Shawnae
Shawnae or Shaunae is a feminine given name. It is a variant of Shauna/Shawna, derived from Shawn or Sean, an Irish Gaelic name. Its origin is English and means "God is Gracious". The name may refer to:Shawnae Dixon, American chef and cookbook author Shawnae Jebbia, American entertainer and former beauty queen Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Bahamian sprinter
Meaning & Origin of Shawnae
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shawnae or Shaunae is a feminine given name. It is a variant of Shauna/Shawna, derived from Shawn or Sean, an Irish Gaelic name. Its origin is English and means "God is Gracious". The name may refer to:Shawnae Dixon, American chef and cookbook author Shawnae Jebbia, American entertainer and former beauty queen Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Bahamian sprinter
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The Story of Shawnae
The earliest SSA record of Shawnae as a baby girl name dates back to 1964, when 5 babies received it. 1998 was its biggest year on record, with 26 newborns named Shawnae — #4,238 in the national rankings. About 47% of every Shawnae on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Shawnae last appeared in the published SSA data in 2011, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 352 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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About the name Shawnae
Shawnae is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1964 and has accumulated 352 births in the dataset. Shawnae's peak popularity came in 1998 when it ranked #4,238. Use the chart and map above to compare Shawnae's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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