Shauna: Meaning, Pronunciation and Origin
Shauna is an Irish girl's name meaning “God is gracious.” Here’s how to say it, where it comes from, and names that go well with it.
Updated September 2026
- Meaning
- God is gracious
- Gender
- Girl
- Popularity in Ireland
- No. 885 for girls (2025)
How do you pronounce Shauna?
Shauna is pronounced SHAW-na. It has two syllables, with the stress on the first.
What does Shauna mean?
Shauna is a feminine form of Shaun, one of the English spellings of the Irish Seán. Seán is the Irish form of John, which came into Irish through the Old French Jehan and goes back to the Hebrew Yohanan, “Yahweh is gracious.” John was the name of two of the leading saints of the New Testament, John the Baptist and the apostle John.
Shauna itself is an English-language creation rather than a traditional Irish name, made by adding the feminine ending -a to Shaun. It is used in Ireland and across the English-speaking world.
Sources: Behind the Name.
How popular is Shauna in Ireland?
In 2025, 3 baby girls in Ireland were named Shauna, which made it No. 885 that year. That's down from No. 139 ten years earlier. It was most popular in 1993, when 545 baby girls were named Shauna, No. 6 that year. It first appears in the records in 1966, with 3 baby girls.
See the numbers by year
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | No. 885 |
| 2024 | 5 | No. 631 |
| 2023 | 10 | No. 364 |
| 2022 | 8 | No. 458 |
| 2021 | 16 | No. 270 |
| 2020 | 21 | No. 211 |
| 2019 | 24 | No. 201 |
| 2018 | 17 | No. 267 |
| 2017 | 19 | No. 249 |
| 2016 | 34 | No. 163 |
| 2015 | 43 | No. 139 |
| 2014 | 41 | No. 142 |
| 2013 | 49 | No. 124 |
| 2012 | 60 | No. 111 |
| 2011 | 75 | No. 92 |
| 2010 | 80 | No. 86 |
| 2009 | 88 | No. 79 |
| 2008 | 104 | No. 70 |
| 2007 | 139 | No. 50 |
| 2006 | 162 | No. 39 |
| 2005 | 168 | No. 38 |
| 2004 | 194 | No. 32 |
| 2003 | 231 | No. 26 |
| 2002 | 232 | No. 22 |
| 2001 | 299 | No. 17 |
| 2000 | 288 | No. 16 |
| 1999 | 270 | No. 15 |
| 1998 | 267 | No. 14 |
| 1997 | 370 | No. 15 |
| 1996 | 396 | No. 13 |
| 1995 | 418 | No. 10 |
| 1994 | 461 | No. 7 |
| 1993 | 545 | No. 6 |
| 1992 | 467 | No. 8 |
| 1991 | 329 | No. 17 |
| 1990 | 197 | No. 30 |
| 1989 | 70 | No. 101 |
| 1988 | 62 | No. 106 |
| 1987 | 72 | No. 101 |
| 1986 | 47 | No. 123 |
| 1985 | 46 | No. 132 |
| 1984 | 55 | No. 123 |
| 1983 | 52 | No. 135 |
| 1982 | 32 | No. 176 |
| 1981 | 25 | No. 212 |
| 1980 | 29 | No. 194 |
| 1979 | 22 | No. 224 |
| 1978 | 24 | No. 217 |
| 1977 | 19 | No. 227 |
| 1976 | 15 | No. 252 |
| 1975 | 13 | No. 262 |
| 1974 | 9 | No. 300 |
| 1973 | 14 | No. 262 |
| 1972 | 12 | No. 269 |
| 1971 | 4 | No. 417 |
| 1970 | 13 | No. 230 |
| 1969 | 10 | No. 265 |
| 1968 | 5 | No. 327 |
| 1967 | 12 | No. 221 |
| 1966 | 3 | No. 380 |
Shauna in Ogham
Ogham is the oldest way of writing Irish. It was carved along the edges of standing stones, mostly between the 4th and 6th centuries, and read from the bottom up. In later tradition each letter was named after a tree or plant. Here’s Shauna, letter by letter.
- SSail, willow
- HUath, hawthorn
- AAilm, pine
- UÚr, heather
- NNion, ash
- AAilm, pine
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Names that go with Shauna
Questions about Shauna
- How do you pronounce Shauna?
- Shauna is pronounced SHAW-na. Two syllables, stress on the first.
- What does Shauna mean?
- Shauna means “God is gracious.”
- Is Shauna a girl's name or a boy's name?
- Shauna is a girl's name.
- How popular is Shauna in Ireland?
- In 2025, Shauna was No. 885 for girls in Ireland, with 3 babies, according to the Central Statistics Office. It was most popular in 1993, at No. 6.