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Shawnice

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Pronounced shaw-NEESE /ʃɔːˈniːs/Medium

Meaning: Shawnice is a coined girls' name built from Shawn — the English respelling of Irish Sean, itself from John, 'God is gracious' — with a -ice ending that echoes Shanice and Janice; it belongs to the wave of invented -nice/-nise names.Low

In 30 seconds: Shawnice is a coined girls' name from Shawn plus a musical -ice ending, cousin to Shanice (said 'shaw-NEESE').

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Origin LowAmerican, Coined

MeaningShawnice is a coined girls' name built from Shawn — the English respelling of Irish Sean, itself from John, 'God is gracious' — with a -ice ending that echoes Shanice and Janice; it belongs to the wave of invented -nice/-nise names.

U.S. rank (2009)#19767 ↘ Falling

2009 U.S. births5 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)

Peak year1988

Total births (all-time)≈ 435

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

Shawnice takes Shawn — an English form of Irish Sean, from John, 'God is gracious' — and gives it a lilting -ice tail in the pattern of Shanice and Janice. It is a genuine coinage rather than an inherited name.

It rose in the nineteen-eighties, crested late in that decade at just a few dozen girls a year, and slipped to rarity by the two-thousands; anyone named Shawnice is likely in her thirties, and it has stayed firmly of its era.

Did you know? Shawnice belongs to the nineteen-eighties heyday of invented -ice names, peaking around 1988 at only a few dozen girls a year before fading.

Overall data confidence 55%

References — Shawnice — Shawn + -ice; Shanice family

Variations

ShawniseShonice

Nicknames

ShawnNicey

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Denise— shares the -nise sound and soft ending

Janelle— a like coined Sh-/J- girls' name of the same generation

Latoya— same nineteen-eighties invented-name feel

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Shawnice mean?

Shawnice is a coined feminine of Shawn (from Irish Sean, 'God is gracious') with a -ice ending like Shanice.

How do you pronounce Shawnice?

It's said shaw-NEESE /ʃɔːˈniːs/ — two syllables, stress on the second.

Is Shawnice a boy or girl name?

Shawnice is used as a girl's name.

How popular is Shawnice?

Shawnice was always uncommon, a coined name of the nineteen-eighties that is rare today.