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Shauntavia
How to Pronounce Shauntavia
Pronounced shawn-TAY-vee-uh /ʃɔnˈteɪ.vi.ə/Low
Meaning: Shauntavia blends Shaun, the phonetic form of Sean, from John, 'God is gracious,' with Tavia, a short form of Octavia, the Latin name meaning 'eighth.' It belongs to the inventive -tavia and Shaun- family of late twentieth century African American names. Its clearest inherited threads are the John meaning in Shaun and the 'eighth' in Octavia.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
Shauntavia fuses Shaun, from John, 'God is gracious,' with Tavia, a pet form of Octavia, 'eighth.' It sits in the creative -tavia and Shaun- family of names from the eighties and nineties. We trace both threads honestly and flag the whole as a modern blend rather than a single-root name.
Shauntavia appeared in small numbers around the early nineteen-nineties and did not spread, one of many Shaun- and -tavia coinages of the era. A girl named Shauntavia then would be in her mid-thirties today, marking it an early-nineties name.
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What does the name Shauntavia mean?
It blends Shaun (from John, 'God is gracious') with Tavia, from Octavia ('eighth').
How do you pronounce Shauntavia?
It is said shawn-TAY-vee-uh /ʃɔnˈteɪ.vi.ə/ - four syllables, stress on the second.
Is Shauntavia a boy or girl name?
Shauntavia is used as a girls' name.
How popular is Shauntavia?
It was always very rare in the United States, given to only about fourteen girls a year even at its peak in the early nineteen-nineties, and never common.