Given name
Seana
“God is gracious”
In English use, Seana is a variant of Shauna. In Irish use, Shauna carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Seana is a variant of Shauna. In Irish use, Shauna carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Seana is a variant of Shana. An origin associated with Shana is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1955. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Seana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,905
- 0 boys · 1,905 girls
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 62 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −22%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 62 in 1969. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,710 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.
Seana’s family of names
Seana has a related form in Shana. In English usage, Seana has a related form in Shauna.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Seana
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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