Given name
Shavaughn
“God is gracious”·“one who is openminded”
In English use, Shavaughn is a variant of Siobhan. In Irish use, Siobhan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.” Shavaughn is a variant of Shavon. One American interpretation is “one who is openminded.”
Original IrishSiobhán
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Shavaughn is a variant of Siobhan. In Irish use, Siobhan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.” Shavaughn is a variant of Shavon. One American interpretation is “one who is openminded.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shavaughn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 185
- 11 boys · 174 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 13 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 6 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 235 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.
Shavaughn’s family of names
In English usage, Shavaughn has a related form in Siobhan. Shavaughn has a related form in Shavon. In English usage, Shavaughn was borrowed from the Irish form Siobhán.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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