Shawna is a feminine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

. It is a variant of

Shauna Shauna ( Irish: Seána) is an Irish female given name. It is the female version of the male names Shawn or Sean, both of which are in turn derived from John. People named Shauna * Shauna Adix (1932–1998), American educator and administrator ...

, derived from Shawn, an anglicisation of

Seán Sean, also spelled Seán or Séan in Hiberno-English, is a male given name of Irish language, Irish origin. It comes from the Irish versions of the Biblical Hebrew name ''Yohanan'' (), Seán (Anglicisation of names, anglicized as ''Shaun/Shawn (g ...

, an Irish Gaelic name. Seán is derived from the Norman-French "Jehan" (Jean), which itself is a variant of the Biblical Hebrew name "Yohanan". The first name has been present throughout the last century although fluctuating in use. It ranked 882nd in popularity for females of all ages in a 2000-2003

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statistic and 490th in a 1990 US Sample. Shawna may refer to: * Shawna Ann Claw, Diné politician *

Shawna Kimbrell Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell (born April 20, 1976; Ng A Qui) is a lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force, and the first female African-American fighter pilot in the history of that service. She flew the F-16 Fighting Falcon The Gen ...

(born 1976), American fighter pilot *

Shawna Robinson Shawna Robinson (born November 30, 1964) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. She was a competitor in all three of NASCAR's national touring series, as well as the ARCA Racing Series, ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series and the ISC ...

(born 1964), American stock car driver and interior designer *

Shawna Trpcic Shawna Trpcic (; née Leavell, October 18, 1966 – October 4, 2023) was an American costume designer. Biography Shawna Trpcic was born in Artesia, California, on October 18, 1966. She got her start in the industry with the 1990 film '' Megavill ...

(born 1966), American costume designer *

Shawna Landon Shawna is a feminine given name. It is a variant of Shauna, derived from Shawn, an anglicisation of Seán, an Irish Gaelic name. Seán is derived from the Norman-French "Jehan" (Jean), which itself is a variant of the Biblical Hebrew name "Yohan ...

(born 1971), American former actress and daughter of

Michael Landon Michael Landon Sr. (born Eugene Maurice Orowitz; October 31, 1936 – July 1, 1991) was an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his roles as Little Joe Cartwright in ''Bonanza'' (1959–1973), Charles Ingalls in ''Little House on th ...

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