| Title: | A list of All the BABYNAMES (shadow copy) | 
| Notice: | BABYNAMES is now on-line and writable! Enjoy... | 
| Moderator: | OASS::BURDEN_D | 
| Created: | Tue Feb 13 1996 | 
| Last Modified: | Fri May 30 1997 | 
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 | 
| Number of topics: | 996 | 
| Total number of notes: | 7139 | 
    I am looking for the meaning of Shawna?  Does anyone know what this
    name stands for?  I am also looking for some feedback as to what
    your opinion is of the name "Shawna Marie Smith".  I am having a baby
    in July and have been fighting to find a girls name that I like.  
    Please tell me what you think?
                
    Karen
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| 373.1 | Don't know about Shawn | HYEND::JHALL | Wed Apr 19 1989 07:42 | 7 | |
|     I like and do not like the Shawna, people inavertadely shorten
    names and "Shawn" as a nickname for a girl, I personally don't
    care for.  However, the entire name together sounds great.  What
    did you pick for a boys' name?
    
    Kim
    
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| 373.2 | BITS1::HAGEN | Wed Apr 19 1989 09:35 | 8 | ||
| Shawna and Shawn are the feminine form of Sean, which is the Irish form of John. (according to my book of names). BTW, John is Hebrew meaning "God is gracious". I think Shawna Marie Smith sounds pretty together. Shawna isn't a name I hear very often, unlike Smith, so they compliment each other. - �ori | |||||
| 373.3 | Reply 373.1 | WAV14::KREA | Fri Apr 21 1989 09:04 | 3 | |
|     If we have a boy, we've decided to name it after both fathers, so
    we've decided on Dana Michael Smith.
    What do you think?
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| 373.4 | Both fathers??? | QBUS::MITCHAM | Andy in Atlanta | Wed Apr 26 1989 11:01 | 0 | 
| 373.5 | Answer to 373.4 | WAV12::KREA | Thu Apr 27 1989 09:59 | 4 | |
|     Both Grandfathers, my father is Michael and my husbands father's
    name is Dana.   There are 2 Michael's im my family, so we've 
    decided to have the first name Dana and use Michael as the middle
    name. 
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