Shayne
Shayne is classified as a mostly male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Mostly male
- Confidence
- High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States, Great Britain
- US records 1880–2017
- 10,438 male / 2,818 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Shayne
If you do not know Shayne’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Shayne,” in English, “Guten Tag Shayne,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Shayne,
German
Guten Tag Shayne,
French
Bonjour Shayne,
Spanish
Estimado/a Shayne:
Chinese
Shayne您好：
Japanese
Shayne様
English
Hi Shayne,
German
Hi Shayne,
French
Salut Shayne,
Spanish
Hola Shayne,
Chinese
Shayne你好：
Japanese
Shayneさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | common | man's name |
| Great Britain | rare | man's name |
United States birth data
10,438 male · 2,818 female · 13,256 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 79.7% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Shayne a male or female name?
Shayne is classified as a mostly male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Shayne in an email?
If you do not know Shayne’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Shayne,” in English, “Guten Tag Shayne,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Shayne a unisex name?
Shayne is classified as generally male in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Shayne a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/shayne. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_shayne,
title = {Is Shayne a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/shayne},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}