Girl · Irish, from Hebrew
Shawna
Say it: SHAW-nuh
Meaning
A 20th-century feminine of Shawn (Irish Seán, from Hebrew 'God is gracious').
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
An American coinage that peaked in the 1970s and 1980s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1970s
In the United States
- 45,549 babies given this name since 1941
- At its height in 1977, about 1 in 737 girls
- 30 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Shauna, Seana
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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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