Boy · Modern American coinage
Keyshawn
Say it: kee-SHAWN
Meaning
A modern African American coinage combining Key- with Shawn.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 2000s
In the United States
- 3,902 babies given this name since 1983
- At its height in 2000, about 1 in 4,600 boys
- 35 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Keyshaun
Famous bearers
- Keyshawn Johnson, American football player
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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