Given name
Shauna
“God is gracious”
In Irish use, Shauna carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Original IrishSeán
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Irish use, Shauna carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
How it developed
Shauna is used as a feminine counterpart of Shaun.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1938. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shauna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 28,121
- 50 boys · 28,071 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 1,416 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,374 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −43%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,374 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 42.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,403 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 25,557 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.
Shauna’s family of names
In English usage, Shauna shares an earlier linguistic root with Jean. Shauna is a form of Shaun. In English usage, Shauna shares an earlier linguistic root with Shawn.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Shauna has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Irish roots to each of them.
Irishwhere Shauna comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Seannavariant
- Shawnavariant · English
- Shawnnavariant · English
- Shonavariant · English
- Shawnnessyvariant
- Seanavariant · English
- Shaunnavariant
- Shaunaevariant · English
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 24
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Janedoublet · English
- Joannadoublet · English
- Joandoublet · English
- Shanedoublet · English
- Shawndoublet · English
- Johannadoublet · English
- Jeandoublet · English
- Ivanadoublet · English
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- Janadoublet · English
- Juanadoublet · English
- Siobhandoublet · English
- Shaundoublet · English
- Janicedoublet · English
- Joannedoublet · English
- Johannesroot · Latin
- Siandoublet · English
- Jeannedoublet · English
- Shanaequivalent
- Sheenadoublet · English
- Janisdoublet · English
- Jehanroot · Old French
- Shavonnedoublet · English
- Jendoublet · English
- Seánaequivalent
People named Shauna
- Shauna SandAmerican actress and modelborn 1971
- Shauna RohbockAmerican bobsledderborn 1977
- Shauna MacdonaldScottish actressborn 1981
- Shauna CoxseyEnglish rock climberborn 1993
- Shauna RobertsonCanadian film producer (born 1974)
- Shauna MacDonaldCanadian actressborn 1970
- Shauna KavanaghIrish cricketerborn 1992
- Shauna MullinBritish beach volleyball playerborn 1984
- Shauna O'BrienAmerican actress and modelborn 1970
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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