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Meaning & Origins
From the name of a river in Ireland. It is not clear why it has become so popular as a given name; compare Clodagh. In part it may also be a transferred use of the Irish surname, Gaelic Ó Seanáin ‘descendant of Seanán’ (a diminutive of Seán). Shannon is not found as a traditional given name in Ireland itself.
| 132nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
English, Scottish, Irish, French, Dutch, German, Czech, Slovak, Spanish (Martín), Italian (Venice), etc.: from a personal name (Latin Martinus, a derivative of Mars, genitive Martis, the Roman god of fertility and war, whose name may derive ultimately from a root mar ‘gleam’). This was borne by a famous 4th-century saint, Martin of Tours, and consequently became extremely popular throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. As a North American surname, this form has absorbed many cognates from other European forms.
| 15th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Shannan, Shanon, Shanan, Shannen, Shanin, Shannyn, Shaneen, Shanen, Shannin, Shanyn
Martinez, Morton, Martino, Martens, Martell, Martins, Martel, Martinson, Martindale, Martz
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