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Shawn

UK/ʃɔːn/

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Australia/ʃoːn/

Shawn is the alternative form of Shaun.

Meaning of Shaun

Proper noun

Shaun

  1. A male given name from Irish.
  2. A female given name from Irish.

Origin of Shawn

A variant of Sean, from Irish Seán, from Old French Jehan, from Latin Jōhannēs, variant of Iōannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (yōḥānān, yokhanán, literally “God is gracious”). Doublet of Evan, Giovanni, Ian, Ivan, Jack, Jean, Johan, Johann, Johannes, John, Juan, Sean, Shane, and Shaun as a male name. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena as a female name.

Words formed from Shawn

Words that rhyme with Shawn

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Questions about Shawn

What is Shawn the alternative form of?
Shawn is the alternative form of Shaun.
How do you pronounce Shawn?
Shawn is pronounced /ʃɔːn/ (UK).

Words near Shawn in the dictionary

  1. shawmer
  2. shawmers
  3. shawmist
  4. shawmists
  5. shawms
  6. Shawn
  7. Shawna
  8. shawnee
  9. Shawnee County
  10. Shawneece
  11. Shawnees

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Shawn (page history and authors); Shaun (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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