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Shawndell
How to Pronounce Shawndell
Pronounced shawn-DEL /ʃɔnˈdɛl/Medium
Meaning: Shawndell joins Shawn, an English spelling of the Irish Sean and ultimately the Hebrew John meaning God is gracious, to the decorative -dell ending, producing an invented American name 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.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Shawndell belongs to the family of names built by adding an ornamental ending to a familiar base, here Shawn plus -dell. It stayed rare throughout, reaching a small high around 1973.
Never common, it was given to only about twenty girls a year at most, and its run had ended by the early nineteen-nineties. A girl named Shawndell at that peak would be in her early fifties today. The name reads as a personal, inventive choice of its era.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Shawndell mean?
It is a modern American blend of Shawn, from the Hebrew John meaning God is gracious, with the decorative -dell ending.
How do you pronounce Shawndell?
It is said shawn-DEL /ʃɔnˈdɛl/, two syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Shawndell a boy or girl name?
Shawndell is recorded here as a girl's name.
How popular is Shawndell?
It has always been very rare, given to only about twenty girls a year at its brief peak in the early nineteen-seventies.