Given name
Vashaun
“The Lord is gracious”
Vashaun is a variant of Vashon. One American interpretation is “The Lord is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Vashaun is a variant of Vashon. One American interpretation is “The Lord is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Vashaun is a variant of Vashon. An origin associated with Vashon is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vashaun through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 220
- 214 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,757 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,757 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 1997. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 227 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.
Vashaun’s family of names
Vashaun has a related form in Vashon.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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