The first name Shavon
A girl’s name from Irish.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Irish origin
A 20th-century phonetic spelling of Irish Siobhán.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
Shavon last appeared in the official list in 2001, given to 3 girls.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Shavon with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Shavon at birth, 1880–2025
In 2019, 8 girls born in the United States were named Shavon, the 12,287th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1979, when 358 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Shavon
1 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Shavon ShieldsDanish basketball player (born 1994)
More Irish girls’ names
Questions
- What does the name Shavon mean?
- A 20th-century phonetic spelling of Irish Siobhán.
- What is the origin of the name Shavon?
- A 20th-century phonetic spelling of Irish Siobhán.
- How popular is the name Shavon?
- In 2001, 3 girls born in England and Wales were named Shavon, ranking 3,998th.
- Is Shavon a boy's or a girl's name?
- Both. Of the 4,266 US babies named Shavon since 1880, 91% were girls and 9% boys.
- When was Shavon most popular?
- 1979 in the United States, when 358 babies were named Shavon, its highest rank at 531st.