Definitions for SHAWN
shawn

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shawn, Ted Shawnnoun

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

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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1. shawn

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

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

Matched Categories

1. • Choreographer
   • Dancer

How to pronounce SHAWN?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say SHAWN in sign language?

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. Tim Mullins:

   Following this summer’s break, Shawn Hopkins will be working at Oxford High School. Nicholas Ejak will be working at Oxford Crossroads Day School.

2. Lindsay Lohan:

   I am very grateful to those at Brooklyn Community Services, Duffield and The Ali Forney Center for welcoming me into their services and allowing me to finish my court ordered Community Service hours. Thank you to Shawn and everyone involved for having faith in me and supporting me in getting the job done, i look forward to working with The Ali Forney Center and BCS in the future. Thank you for the inspiration.

3. Billie Dunn:

   I’m not really shocked at the news that it was Shawn, of course you would’ve hoped it wasn’t him because I stayed with him after she left, after Hailey went missing, but I’m not surprised, and I thank God that that person has been apprehended and is going to pay for what he did here on Earth.

4. 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.

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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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=SHAWN
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Shawn
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html