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A form of Shannon is the English Shanon. See also the related forms, the Irish Seanán, the English and Irish Shane, and the English Sharon. Shannon is rather popular as a baby girl name. The name grew in popularity from the 1930s up to the 1970s; prior to that, it was of only very modest use. At the height of its usage in 1976, 0.851% of baby girls were named Shannon. It was #17 in rank then. The baby name has seen a substantial decline in frequency since then. In 2007, it ranked at #436 with a usage of 0.035%, but it was nevertheless the most popular within all girl names in its family. Shannon was used 81% more than the next ranked name, the English Sharon, in 2007. Shannon has primarily been a girl name in the last century. In 2006, 5 times more girls than boys were given the name Shannon. Baby names that sound like Shannon include the Arabic, Indian, Iranian, and Spanish Salma, the Indian Sameena, the English Sammie, the English Sammy, the German and Russian Sanja, the English, German, and Scandinavian Sanna, the German Sannie, the Italian Santa, the Russian Sanya, the Scottish Seonaid, the Yiddish Shaina, the Arabic and Indian Shama, the English Shana, the English Shanna, the English Shanon, the English Shauna, the English Shaunah, the English Shawna, the English Shawnie, the Hebrew and Yiddish Shayna, the Hebrew Shaynah, the English Sheena, the English Sheyenne, the English Shianne, the Scottish Shona, the English Shyann, the English Shyanne, the Scandinavian Signi, the Scandinavian Signy, the Russian Sima, the English, French, and German Simone, the German and Scandinavian Sina, the Finnish and Scandinavian Sini, the English Sonia, the German Sonja, the Russian Sonya, the English Susan, the English and German Susanne, the English Suzan, the Portuguese Suzane, the French Suzanne, the English Cheyenne, the English Sam, the Arabic Samia, the Arabic Samiha, the Arabic, Indian, and Iranian Samina, the Arabic and Turkish Samya, the Dutch and German Sanne, the English Shania, the English Shaune, the English Shawana, the English Shawanna, the English Shawn, the Irish Shawnae, the English Shawnah, the Hebrew Sheine, the Hebrew Shushana, the Hebrew Shushanna, the Welsh Sian, the Scandinavian Signe, the Italian and Scandinavian Simona, the Scottish Siùsan, the Italian and Spanish Susana, the German and Italian Susanna, the English Susannah, the Portuguese Suzana, the English Suzanna, and the Scandinavian Synne. KEY: Pronunciation for Shannon: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" Details of famous persons named Shannon:
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