Shona name - Meaning of Shona
- Gender
- Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 3
- Usage
- Scottish, Hebrew
- Pronounced
- SHOWN-ə
- Shona Meaning
- Anglicized form of Seonag or Seònaid. Though unconnected, this is also the name of an ethnic group who live in southern Africa, mainly Zimbabwe. Shona is a Scottish form of Joan. Joan originates in Hebrew language and means "God is merciful". It is a feminine form of John and as a female name has been used since the 17th century. One of the most famous bearers of this name was Joan of Arc, Maid of Orleans, a French heroine who led the French army in the Hundred Years" War. She was burned by the English at the stake for heresy and later on declared a martyr.
Shona Related Names
Variants: Seona, Seonag, Seònaid, Sheona, Seonaid, Shonna
Diminutives: Seona, Seònaid, Sheona
Other Languages: Tajuana (African American), Jone (Basque), Joanna (Biblical), Ioanna (Biblical Greek), Iohanna (Biblical Latin), Ioana, Ivana, Yana, Yoana (Bulgarian), Joana (Catalan), Ivana (Croatian), Ivana, Jana, Johana (Czech), Johanna, Johanne, Hanna, Hanne, Janne, Jonna (Danish), Jana, Janna, Johanna, Hanna, Hanne, Hannie, Jennigje, Johanneke (Dutch), Jane, Jean, Joan, Joanna, Johanna, Johnna, Jo, Joanie, Joann, Joanne, Joetta, Joey, Jojo, Joleen, Jolene, Jonelle, Jonette, Joni, Jonie (English), Johanna (Estonian), Janina, Johanna, Hanna, Hannele, Janna, Jenna, Jenni, Jonna (Finnish), Jeanne (French), Xoana (Galician), Jana, Janina, Johanna, Hanna, Hanne (German), Ioanna (Greek), Johanna, Hanna (Hungarian), Jóhanna, Jóna (Icelandic), Siobhan (Irish), Giovanna, Gianna, Giovannetta, Vanna (Italian), Johanna (Late Roman), Janina (Lithuanian), Ivana, Jovana (Macedonian), Jehanne, Johanne (Medieval French), Johanna, Johanne, Hanna, Hanne, Janne (Norwegian), Janina, Joanna, Asia, Joasia (Polish), Joana, Joaninha (Portuguese), Ioana (Romanian), Yana (Russian), Ivana, Jovana (Serbian), Jana (Slovak), Ivana, Jana (Slovene), Juana, Juanita (Spanish), Janina, Janna, Johanna, Hanna, Jonna (Swedish), Siwan (Welsh)
Shona Celebrities
Shona Macdonald - artist,
