Shawna

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Often considered alongside

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Shawna, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Siobhan
• Donna
• Sinead
• Cheyenne
• Sienna
• Sasha
• Sandra
• Joanna
• Shannon
• Shayla
• Sarah
• Shelby

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Shawna is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, France, Brazil, Mexico

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Šhawna

51 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Shawna is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Old English; from the grove of trees.

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Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Shawna McCarthyb. 1954USAmerican magazine editor
• Shawna Robinsonb. 1964USAmerican stock car racing driver
• Shawna Trpcicb. 1966USAmerican costume designer
• Krysti Lynnb. 1971USnot in their usual nameAmerican pornographic actress (1971-1995)
• Shawna Rochelle Kimbrellb. 1976USAmerican fighter pilot
• Eva Nottyb. 1982USnot in their usual nameAmerican pornographic actress
• Shawna Waldronb. 1982USAmerican actress
• Shawna Elizabethb. 1986USAmerican professional wrestler, manager and valet
• Shawna Leneeb. 1987USAmerican pornographic actress
• Shawna Yang Ryanb. 2000USTaiwanese American novelist

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Shawna come from?

Recently coined feminine form of pShawn. SHAY Shay ° Variant spelling of Shea as a girl’s name. Variant: Shaye. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.

What are other forms of the name Shawna?

In the etymology graph, Jean, Jane and Joan are forms of the same name in other languages.

Is Shawna a male or female name?

Shawna is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

How do you pronounce Shawna?

A machine transcription gives /ˈʃɔnə/ (IPA) for English.

What does the name Shawna mean?

Recorded meaning: Recently coined feminine form of pShawn.

In which country does Shawna have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 119 thousand people named Shawna in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled shawna.

How common is the name Shawna?

In the United States, the national register counted 39,653 people named Shawna in 2020, about 1 in 8.4 thousand residents.

How common is Shawna compared with other names?

In Canada, Shawna is the 584th most common given name of 188,338 given names recorded there.