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Kashonna

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Pronounced kuh-SHON-uh /kəˈʃɒn.ə/Low

Meaning: Kashonna reads as a modern African-American coinage, a Ka- opening joined to Shonna, itself a respelling of Shauna or Shona, which trace back through Sean to John and a Hebrew phrase meaning 'God is gracious.' Kashonna is a sound-first invention, so it inherits that lineage loosely rather than carrying a separate documented meaning.Low

In 30 seconds: Kashonna is a rare American girl's name (said kuh-SHON-uh), a Ka- prefix joined to Shonna. It appeared in the mid-nineteen-eighties and stayed uncommon.

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Origin LowAmerican

MeaningKashonna reads as a modern African-American coinage, a Ka- opening joined to Shonna, itself a respelling of Shauna or Shona, which trace back through Sean to John and a Hebrew phrase meaning 'God is gracious.' Kashonna is a sound-first invention, so it inherits that lineage loosely rather than carrying a separate documented meaning.

U.S. rank (1990)#9680 ↗ Rising

1990 U.S. births8 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)

Peak year1984

Total births (all-time)≈ 36

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Kashonna is best read as a contemporary coinage, the fashionable Ka- prefix set before Shonna, a respelling of Shauna or Shona. Those parent names descend through Sean from John, whose Hebrew source means 'God is gracious.' Kashonna carries that heritage only faintly; its real appeal is the rhythmic, invented sound popular in Black American naming of its decade.

Kashonna appears for American girls mainly in the mid-nineteen-eighties, given to only about fifteen a year at its peak and never common. A girl named Kashonna then would be in her early forties today.

Did you know? Kashonna belongs to the big family of Ka-Shonna and La-Shonna names shaped by ear in the nineteen-eighties, where a soft prefix and a familiar core combined into something new.

Overall data confidence 28%

References - Kashonna — Coinage; Ka-+Shonna (Shauna/Shona

Variations

KashawnaLashonnaShonna

Nicknames

KashShonna

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Kashonna mean?

Kashonna has no separate documented meaning; it reads as a Ka- prefix on Shonna, itself from Shauna/Shona, tracing through Sean to John, 'God is gracious.'

How do you pronounce Kashonna?

It is said kuh-SHON-uh /kəˈʃɒn.ə/ - three syllables, stress on the second.

Is Kashonna a boy or girl name?

Kashonna is used as a girl's name.

How popular is Kashonna?

It was always rare in the United States, given to only about fifteen girls a year even at its peak in the mid-nineteen-eighties.