Shonna

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables.

Babies a year
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no recent records
Rarity
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list

Shonna by the numbers

Its American peak was 194 babies in 1977, making it a 1970s name.

What we can tell you about Shonna

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

  • ShannaGod is gracious; a form of Johanna19 in the US (2017)
  • Shonagod is gracious; a form of Síona3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Shenna
  • Shonda
  • Shonta
  • Siennareddish-brown earth; the city of Siena1,530 in England and Wales (2025)

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