Shaquille

Where Shaquille comes from

A fanciful spelling of Arabic شَكِيل (šakīl, “handsome”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Shaquille
  • Arabic
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1972
    Shaquille O'Neal born
    American basketball player
  2. 1989
    First appearance
    #3,809 among boys, 14 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1993
    Peak, #181
    1,785 babies named Shaquille — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1995
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #457.
  5. 1998
    Shaquille Pinas born
    Surinamese association football player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic of modern American usage.
Namesakes
  • Shaquille O'Neal · American basketball player, born 1972
  • Shaquille Pinas · Surinamese association football player, born 1998
  • Shaquille Harrison · American basketball player, born 1993
  • Shaquille Leonard · American football player, born 1995
  • Shaquille McDonald · English association football player, born 1995

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.