What does the name Shawn mean?

Shawn means "God is gracious". It is a boy's name of International origin.

Shawn

Shawn means God is gracious.

Gender	boy
Origin	International
Language	English
Starts with	S

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “God is gracious”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Aanya — Inexhaustible, gracious
Vanya — God is gracious, forest
Ivaan — God is gracious, young warrior
Jincy — God is gracious, popular Kerala Christian name
Evaan — Young warrior, God is gracious
Yana — God is gracious, gift

More boys' names of International origin

Leo — Lion, brave
Rian — Little king, royal
Ryaan — Little king
Ethan — Strong, firm, long-lived
Neo — New, gift
Yohan — God is gracious, beloved

Where this comes from

Shawn has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.