Given name
Shavonne
“God is gracious”·“one who is openminded”
In English use, Shavonne is a variant of Siobhan. In Irish use, Siobhan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.” Shavonne is a variant of Shavon. One American interpretation is “one who is openminded.”
Original IrishSiobhán
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Shavonne is a variant of Siobhan. In Irish use, Siobhan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.” Shavonne 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 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shavonne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,951
- 0 boys · 2,951 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 268 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 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 268 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,409 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.
Shavonne’s family of names
In English usage, Shavonne shares an earlier linguistic root with Jean. In English usage, Shavonne has a related form in Siobhan. In English usage, Shavonne shares an earlier linguistic root with Shawn.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 20
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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