The baby name Keshon is a Boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced keh-SHAHN.
Keshon is African American, English, Hebrew, Irish in Origin.
The baby name Keshon is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced keh-SHAHN.
Keshon is African American, English, Hebrew, Irish in Origin.
Keshon is a modern American spelling related to Keshawn, built from the productive initial element Ke- and Shawn. Shawn is an English form of Irish Seán, through Norman French Jehan and Latin Iohannes, ultimately from Hebrew Yochanan or Yehochanan. The Hebrew name combines the divine element Yahweh with chanan, to show favor, so the older base carries the literal sense Yahweh has been gracious; Ke- has no securely established independent meaning.
As a recorded U.S. given name, Keshon belongs chiefly to late 20th-century African American naming patterns that reshaped familiar names with new prefixes, spellings, and stress patterns. The 2020 U.S. Census first-name table reported Black or African American as the largest group among bearers, and SSA-style birth data places the spelling in use from 1975, peaking in 2000. Related forms include Keshawn, Keyshawn, Ke’Shawn, Keshaun, Keyshaun, and Keishawn; Keshon is the shorter -on spelling within that cluster.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JM | 0 | #93 | 1 | 3,714 | |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #291 | 3 | 6,876 |
| Canada | Boys | 1997 | #301 | 5 | 1,830 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| United States | Girls | 2000 | #873 | 5 | 9,408 |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #886 | 7 | 7,044 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,039 | 1 | 16,750 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,270 | 3 | 25,619 |
Keshon is popular in 6 countries — most recent births per country:
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