Given name
Shavon
“one who is openminded”
Shavon is used as a variant of Siobhan.
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “one who is openminded.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
How it developed
Shavon is used as a variant of Siobhan.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1958. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shavon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,266
- 368 boys · 3,898 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 368 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −100%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 18% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 358 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,099 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.
Shavon’s family of names
In English usage, Shavon has a related form in Siobhan. Shavon has a related form in Shavonne. Shavon has a related form in Shavone.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 28
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Siobhanvariant · English
- Shovonnevariant
- Shovonvariant
- Shavaunvariant
- Shavonnevariant
- Shavaughnvariant
- Shyvonnevariant
- Shivonnevariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Shavon
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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