39%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage African American Pronounced Pron. lə-SHAWN-də(English) [key·IPA] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Combination of the popular prefix la with the name Shonda. It can be spelled LaShonda or Lashonda. PopularityDetails Last ranked #972 in 1991 United States People think this name isRate·Details modern informal common urban devious rough strange unintellectual Categories authors, comedians, currently out of the US top 1000, invented, playwrights