Shawn

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Shawn

/ʃɔːn/ UK
/ʃoːn/ Australia, British, New Zealand
/ʃɔn/ US
/ʃɑn/ US, cot caught merger
/ʃɔn/ Scotland

Sounds like Sean, Shaun, shorn (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger), Sian (female given name, cot–caught merger, father–bother merger) · Rhymes with -ɔːn

Where it comes from

A variant of Sean, from Irish Seán, from Old French Jehan, from Latin Jōhannēs, variant of Iōannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (yōḥānān, yokhanán, literally “God is gracious”). Doublet of Evan, Giovanni, Ian, Ivan, Jack, Jean, Johan, Johann, Johannes, John, Juan, Sean, Shane, and Shaun as a male name. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena as a female name.

proper noun

US, alternative Alternative form of Shaun, a unisex given 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: gus, sam, brian, shaun, cameron, chun, sean, belly, lot, mark, shun, xun, chris, derek, brandon, doug

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APA

Shawn. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/shawn

Chicago

"Shawn." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/shawn.

BibTeX

@misc{shawn_2026,
  title = {Shawn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shawn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}