THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Shaun
Shaun is recorded as a male given name in Tagalog. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Shaun.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ˈʃon/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈʃon̪]Standard-Tagalog
- /ˈsjon/no palatal assimilation
- [ˈsjon̪]no palatal assimilation
Shaun1 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗English
- /ʃɔːn/Received-Pronunciation
- /ʃoːn/Australia · British · New-Zealand · Southern · Standard
- /ʃɔn/US · without the cot–caught merger
- /ʃɑn/US · cot-caught-merger
- /ʃɔn/Scotland
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Origin and name formation
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TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Shaun, from Sean, from Irish Seán.
a male given name from English
EnglishEtymology & source
A variant of Sean, from Irish Seán, from Old French Jehan, from Latin Johannes, variant of Ioannes, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān, literally “God is gracious”). Doublet of John, Jack, Johan, Johann, Johannes, Jean, Ian, Evan, Ivan, Sean, Shawn, Shane, and Giovanni as a male name. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shauna, and Sheena as a female name.
A male given name from Irish.; A female given name from Irish.
EnglishEtymology & source
Anglicised form of Irish Seán, from Old French Jehan, from Latin Johannes, variant of Ioannes, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān, literally “God is gracious”). Doublet of John, Jack, Johan, Johann, Johannes, Jean, Ian, Evan, Ivan, Shaun, Shane, and Giovanni.
A male given name from Irish.
EnglishEtymology & source
An archaic variant of Joan, from Old French Johan, from Latin Johanna. Cf. John.
A female given name from Hebrew.
EnglishEtymology & source
From Late Latin Iōhannēs, variant of Latin Iōannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān).
A male given name from Late Latin Iōhannēs [in turn from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), in turn from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān, “God is gracious”)], variant of John and Jon.
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People with the name Shaun
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Geo Chiu
Filipino basketball player (born 2001)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Geo Chiu
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Shaun in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Shaun
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Shan♂♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Shawn♂English form: Shawn
- Shaina♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Shane·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Sharon♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Shay♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Shaira♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Shalem·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Shaun?
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Explore Shaun further
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- Wikidata given-name item Q19819741 — Shaun (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Geo Chiu (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q19819741 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Shaun (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Shaun (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Shaun (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Shaun (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Shaun (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.