What does Shawn mean?
Definitions for Shawn
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Shawn.
Princeton's WordNet
Shawn, Ted Shawnnoun
United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972)
Wiktionary
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.
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.
Etymology: An anglicized spelling of Seán, the Irish equivalent of John, originally meaning "Jehovah has been gracious" in Hebrew.
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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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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Shawn in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Shawn in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of Shawn in a Sentence
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.
To know that Shawn Pleasants had not, and had inspired people and touched people's hearts, meant the world to Shawn Pleasants, the messages are really what made Shawn Pleasants decide to move off Wall Street.
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.
shawn is a bitch
Now when you go out on a walk, you have to watch your toes more, you have to pay attention to what's around you more. You can't just down the street because you don't know what's around the corner. If there's people like this (Shawn Smith) out on the street, it's unsafe for everybody.
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Translations for Shawn
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- شونArabic
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- شاونPersian
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- ஷான்Tamil
- షాన్Telugu
- ShawnThai
- ShawnTurkish
- ШонUkrainian
- شانUrdu
- shawnVietnamese
- shawnYiddish
- 肖恩Chinese
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