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Shauntia
How to Pronounce Shauntia
Pronounced shawn-TEE-uh /ʃɔːnˈtiː.ə/Medium
Meaning: Shauntia builds on Shaun, the anglicized form of the Irish Sean, adding the ornamental -ia ending common in American coinages; it is an invented name blending a familiar base with a decorative close.Low
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
Shauntia is part of the creative naming wave in Black American families through the nineteen-eighties. It stayed rare throughout, touching a small high around 1992.
It was never common, given to only a couple dozen girls a year even at its peak, so the name reads as a distinctive personal choice. A girl named Shauntia at that high would be in her early thirties today. The Shaun- base and -ia ending set her clearly in that late-century moment.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Shauntia mean?
It is a modern African American coinage extending Shaun with an -ia ending; it has no single inherited meaning.
How do you pronounce Shauntia?
It is said shawn-TEE-uh /ʃɔːnˈtiː.ə/, three syllables with the stress in the middle.
Is Shauntia a boy or girl name?
Shauntia is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Shauntia?
It has always been rare, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its peak in the early nineteen-nineties.