Meaning and Origin
What does the name Shine mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- According to a user from Australia, the name Shine means "Light. To illuminate and brighten a surroundings".
- A submission from India says the name Shine means "Light" and is of Indian (Sanskrit) origin.
- A submission from India says the name Shine means "you've got a great potential and a will to fulfill your dreams and your fame is your weapon and you shine like a star" and is of American origin.
- To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night. "Hyperion's quickening fire doth shine." [Shak.]"God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Cghrist." [2 Cor. iv. 6.]"Let thine eyes shine forth in their full luster." [Denham.]
- To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver.
- To be effulgent in splendor or beauty."So proud she shinedin her princely state." [Spenser.]"Once brightest shined this child of heat and air." [Pope.]
- To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation."Few are qualified to shine in company; but it in most men's power to be agreeable." [Swift.]
Etymology: OE. shinen schinen, AS. scīnan; akin to D. schijnen, OFries. skīna, OS. & OHG. scīnan, G. scheinen, Icel. skīna, Sw. skina, Dan. skinne, Goth. skeinan, and perh. to Gr. ��� shadow. √157. Cf. Sheer pure, and Shimmer
- To cause to shine, as a light.(Obs)"He [God] doth not rain wealth, nor shine honor and virtues, upon men equally." [Bacon.]
- To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light; as, in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them.(U. S)
- The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen."Now sits not girt with taper's holy shine." [Milton.]"Fair opening to some court's propitious shine." [Pope.]"The distant shine of the celestial city." [Hawthorne.]
- Sunshine; fair weather."Be it fair or foul, or rain or shine." [Dryden.]
- A liking for a person; a fancy.(Slang, U.S)
- Caper; antic; row.(Slang)
Etymology: AS. scīn. See Shine (v. i.)
- The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
- Make (a surface) shine ("shine the silver, please")
- Experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
- Have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
- Be shiny, as if wet
- Touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- Be clear and obvious
- Be distinguished or eminent ("His talent shines")
- Throw or flash the light of (a lamp) ("Shine the light on that window, please")
- Emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
- Be bright by reflecting or casting light
From Middle English shinen, schinen (preterite schon, past participle schinen), from Old English scīnan ("to shine, flash; be resplendent"; preterite scān, past participle scinen), from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną (“to shine”). Cognate with West Frisian skine, skyne, Low German schienen, Dutch schijnen, German scheinen, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål skinne, Norwegian Nynorsk skina, skine and Swedish skina.
- Brightness from a source of light.
- Brightness from reflected light.
- Excellence in quality or appearance; splendour.
- Shoeshine.
- Sunshine.
- (slang) Moonshine; illicitly brewed alcoholic drink.
- (cricket) The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
- (slang) A liking for a person; a fancy.
- She's certainly taken a to you.
- (archaic, slang) A caper; an antic; a row.
From the noun shine, or perhaps continuing Middle English schinen in its causative uses, from Old English scīn (“brightness, shine”), and also Middle English schenen, from Old English scǣnan (“to render brilliant, make shine”), from Proto-Germanic *skainijaną, causitive of *skīnaną (“to shine”).
shine was also found in the following language(s): Irish, Japanese, and Middle English