as a Last Name
- 7,845
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Shinn
Meaning & Origins
English: metonymic occupational name for a Skinner, from Old English scinn, Middle English shin ‘hide’, ‘pelt’. In Middle English this word was replaced by the Norse equivalent, skinn.
| 3,936th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 7,845
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Shinn per capita
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