# Shane vs Shauna

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Shane
*name · IPA /ʃeɪn/ · frequency rank #7,741*
A male given name from Irish.

### Shauna
*name · IPA /ˈʃɔːnə/ · frequency rank #46,173*
A female given name from Irish, a modern feminine of Shaun (“Sean”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shane-vs-shauna