Given name
Shaunna
“God is gracious”
In English use, Shaunna has a related form in Sean. In Irish use, Sean carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Shaunna has a related form in Sean. In Irish use, Sean carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shaunna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,936
- 0 boys · 2,936 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 171 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 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 171 in 1978. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,629 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.
Shaunna’s family of names
In English usage, Shaunna has a related form in Sean. Shaunna has a related form in Shauna. In French usage, Shaunna has a related form in Seán.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 Shaunna
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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