Rayshaun
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 17 babies a year in the US.
Rayshaun by the numbers
Rayshaun was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 39 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Rayshaun
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rayshaun. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rashaunrightly guided; wise counsel; a form of Rashid42 in the US (2017)
- Rayshawn58 in the US (2017)
- Rayshun6 in the US (2017)
- Rayhansweet basil16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rashaanrighteous; wise; variant of Rashid or Rashan11 in the US (2017)
- Rayhaanperfumed or fragrant one3 in England and Wales (2025)
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