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Shauna
Pronounced /ˈʃɔːnə/
Rank in 2024
#8,477
Born in 2024
12
Peak year
1979 · #189
Origin
Irish
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 12 girls were named Shauna, about 1 in every 134,432.
- It peaked in 1979 with 1,403 babies, ranked #189.
- It first shows up in the records in 1938.
- 28,060 girls have been named Shauna since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Shauna per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.4Gen X1965–80
- 0.4Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 93 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 3,448 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Gen X: 11,419 babies, 0.45 per 1,000. Millennials: 10,603 babies, 0.38 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,259 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 238 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Shaun + -a, variant of 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 Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, and Sheena.
- A female given name from Irish, a modern feminine of Shaun (“Sean”).
- Origin
- Irish
- Say it
- /ˈʃɔːnə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Shauna, CC BY-SA 4.0.