronunciations. But I read it has some reference to "Chein" as in favour in God's eyes. I like it and find it unique.

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