What does Shawn mean?
What does Shawn mean? The name Shawn is primarily a male name of American origin that means God Is Gracious. Where does the word Shawn come from? An anglicized spelling of Seán, the Irish equivalent of John, originally meaning "Jehovah has been gracious" in Hebrew. Is Shawn a popular name? Shawn Origin and Meaning Shawn is a phonetic spelling of Sean that may be past its peak – it was a Top 30 name in the early 1970s – but is still very popular: 800 baby boys were named Shawn in the US in the most recent year counted vs...