Shawn

English Etymology A variant of en Sean, from en ga Seán, from en fro Jehan, from en la Jōhannēs, variant of la Iōannēs, from en grc-koi Ἰωάννης, from en he יוֹחָנָן yōḥānān, yokhanán God is gracious. en Evan Giovanni Ian Ivan Jack Jean Johan Johann Johannes John Juan Sean Shane Shaun as a male name. en Ivana Jana Jane Janice Janis Jean Jeanne Jen Joan Joanna Joanne Johanna Juana Shavonne Sian Siobhan Shane Shaun Shauna Sheena as a female name. Pronunciation shôn en /ʃɔːn/ RP en /ʃoːn/ SSB,AU,NZ en US en /ʃɔn/ non-cot-caught en /ʃɑn/ cot-caught en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-Sean.wav US,cot-caught en /ʃɔn/ Scotland en ɔːn 1 en Sean Shaun ; shorn<aa:non-rhotic,horse-hoarse> ; Sian<aa:female given name,cot-caught,father-bother> Proper noun en chiefly _ US en Shaun, a unisex given name. en 1984 w:Louise Erdrich Love Medicine 169 Bantam Books 1987 0553268082 Two weeks later Dot and her girl, who was finally named Shawn, like most girls born that year, came back to work at the scales. en 1996 w:Tobias Wolff The Night in Question: Stories Alfred A. Knopf 0679402187 141 Or take Sean, S-E-A-N. Been spelled like that for about five hundred years. But not them, they've gotta spell it S-H-A-W-N. Like they have a right to that name in the first place. Elizabeth Wagmeister Jay-Z says inconsistencies in rape accuser’s story proves her attorney was looking for ‘money and fame’ https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/14/entertainment/jay-z-lawsuit-response 2024-12-14 Earlier this week, an anonymous Jane Doe filed an amended complaint against Combs and Jay-Z, whose given name is Shawn Carter, which revealed that a previously unnamed celebrity in her original complaint against Combs, initially filed in October, was Carter. https://web.archive.org/web/20260106204323/https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/14/entertainment/jay-z-lawsuit-response 6 January 2026 Derived terms en DeShawn,Deshawn Shawna Anagrams en ahnsw Hawns hwans en unisex given names given names male given names female given names male given names from Irish female given names from Irish Tagalog Etymology tl :bor en:Shawn<ety:uder<en:Sean<ety:uder<ga:Seán>>>> 3 1 Pronunciation Shon Shaun Proper noun Shon tl male English < Irish