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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Shawn, Ted Shawnnoun

    United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972)

Wiktionary

  1. Shawnnoun

    A male given name from Irish, popular in the US in the 1970s.

    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.

  2. Shawnnoun

    A female given name from Irish, transferred from the male name.

    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.

  3. Etymology: An anglicized spelling of Seán, the Irish equivalent of John, originally meaning "Jehovah has been gracious" in Hebrew.

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  1. shawn

    As a name, Shawn is a popular Irish origin name that is commonly used in English-speaking countries. It is a variant of Sean which itself is the Irish equivalent of the name John, meaning "God is gracious". It can be used for both males and females, although it is more commonly given to males.

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    Song lyrics by shawn -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by shawn on the Lyrics.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SHAWN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Shawn is ranked #25659 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Shawn surname appeared 961 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Shawn.

    75.3% or 724 total occurrences were White.
    11.6% or 112 total occurrences were Black.
    5.7% or 55 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    3% or 29 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    2.1% or 21 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    2% or 20 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of shawn in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of shawn in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of shawn in a Sentence

  1. Becky Stewart:

    Becky recalled. Shawn and Becky Stewart with daughter Maddie, now age three. The East Stroudsburg parents recently coordinated for two cosplay actors dressed as Disney's Cinderella and Moana to give their young daughter a birthday shoutout. (SWNS) CLICK HERE FOR FOX NEWS CONTINUING CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE In a larger sense, the grateful parent voiced her thanks for those going above and beyond to brighten up childrens birthdays and milestones amid the darkness of the pandemic. This is such a difficult time for everyone, so its really phenomenal that Maddie and other kids still get to have something special happen on their birthdays. It definitely made my daughters day.

  2. Shawn Person:

    We reiterated the guidelines of the CDC and the Chicago and Illinois health department [ s ], but Shawn Person refused to listen. We had to do something.

  3. Ken Padowitz:

    Bruce and Shawn Chait are the stench in this courtroom, and I know I'm not the only one who smelled it," Padowitz said.

  4. Neama Rahmani:

    Bail reform and COVID delays claim another innocent victim, george Gascon has been largely criticized for the increase in violent crime in Los Angeles. Los Angeles’s time George Gascon stops acting like a defense attorney and allows prosecutors to charge violent felons with sentencing enhancements. George Gascon, the progressive Los Angeles district attorney, has raised the ire of law enforcement and George Gascon own assistant DAs for George Gascon allegedly soft-on-crime policies. Los Angeles POLICE ID Shawn Laval Smith AS SUSPECTED KILLER OF Brianna Kupfer Homicides are up more than 60 % in the City of Los Angeles and over 90 % in Los Angeles, according to records from the LAPD and sheriff’s office. Eric Siddall, the vice president of the Association of Los Angeles Deputy District Attorneys, excoriated Gascon in an essay published to the union’s website this week.

  5. Jonathan Sinn:

    Shawn was up there playing basketball with his brother and his cousin, he is 5-foot-5, 130 pounds, and it was just the three of them on the court playing when a car-load of kids, a car-load of teenagers … pulled into the lot. At that point they opened their windows and opened fire with, what at the time seemed to be a fully automatic firearm.

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