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Deshonda
Pronounced duh-SHAHN-duh /dəˈʃɑn.də/Medium
Meaning: Deshonda combines the fashionable De- prefix with Shonda, itself a coined name; it is an invented African American name built from popular sound pieces rather than one with an inherited meaning.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Deshonda is a coined American girl's name assembled from the De- prefix and the Shonda sound. It stayed rare throughout, touching a small high around 1980.
Given to only about twenty girls a year even at its peak, it faded by the late nineteen-nineties. A girl named Deshonda at that high would be in her forties today. The name reads as a creative, personal choice of its decade.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Deshonda mean?
It is a modern coinage joining the De- prefix with the element Shonda; it has no single inherited meaning.
How do you pronounce Deshonda?
It is said duh-SHAHN-duh /dəˈʃɑn.də/, three syllables with the stress in the middle.
Is Deshonda a boy or girl name?
Deshonda is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Deshonda?
It has always been rare, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the early nineteen-eighties.