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What does Shawn mean?

Shawn Pronunciation of Shawn as a boys' name is pronounced shawn. It is of Irish and Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Shawn is "God is gracious". Variant of John, from Sean. Like others of the John, Jean, Sean group, Shawn is used in hyphenated names like Shawn-Lee, Shawn-Luke, Shawn-Michael. See also Shane. Basketball player Shawn Kemp.

STARTS WITH Sha-

ASSOCIATED WITH irish, gracious

Variations

VARIANTS Shaun, Shaughn, Shaundre, Shawnel, Shawnell, Shawnn, Shonn

SEE ALSO Deshawn, Marshawn, Rashaun, Shawnee

OTHER FORMS VIA JEAN, JOHN, SEAN, SHANE Ean, Eian, Euan, Evan, Ewan, Gian, Iain, Ian, Ivan, Ivann, Iwan, Jan, Jean, Jehan, Jian, Johan, Johann, Juan, Sean, Seann, Shaine, Shane, Shayn, Shayne

FEMININE FORM Seana

CREATIVE FORMS
(male) Sawn, ..

(female) Shale, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Shawn Harley (S.H.), ..

How popular is Shawn?

Shawn is a very prominent first name for men (#92 out of 1220, Top 7%) and also a very prominent surname for all people (#23128 out of 150436, Top 15%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Shawn was first listed in 1940-1949 and reached its peak rank of #34 in the U.S. during 1970-1979, and is currently at #393. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Shawn name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Shawn outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Deshawn (#919 THE PREVIOUS YEAR), Ean (#1101), Eian, Euan, Evan (#86), Ewan (#1603), Gian (#1221), Iain, Ian (#79), Ivan (#133), Jan (#1844), Jean (#1240), Johan (#579), Johann (#1389), John (#27), Juan (#139), Marshawn (#1939), Rashaun, Sean (#269), Shane (#372), Shaun (#1016) and Shayne are the prominent variation forms of Shawn (#393). Usage of these forms of Shawn was well-received 138 years ago (AVERAGE #1626) and has become much diminished since (#1058, 81%), with versions like John becoming less trendy. Ian, Ivan and Johan are three of the more chic baby names among these.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Shawn, Deshawn, Ean, Eian, Evan in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Ewan, Gian, Iain, Ian, Ivan in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Jan, Jean, Johan, Johann, John in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Juan, Marshawn, Rashaun, Sean, Shane in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Shaun, Shayne in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Shawn, Euan, Evan, Ewan, Iain outside U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Ian, Johan, John, Sean, Shane, Shaun outside U.S.

Similar Names

Shawn is alike in pronunciation to Chan, Chane, Chann, Channe, Chayan, Chayne, Shaan, Shan, Shann, Shayan and Sion. Other suggested similar-sounding names are D'Shawn, Shad, Shadd, Shade, Shadi, Shae, Shai, Shaka, Shanan, Shanen, Shani, Shanon, Shaq, Shaul, Shavon, Shaw, Shawney, Shawnie, Shay, Shaye, Shays, Slawin (see Slavin), Sohan, Stan, Swain and Swayn. These names tend to be less frequently used than Shawn.

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