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The boy's name Shannon \

, also used as girl's name Shannon, is pronounced SHAN-en. It is of Gaelic origin, and its meaning is "old, ancient". The name of a prominent river, county, and airport in Ireland, used as a given name in this century. Football player Shannon Sharpe.

Shannon has 5 variant forms: Shanan, Shanen, Shannan, Shannen and Shanon.

For more information, see also the related name Tannon.

Baby names that sound like Shannon are Channon and Chanan.

Shannon is a very common first name for men (#317 out of 1220) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#679 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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