| [ 2 syll. (s)haw-na, sh-a-wna ] The girl name Shawna is pronounced SHAONah KEY. Shawna's language of origin is Hebrew and it is predominantly used in English. The meaning of Shawna is 'Yahweh is gracious, Yahweh is merciful'. Biblical name derived from yahweh 'name of God' ; chanan which means 'to be gracious'. The generic name has been used in various contexts, including the New Testament of the Bible and the Old Testament. Also used by the twelve apostles and various popes. Shawna is the feminine equivalent of the English Shawn. Forms of Shawna include the English Lashawna, the English Shaunah, the Irish Shawnae, the English Shawnah, and the English Shonna. Shawna is an English form of the Dutch, German, and Scandinavian Johanna. See also the related forms, the English Shawn and the English Shawn. Shawna is a rare baby girl name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1977, 0.127% of baby girls were named Shawna. It was #139 in rank then. The baby name has steeply dropped in popularity since then, and is of only sporadic use now. In 2007, out of the family of girl names directly related to Shawna, the Dutch, German, and Scandinavian Johanna was the most popular. Baby names that sound like Shawna include the English Shauna, the English Shaunah, 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 Shannon, the English Shanon, 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 Shawna: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"
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