Given name
Shawnna
“God is gracious”
Shawnna is a variant of Shauna. In Irish use, Shauna carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Shawnna is a variant of Shauna. In Irish use, Shauna carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Shawnna is a form of Shauna. Shauna comes from Irish, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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
Shawnna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,861
- 0 boys · 2,861 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 144 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 7 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 144 in 1977. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,464 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.
Shawnna’s family of names
In French usage, Shawnna has a related form in Sean. Shawnna has a related form in Shauna. In French usage, Shawnna 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 Shawnna
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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