Given name
Shandon
“resembling coral”·“one who is wise and elderly”·“God is gracious”
Shandon is a variant of Shan. Interpretations include “resembling coral” and “one who is wise and elderly”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Shandon is a variant of Sean. In Irish use, Sean carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Shandon is a variant of Shan. Interpretations include “resembling coral” and “one who is wise and elderly”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Shandon is a variant of Sean. In Irish use, Sean carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Shandon is a variant of Shan. An origin associated with Shan is Chinese.
Explained through its name family
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
Shandon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 932
- 748 boys · 184 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 70 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 boys is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 58 in 1998. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 804 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.
Shandon’s family of names
Shandon has a related form in Sean. Shandon has a related form in Shan.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Shandon
- Shandon BaptisteGrenadian association football playerborn 1998
- Shandon AndersonAmerican basketball forward and guardborn 1973
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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