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Shauni

Gender
Girl
Say it
SHAW-nee
Origin
Hebrew

Shauni is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Shauni mean?

Hebrew: feminine form of Shaun, the Irish form of John

“God is gracious”

Is Shauni a girl's or a boy's name?

Shauni is a girls' name.

How popular is Shauni in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 29 girls.

Half of all the girls named Shauni in the UK since 1996 were born between 1996 and 2001. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 29 in 19962019
Shauni in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20191#7,346
20180–
20170–
20160–
20150–
20140–
20132#7,600
20120–
20110–
20101#7,520
20092#7,309
20080–
20071#7,017
20064#4,357
20052#6,264
20044#3,916
20033#4,560
20022#5,472
20019#1,974
20006#2,554
19997#2,295
199818#1,199
199715#1,333
199629#837

Names like Shauni

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Shauni: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shauni, updated 20 October 2026.