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Shaun
Pronounced /ʃɔːn/
Rank in 2024
#1,566
Born in 2024
110
Peak year
1978 · #52
Origin
Irish
Also recorded for girls:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 110 boys were named Shaun, about 1 in every 15,594.
- It peaked in 1978 with 6,105 babies, ranked #52.
- It first shows up in the records in 1935.
- 70,398 boys 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
- 1.0Gen X1965–80
- 0.9Millennials1981–96
- 0.3Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 161 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 3,334 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen X: 26,839 babies, 0.99 per 1,000. Millennials: 27,158 babies, 0.89 per 1,000. Gen Z: 10,379 babies, 0.33 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,527 babies, 0.12 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.