Given name
Shevaun
“a humorous man”
Shevaun is a variant of Shevon. One American interpretation is “a humorous man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Shevaun is a variant of Shevon. One American interpretation is “a humorous man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Shevaun is a variant of Shevon. An origin associated with Shevon is American.
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
Shevaun through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 105
- 0 boys · 105 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 12 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 6 in 1990. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 1984. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 197 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.
Shevaun’s family of names
Shevaun has a related form in Shevon. Shevaun is an English adaptation of Siobhán.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Appears in
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