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Shaun

American  
[shawn] / ʃɔn /

noun

  1. a male given name, form of John.


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Among the venture capital investors who have invested $121 million in Neros is Shaun Maguire, a partner at Sequoia Capital and Trump donor and Pentagon adviser.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Shaun Johnson, a venture capitalist who lives in San Francisco, plans to send his son to Alpha kindergarten.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

Shaun Greenaway, 43, was diagnosed in 2018 with azoospermia - a condition in which no sperm are present in the semen.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

She paid tribute to the train driver Shaun Burton, 60, who died in the crash – the only fatality.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

Shaun and I made sure we were together for the rematch, but it wasn’t quite that easy.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

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