Reshawn

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Reshawn by the numbers

Reshawn was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 19 babies in 1997, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Reshawn

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 Reshawn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Rashawn67 in the US (2017)
  • Roshawn10 in the US (2017)
  • Raeshawn9 in the US (2017)
  • Rehanfragrant or sweet-smelling27 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rashaunrightly guided; wise counsel; a form of Rashid42 in the US (2017)
  • Roshanshining or luminous12 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Reshawn

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