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 [ 1 syll. (s)haw(n), sh-a-wn ] The boy name Shawn is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is SHAON KEY. Shawn is used predominantly in the English and Irish languages, and its origin is Hebrew. Biblical name: The name is Anglicized from Seán. The name Shawna (English) is the female version of Shawn. Dashawn (English), Deshawn (English), Keyshawn (English), and Shone (English) are variants of Shawn. Shawn is a variant spelling (English) of the name Sean (English and Irish). Shawn is also a variant (English and Irish) of the name John (English). Chawn (English variant spelling) and Shaun (English and variant spelling) are other forms of Shawn. See also the related forms, Keshawn (English), Lashawn (English), Rashawn (English), Rayshawn (English), Tyshawn (English), Vayshawn (English), Wyshawn (English), Yashon (English), Zeshon (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 2008, its usage was 0.094% and its ranking #195, but it was nonetheless the 3rd most popular after John (English) and Sean (English and Irish), among all boy names in its group. In 2008, 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 (English and Irish), Seán (Irish), Shaughn (English), Shaun (English), Sahn (Vietnamese), Sam (English), Sem (English, Dutch, and German), Shan (English), Shane (English and Irish), Shayne (English), Shem (English and Yiddish), Shen (Chinese), Shon (English), Shone (English), Sim (English, German, and Scottish), Sion (Welsh), Siôn (Welsh), Sìm (Scottish), Stian (Scandinavian), and Swain (Scandinavian). A famous person named Shawn is Jay-Z, Rapper, born Shawn Carter, 4 December 1969, Brooklyn, New York. KEY: Pronunciation for Shawn: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
