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Shaun
Pronounced /ʃɔːn/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1970 · #930
Origin
Irish
Also recorded for boys:110 in 2024 (#1,566)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No girls were recorded as Shaun in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1970 with 138 babies, ranked #930.
- It first shows up in the records in 1945.
- 3,129 girls have been named Shaun since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Shaun per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 6 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 845 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,410 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Millennials: 602 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 227 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 39 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
A variant of Sean, from Irish Seán, from Old French Jehan, from Latin Johannes, variant of Ioannes, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān, literally “God is gracious”). Doublet of John, Jack, Johan, Johann, Johannes, Jean, Ian, Evan, Ivan, Sean, Shawn, Shane, and Giovanni as a male name. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shauna, and Sheena as a female name.
- A male given name from Irish.
- A female given name from Irish.
- Origin
- Irish
- Say it
- /ʃɔːn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Shaun, CC BY-SA 4.0.