Given name
Shawon
“one who is optimistic”
Shawon is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “one who is optimistic.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “one who is optimistic.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shawon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 205
- 165 boys · 40 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 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 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 303 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.
Shawon’s family of names
Shawon has a related form in Shawan. Shawon has a related form in Shawaughn. Shawon has a related form in Shawaun.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Shawon
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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