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Chawn (English), Dashawn (English), Deshawn (English), Keyshawn (English), Shaun (English), and Shone (English) are variants of Shawn. Shawn is a variant of the name John (English). See also the related forms, Sean (Irish), Tyshawn (English), Rashawn (English), Rayshawn (English), and Shawna (English). Shawn is a popular baby name for boys. The name's popularity jumped from the 1940s up to the 1970s; before that, it was of very modest use only. Its usage peaked in 1973 with 0.709% of baby boys being given the name Shawn. Its ranking then was #27. The baby name has since declined in popularity. In 2007, its usage was 0.106% and its ranking #176, but it was nonetheless the 3rd most popular after John (English) and Sean (Irish), among all boy names in its group. In 2007, its use outnumbered Shawn's by 6 times. In the past century Shawn has predominantly been a boy name. In 1988, 29 times as many boys than girls were given the name Shawn. Baby names that sound like Shawn include Sean (Irish), Shaun (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 Shawn: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" A famous person named Shawn is Jay-Z, Rapper, born Shawn Carter, 4 December 1969, Brooklyn, New York.
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