Rashaun

A unisex name of Arabic origin, meaning rightly guided; wise counsel; a form of Rashid.

Babies a year
42
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Rashaun by the numbers

Rashaun was given to 42 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 117 babies in 1998, making it a 1990s name.

Other names that come from Rashid

Like Rashaun, each of these traces back to Rashid: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Rashaadrightly guided; wise counsel; a form of Rashid45 in the US (2017)
  • Rashidrightly guided; wise8 in England and Wales (2025)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rashaun. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Rashaanrighteous; wise; variant of Rashid or Rashan11 in the US (2017)
  • Rashawn67 in the US (2017)
  • Rashan9 in the US (2017)
  • Rashun6 in the US (2017)
  • Roshaun5 in the US (2017)
  • Roshanshining or luminous12 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Rashaun

Names that are said the same way as Rashaun, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Other names that mean wisdom

Like Rashaun, each of these has wisdom in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Sophiawisdom14,848 in the US (2017)
  • Sofiawisdom1,490 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
  • Quinndescendant of Conn; wise and intelligent4,467 in the US (2017)
  • Sophiewisdom724 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Athenagoddess of wisdom and warfare519 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Rashaun

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