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♂ Shannon (boy)
What does Shannon mean?
Shannon 
▼ as a boys' name (also used more commonly as girls' name Shannon) is pronounced SHAN-en. It is of Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Shannon 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.
Variations
VARIANTS Shanan, Shanen, Shannan, Shannen, Shanon
SEE ALSO Tannon
FEMININE FORM Shana
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Shannon Emmitt (S.E.), ..
How popular is Shannon?
Shannon is a very popular first name for men (#317 out of 1220, Top 26%) and also a very popular surname for all people (#693 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Shannon reached its top rank of #111 in the U.S. during 1970-1979, but is not listed at the moment. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
The only other prominent varying form of Shannon is Shanon. Adoption of these forms of Shannon was widespread 5 decades ago (ADOPTION OF 0.2%), but now, the version Shannon has become somewhat outmoded.
Similar Names
Shannon▼ is alike in pronunciation to Chanan and Channon. Other recommended sound-alike names are Alanson, Blandon, Brandon▼, Brannon, Brannton, Branson▲, Brennon, Cannon▲, Canon, Canyon, D'anton, Danon, Gannon, Kannon▲, Kanon, Kennon, Landon, Manton, Salmon, Salton, Samson▲, Sanborn, Sansom, Sanson, Sansone, Santo, Santos▲, Savion▼, Savyon, Saxton, Scanlan, Scanlen (see Scanlon), Scanlon, Seann, Seaton, Shaan, Shadow, Shalmon, Shan, Shanahan, Shandey (see Shandy), Shandon, Shandy, Shane▼, Shani, Shanley, Shann, Shannley, Shaughn, Shaun▼, Shavon, Shawn▼, Shawnee, Shawnel, Shawney, Shawnie, Shawnn, Shaylon, Shayn, Shayne▼, Sheldon▼, Shelton, Shermon, Shimon, Shovon, Stannes (see Stanislaus), Stanten, Stanton, Staunton, Swanton, Swenson, Swinton and Tanton. These names tend to be less commonly used than Shannon.
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