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When she was age six, her mother remarried Jerry Twain, a full-blooded Ojibwa native from Timmins, Ontario, who adopted her as his own. In 1991 she changed her name to Shania (meaning "I'm on my way" in Ojibwa, it was the name of a co-worker), and signed a contract with Mercury Nashville that same year.
Then, how did Shania Twain get her stage name?
Born Eilleen Regina Edwards on August 28, 1965, in Windsor, Ontario, and raised in the northern forests of Timmins, Ontario, Twain would eventually take the name “Shania,” an Ojibwa word meaning “I'm on my way,” in honor of her stepfather's Indian heritage—Jerry Twain was an Ojibwa Indian, her mother, Sharon, of Irish
Also to know, how did Shania Twain get discovered?
Canadian singer-songwriter Shania Twain found success by combining country and pop music. She became an international star following the release of her 1997 album 'Come On Over.
Awards & Achievements She has won five Grammy Awards, including Best Country Album (1996) for 'The Woman in me' and Best Country Song (2000) for 'Come on Over'. She was presented the American Music Awards (AMA's) for Favorite New Country Artist in 1996, and went on to win four more AMA's over her career.