Shauna

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Sana in FR France, PK Pakistan, ES Spain and 2 more, Jona in PH Philippines, FI Finland, BR Brazil and 1 more, Сания in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan and Sani in NG Nigeria, ID Indonesia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

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

• Croatian given name273 records spelled Shauna6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada

  Languages: Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian

  Also written Šhäùñä

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●

Shauna is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A female given name from Irish, a modern feminine of Shaun (“Sean”).

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, Feminine form of Sean/Shaun.

  as a name·Irish first names

• A feminine form of Sean/Shaun.

  as a name·Irish first names

• A feminized form of SHAUN , unknown in Ireland and rare in Britain, but reasonably common in America.

  as a word

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.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 88 years between 1938–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Shauna Singh Baldwinb. 1962USCanadian-American writer (born 1962)
• Shauna Grantb. 1963USAmerican pornographic actress and nude model (1963–1984)
• Shauna MacDonaldb. 1970CACanadian actress
• Shauna O'Brienb. 1970USAmerican actress and model
• Shauna Sandb. 1971USAmerican actress and model
• Shauna Robertsonb. 1974CACanadian film producer (born 1974)
• Shauna Shimb. 1979USBritish actress
• Shauna Macdonaldb. 1981GBScottish actress
• Shauna Burnsb. 1981USAmerican musician
• Shauna Crossb. 2000USAmerican writer

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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 326 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Shauna?

We estimate roughly 258 thousand people bear Shauna (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Shauna have the most bearers?

Shauna is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled soni.

How common is Shauna compared with other names?

In India, Shauna is the 92nd most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

Is Shauna a male or female name?

Shauna is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Shauna mean?

Recorded meaning: Name invented as a feminine form of Shaun.