Definitions for Shawn
shawn

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1. Shawn, Ted Shawnnoun

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

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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

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

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. Clint Dunn:

   I’m99% sure someone killed Hailey at this house, and, I’m pretty sure it’s Shawn.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Shawn Holley:

   We have letters and reports from Jackie’s doctors which prove a long history of insomnia and which strongly support our contention that Jackie was driving unconscious after taking Ambien, which had been prescribed to her, i reached out to the D.A.’s Office weeks ago and was assured that deputies would review our reports before filing charges, Shawn Holley added. We are extremely disappointed that the D.A.’s Office filed these charges without reviewing our evidence, as promised.

5. 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.

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