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Shaun is a form of John (English). Shaun is also a form of Shawn (English). See also the related forms, Sean (Irish) and Shauna (English). Shaun is rather popular as a baby boy name. The name's popularity rose from the 1950s up to the 1970s. At the modest peak of its usage in 1978, 0.358% of baby boys were given the name Shaun. It had a ranking of #51 then. The baby name has suffered a substantial decline in popularity since then. In 2007, it ranked at #394 with a usage of only 0.035%. Out of the family of boy names directly linked to Shaun, John (English) was the most frequently used. It was more regularly used than Shaun by 19 times in 2007. The name Shaun has mainly been a boy name, although it has also been given to girls in the last century. There were 7 times as many boys than girls who were named Shaun in 1970. Baby names that sound like Shaun include Sean (Irish), Shawn (English), Sam (English), Sem (Dutch and German), Shane (English and Irish), Shayne (English), Shem (English), Shone (English), Sim (English), Sìm (Scottish), Stian (Scandinavian), Swen (German and Scandinavian), Cem (Arabic and Turkish), 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), Shannon (English), 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), Seanán (Irish), Simeon (German and Slavic), and Stiana (Irish). KEY: Pronunciation for Shaun: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"
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