Shiane
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- shy-AN
- Origin
- Native American
Shiane is a girls' name of Native American origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Shiane mean?
Native American: spelling of Shianne, itself a spelling of Cheyenne, from a Dakota name
Cheyenne is the name of a Great Plains people, given to them by the neighbouring Dakota.
Meaning borrowed from Shianne.
Is Shiane a girl's or a boy's name?
Shiane is a girls' name.
How popular is Shiane in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 38 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the girls named Shiane in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shiane in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 34 | #3,733 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 33 | #3,570 |
| 1997 | 38 | #3,102 |
| 1996 | 34 | #3,356 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
Names like Shiane
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yasmine, Summer, Jasmine, Chloe, Sage, Sapphire, Cheyenne, Kaylee, Brielle, Salma, Caroline, Katherine
Names related to Shiane
Shyanne, Shayne, Shine, Sian, Shianne, Shani, Shawnee, Shanae
More Native American names
Dakota, Tallulah, Nayeli, Winona, Kenai, Cree, Xochitl, Xitlali, Citlali, Alaska, Talulah, Sequoia, Denali, Tennessee, Dakoda, Lakota
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shiane: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shiane, updated 20 October 2026.