Shaquille

name

name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Arabic of modern American usage.

    "This comes after the center topped the charts last year, becoming the first player at the position since four-time NBA champion Shaquille O’Neal to win the scoring title and the first center to average over 30 PPG in 40 years – Embiid averaged 30.6."

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"This comes after the center topped the charts last year, becoming the first player at the position since four-time NBA champion Shaquille O’Neal to win the scoring title and the first center to average over 30 PPG in 40 years – Embiid averaged 30.6."

Etymology

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

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.