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Lashundra

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How to Pronounce Lashundra

Pronounced luh-SHUN-druh /ləˈʃʌn.drə/Medium

Meaning: Lashundra is a coined American name pairing the popular La- prefix with a -shundra ending, close in sound to Lashonda and Shaunda. It has no single dictionary meaning; its appeal is the flowing, rhythmic blend its parents chose.Low

In 30 seconds: Lashundra is a modern American coinage in the Lashonda family, built on the La- prefix. It crested around 1981 and stayed a niche choice.
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Origin LowAfrican American
MeaningLashundra is a coined American name pairing the popular La- prefix with a -shundra ending, close in sound to Lashonda and Shaunda. It has no single dictionary meaning; its appeal is the flowing, rhythmic blend its parents chose.
U.S. rank (2007)#16671 ↘ Falling
2007 U.S. births6 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)
Peak year1981
Total births (all-time)≈ 983

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

peak 198119692007

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

Lashundra is a coined American name of the later twentieth century, joining the fashionable La- prefix to a -shundra ending akin to Lashonda and Shaunda. It belongs to the inventive African American naming of the 1970s and 80s, when familiar sounds were recombined into new names. Its meaning lives in the rhythm rather than a traced root.

The name crested around 1981 and stayed uncommon, borne by roughly a thousand girls before fading by the mid-2000s. A Lashundra named at the peak is now in her mid-forties. It never spread widely and reads as a distinctly late-century coinage.

Did you know? Lashundra sits in a whole cluster of La- names — Lashonda, Lashawn, Latonya — that African American parents coined through the 1970s and 80s.
Overall data confidence 55%
References — Lashundra — Coined La-/-shundra name; 1980s peak

Variations

LashondaLashaunda

Nicknames

ShunShundra

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If you like Lashundra…

Lashonda— the closest La- name in sound
Latonya— a same-era La- coinage of the cohort
Lakisha— a fellow La- name of the period
Shaunda— the -shundra sound Lashundra draws on

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Lashundra mean?

Lashundra is a coined American name with no single dictionary meaning; it blends the La- prefix with a -shundra sound, kin to Lashonda.

How do you pronounce Lashundra?

It's said luh-SHUN-druh /ləˈʃʌn.drə/ — three syllables, stress on the second.

Is Lashundra a boy or girl name?

Lashundra is used as a girl's name.

How popular is Lashundra?

Lashundra was an uncommon coinage that crested in the early nineteen-eighties and has been rare since.

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