The baby name Shawna is a Girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced SHAW-nuh.
The baby name Shawna is a girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced SHAW-nuh.
Shawna is English, Hebrew, Irish in Origin.
Shawna is a modern English feminine form built on Shawn, the usual American spelling of Irish Seán. The chain runs through Norman French Jehan and Latin Iohannes to Greek Iōannēs, from Hebrew Yôḥānān or Yəhôḥānān. In Hebrew morphology the divine element Yô-/Yəhô- names Yahweh, while ḥānan is the verb to be gracious; the literal sense is Yahweh has been gracious. Shawna’s final -a marks it as a feminine adaptation rather than an inherited Gaelic ending.
The spelling belongs chiefly to North American naming of the mid twentieth century, alongside Shauna and Shana; Siobhán is the Irish feminine cognate, not its direct spelling source in most English records. U.S. Social Security data show Shawna rising after the 1940s, strongest in the 1970s, with a 1977 high point and much lighter use by the 2020s. Notable bearers include NASCAR driver Shawna Robinson and costume designer Shawna Trpcic.
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Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | Girls | 2005 | #1 | — | 763 |
| BN | 0 | #32 | 1 | 2,297 | |
| JP | 0 | #77 | 1 | 4,057 | |
| JM | 0 | #85 | 9 | 3,714 | |
| QA | 0 | #106 | 1 | 7,011 | |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #157 | 112 | 7,507 |
| CR | 0 | #158 | 8 | 5,526 | |
| AE | 0 | #186 | 2 | 10,220 | |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #189 | 2 | 4,850 |
| LT | Girls | 0 | #200 | 1 | 1,904 |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #234 | 1 | 5,842 |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #237 | 1 | 7,146 |
| GH | 0 | #248 | 1 | 5,396 | |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #249 | 1 | 6,293 |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #251 | 1 | 6,592 |
| Canada | Girls | 2022 | #275 | 6 | 2,867 |
| SG | 0 | #276 | 7 | 11,010 | |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #285 | 5 | 8,139 |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #336 | 2 | 6,973 |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #339 | 11 | 8,829 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #342 | 2 | 15,378 |
| CZ | Girls | 0 | #351 | 1 | 5,378 |
| HK | 0 | #355 | 3 | 8,483 | |
| BR | 0 | #360 | 1 | 5,969 | |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #361 | 1 | 8,138 |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #361 | 2 | 8,539 |
| France | Girls | 2015 | #411 | 3 | 3,223 |
| EG | 0 | #412 | 1 | 6,387 | |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #429 | 1 | 13,098 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #466 | 1 | 10,523 |
| ZA | 0 | #474 | 1 | 14,421 | |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #496 | 37 | 11,342 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #522 | 2 | 11,913 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #545 | 1 | 8,334 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #545 | 3 | 10,981 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #559 | 3 | 19,177 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #567 | 20 | 18,916 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #605 | 1 | 10,045 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #644 | 2 | 11,648 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #649 | 2 | 16,104 |
| SY | 0 | #767 | 1 | 11,684 | |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #820 | 7 | 15,093 |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #897 | 20 | 8,487 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #943 | 13 | 5,933 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #983 | 12 | 24,821 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,009 | 1 | 14,742 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,010 | 1 | 14,861 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,012 | 3 | 25,931 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,127 | 15 | 25,928 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,151 | 2 | 16,140 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,182 | 1 | 25,439 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,267 | 1 | 17,781 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,271 | 2 | 25,619 |
Shawna is popular in 40 countries — most recent births per country:
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