Ashaun

Meaning of Ashaun

Ashaun, pronounced uh-SHAWN (/əˈʃɔn/), is a masculine English-usage name that derives from the Irish Gaelic Seán—a form of the Hebrew Yohanan, literally “God is gracious”—with the addition of the anglicizing prefix A- serving as a morphological innovation. In the context of contemporary Anglo-American onomastics, Ashaun represents a creative orthographic variant within the broader Shaun/Shawn/Sean lineage, its usage reflecting a late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century trend toward personalized name-forms. Social Security Administration records show that Ashaun has appeared intermittently among U.S. male birth registrations since 1997, varying from six to sixteen occurrences in a given year and ranking between 787 and 932; most recently, it registered eight occurrences (rank 916) in 2024. These data points highlight Ashaun’s status as a niche appellation, valued for its phonetic precision and the balance it strikes between inherited tradition and modern distinctiveness.

Pronunciation

English

• Pronunced as uh-SHAWN (/əˈʃɔn/)

• Ashawn