Keeshaun
Meaning of Keeshaun
Keeshaun represents a late-twentieth-century American coinage that fuses the inventive prefix “Ke-,” frequently employed in African-American naming traditions to personalize established roots, with the Gaelic given name Seán—an Irish cognate of John, ultimately derived from the Hebrew Yōḥānān, “Yahweh is gracious.” Although the spelling varies across Keyshawn, Keshawn, and Ke’Shawn, the shared cadence kee-SHAWN (/kiˈʃɒn/) anchors the name in common pronunciation. Usage records issued by the U.S. Social Security Administration show a modest but steady presence between 1996 and 2004, peaking in 1999 when ten newborn boys received the name, securing rank 802 nationwide; subsequent years trace a gentle tapering that mirrors broader trends for creatively prefixed masculine names. Cultural resonance arises chiefly through National Football League wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson, whose prominence in the late 1990s lent the sound pattern wide visibility and, by extension, fueled interest in its many orthographic variants, including Keeshaun. As a result, the name carries associations of athletic prowess and contemporary individuality while still echoing the time-honored blessing embodied in the meaning “God is gracious.”
Pronunciation
American English
- Pronunced as kee-SHAWN (/kiˈʃɒn/)
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