Shawnee

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 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◐

Shawnee is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name915 records spelled Shawnee2 spellings in the group

  Also written Shawnée

• a separate name437 records spelled Shawnee2 spellings in the group

  Also written Shawnée

40 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●

Shawnee is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, N. American people; US pi. name

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, college, IL

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In Finnish, Shawnee (Native American people from Ohio)

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

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) — 77 years between 1943–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Shoni Kleinb. 1904HUnot in their usual namevictim of the Holocaust
• Shawnee KishCAMohawk singer-songwriter based in what is known as Canada

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 · 127 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Shawnee?

We estimate roughly 3.4 thousand people bear Shawnee (counting its spellings and scripts) across 4 countries in our records.

In which country does Shawnee have the most bearers?

Shawnee is most frequently recorded in Canada, where it is most often spelled shawnee.

What does the name Shawnee mean?

Recorded meaning: A member of a Native American people (tribe) from Ohio.