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Shannon is unusual as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 1972 with 0.180% of baby boys being given the name Shannon. It ranked at #94 then. The baby name has since experienced a substantial fall in popularity, and is currently of irregular use. In 2007, among the group of boy names directly linked to Shannon, Shane (English and Irish) was the most commonly used. Shannon has mostly been a girl name in the past century. In 2006, the name Shannon was given to 5 times as many girls than boys. Baby names that sound like Shannon include Salman (Arabic, Iranian, and Turkish), Sami (Arabic, Hungarian, Iranian, and Turkish), Sammy (English), Samu (Hungarian), Samy (Arabic and French), Sanya (Russian), Sawney (Scottish), Sawnie (Scottish), Semyon (Russian), Senán (Irish), Shimon (Hebrew), Siemen (Dutch and German), Simen (Scandinavian), Simon (English, French, and German), Simone (Italian), Sina (Arabic and Iranian), Síomón (Irish), Sonnie (English), Sonny (English), Szymon (Polish), Cemi (Albanian), Sam (English), Sean (Irish), Seanán (Irish), Sem (Dutch and German), Shane (English and Irish), Shaun (English), Shawn (English), Shayne (English), Shem (English), Shone (English), Sim (English), Simeon (German and Slavic), Sìm (Scottish), Stian (Scandinavian), Stiana (Irish), Swen (German and Scandinavian), and Cem (Arabic and Turkish). 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)" A famous person named Shannon is Shane West, Actor, born Shannon Bruce Snaith, 10 June 1978, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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