Given name
Lashona
“filled with happiness”
Lashona is a variant of Lashawna. One American interpretation is “filled with happiness.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lashona is a variant of Lashawna. One American interpretation is “filled with happiness.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lashona is a variant of Lashawna. An origin associated with Lashawna is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lashona through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 419
- 0 boys · 419 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 32 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 1996. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 32 in 1976. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 310 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.
Lashona’s family of names
Lashona has a related form in Lashawna.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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