Given name
Shawnn
“God is gracious”
Shawnn is a variant of Sean. In Irish use, Sean carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Shawnn is a variant of 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 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shawnn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 151
- 107 boys · 44 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 17 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 boys is 5 in 1992. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1976. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 238 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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