Given name
Lashawna
“filled with happiness”
Lashawna is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “filled with happiness.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “filled with happiness.”
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 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lashawna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,802
- 0 boys · 1,802 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 80 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 7 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 80 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,349 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lashawna’s family of names
Lashawna has a related form in Lashawn. Lashawna has a related form in Lashaun. Lashawna has a related form in Lashauna.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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