A name. A world of connections.

Shaquille

“handsome”

masculineLatin script

No sourced pronunciation yet

Origin: Arabic
3 language contexts: English French Danish
Follow the evidence: 9 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Shaquille

Shaquille is a masculine given name documented in English, French and Danish. English Wiktionary traces it to Arabic شَكِيل, with the stated meaning “handsome”.

2 source accounts

Arabic origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “handsome”

A fanciful spelling of Arabic شَكِيل (šakīl, “handsome”).

Sources for this account (6)

Wiktionary: ShaquilleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ShaquilleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: ShaquilleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: ShaquilleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ShaquilleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: ShaquilleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Explore 1 more accountHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

Polish Wiktionary accountSource-reportedarab.

arab.

Sources for this account (1)

Polish Wiktionary: ShaquilleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

Where Shaquille is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Shaquille’s connections around the world.

5 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 43 boys (rank 2884). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 15 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Shaquille

Region and dataset

Latest · 2025: 43; applications; Rank #2,884
Peak year: 1993; 1,785 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Shaquille in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	14	3,809	observed
1990	92	1,117	observed
1991	199	719	observed
1992	523	426	observed
1993	1,785	181	observed
1994	1,270	234	observed
1995	494	457	observed
1996	250	662	observed
1997	96	1,224	observed
1998	66	1,585	observed
1999	39	2,300	observed
2000	56	1,875	observed
2001	43	2,306	observed
2002	30	3,022	observed
2003	34	2,847	observed
2004	24	3,735	observed
2005	17	4,824	observed
2006	18	4,865	observed
2007	7	9,788	observed
2008	11	7,187	observed
2009	8	8,985	observed
2010	20	4,678	observed
2011	32	3,364	observed
2012	45	2,678	observed
2013	53	2,364	observed
2014	58	2,277	observed
2015	55	2,355	observed
2016	53	2,412	observed
2017	48	2,597	observed
2018	55	2,385	observed
2019	47	2,694	observed
2020	52	2,467	observed
2021	44	2,819	observed
2022	32	3,533	observed
2023	28	3,883	observed
2024	28	3,896	observed
2025	43	2,884	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Shaquille” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Shaquille O'Neal
born 1972
American basketball player (born 1972)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Shaquille Pinas
born 1998
Surinamese association football player
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Shaquille with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms9

Wikidata Q16875708CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: ShaquilleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ShaquilleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: ShaquilleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: ShaquilleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ShaquilleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: ShaquilleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ShaquilleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: ShaqCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates7

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Shaquille

Shaquille is a masculine given name documented in English, French and Danish. English Wiktionary traces it to Arabic شَكِيل, with the stated meaning “handsome”.

2 source accounts

Arabic origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “handsome”

A fanciful spelling of Arabic شَكِيل (šakīl, “handsome”).

Sources for this account (6)

Wiktionary: ShaquilleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ShaquilleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: ShaquilleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: ShaquilleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ShaquilleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: ShaquilleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Explore 1 more accountHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

Polish Wiktionary accountSource-reportedarab.

arab.

Sources for this account (1)

Polish Wiktionary: ShaquilleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Where Shaquille is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Shaquille’s connections around the world.

5 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 43 boys (rank 2884). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 15 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Shaquille

Region and dataset

Latest · 2025: 43; applications; Rank #2,884
Peak year: 1993; 1,785 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Shaquille in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	14	3,809	observed
1990	92	1,117	observed
1991	199	719	observed
1992	523	426	observed
1993	1,785	181	observed
1994	1,270	234	observed
1995	494	457	observed
1996	250	662	observed
1997	96	1,224	observed
1998	66	1,585	observed
1999	39	2,300	observed
2000	56	1,875	observed
2001	43	2,306	observed
2002	30	3,022	observed
2003	34	2,847	observed
2004	24	3,735	observed
2005	17	4,824	observed
2006	18	4,865	observed
2007	7	9,788	observed
2008	11	7,187	observed
2009	8	8,985	observed
2010	20	4,678	observed
2011	32	3,364	observed
2012	45	2,678	observed
2013	53	2,364	observed
2014	58	2,277	observed
2015	55	2,355	observed
2016	53	2,412	observed
2017	48	2,597	observed
2018	55	2,385	observed
2019	47	2,694	observed
2020	52	2,467	observed
2021	44	2,819	observed
2022	32	3,533	observed
2023	28	3,883	observed
2024	28	3,896	observed
2025	43	2,884	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Shaquille O'Neal
born 1972
American basketball player (born 1972)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Shaquille Pinas
born 1998
Surinamese association football player
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms9

Wikidata Q16875708CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: ShaquilleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ShaquilleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: ShaquilleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: ShaquilleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ShaquilleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: ShaquilleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ShaquilleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: ShaqCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates7

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Shaquille

Arabic origin

Where Shaquille is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Shaquille O'Neal

Shaquille Pinas

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Shaq

Shaquil

Shaquill

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Shaquille

Arabic origin

Where Shaquille is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Shaquille O'Neal

Shaquille Pinas

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Shaq

Shaquil

Shaquill

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page