I was talking with a friend the other day, and I brought up the reason why I don’t mind people misspelling my name. “Do you know how many ways there are to spell Shawna?”

Now me, I was sarcastically emphasizing the five ways I knew of then. But my friend, who may be a tad more literal minded, thought we’d find out exactly. So, here is our list of the 42 ways to spell “Shawna”.

Shawna               Seana                Shauna                  Shana   

Shawnna            Seanna               Shaunna               Shanna

Shawnnah          Seannah            Shaunnah             Shannah

Shawnah            Seanah                Shaunah             Shanah

Shawnuh           Seanuh                Shaunuh              Shanuh

Shawnnuh         Seannuh              Shaunnuh            Shannuh  

Chawna                                         Chauna                Chana

Chawnna                                       Chaunna              Channa

Chawnnah                                     Chaunnah            Channah

Chawnah                                       Chaunah              Chanah

Chawnuh                                      Chaunuh              Chanuh

Chawnnuh                                    Chaunnuh            Channuh

Plus one weird one. People spell my name this way but it makes no sense.

Shanwa.

Yeah, a lot of these people just won’t use, like the “Ch” ones (It works- in some languages, “Ch” can replace “Sh”), but still, it’s a massive amount for one rather uncommon name.