as a Last Name
- 944
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Shire
Meaning & Origins
English and Irish (County Limerick; of English origin): from Old English scīr, Middle English s(c)hire ‘shire’, perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived by the meeting place of a shire.
| 24,422nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 944
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kansas
- has the most people named Shire per capita
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