Given name
Daeshawna
“The Lord is gracious”
Daeshawna is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “The Lord is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “The Lord is gracious.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Daeshawna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 20
- 0 boys · 20 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Daeshawna’s family of names
Daeshawna has a related form in Dayshawn. Daeshawna has a related form in Daeshawn. Daeshawna has a related form in Daishawn.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 29
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Dayshawnvariant
- Daeshawnvariant
- Dayshawnavariant
- Dayshaunvariant
- Dayseanvariant
- Daishawnvariant
- Daishaunvariant
- Daeshonvariant
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- Daeshaunvariant
- Dayshaunahvariant
- Dayshaunavariant
- Dayshaughnahvariant
- Dayshaughnavariant
- Dayseanahvariant
- Dayseanavariant
- Daishawnahvariant
- Daishawnavariant
- Daishaunahvariant
- Daishaunavariant
- Daishaughnahvariant
- Daishaughnavariant
- Daishaughnvariant
- Daiseanahvariant
- Daiseanavariant
- Daeshonavariant
- Daeshawntiavariant
- Daeshavonvariant
- Daeshaunavariant
- Daeshanvariant
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