| [ syll. (s)hai-na, sh-a-ina ] The girl name Shaina is pronounced as -SHEY-Nah KEY. Shaina is used predominantly in Yiddish and its origin is also Yiddish. Derived from the element 'shain' which has the meaning beautiful. Shaindel (Hebrew), Shana (English), Shania (English), Shayna (Hebrew and Yiddish), Shaynah (Hebrew), and Sheine (Hebrew) are variants of Shaina. Shaina is an uncommon baby name for girls. At the height of its usage in 1987, 0.040% of baby girls were named Shaina. It ranked at #320 then. The baby name has since fallen from favor, and is currently of very modest use. In 2007, within the group of girl names directly related to Shaina, Shania (English) was the most regularly used. Baby names that sound like Shaina include Shayna (Hebrew and Yiddish), Salma (Arabic, Indian, Iranian, and Spanish), Sameena (Indian), Sammie (English), Sammy (English), Sanja (German and Russian), Sanna (English, German, and Scandinavian), Sannie (German), Santa (Italian), Sanya (Russian), Seonaid (Scottish), Shama (Arabic and Indian), Shana (English), Shanna (English), Shannon (English), Shanon (English), Shauna (English), Shaunah (English), Shawna (English), Shawnie (English), Shaynah (Hebrew), Sheena (English), Sheyenne (English), Shianne (English), Shona (Scottish), Shyann (English), Shyanne (English), Signi (Scandinavian), Signy (Scandinavian), Sima (Russian), Simone (English, French, and German), Sina (German and Scandinavian), Sini (Finnish and Scandinavian), Sonia (English), Sonja (German), Sonya (Russian), Susan (English), Susanne (English and German), Suzan (English), Suzane (Portuguese), Suzanne (French), Cheyenne (English), Sam (English), Samia (Arabic), Samiha (Arabic), Samina (Arabic, Indian, and Iranian), Samya (Arabic and Turkish), Sanne (Dutch and German), Shania (English), Shaune (English), Shawana (English), Shawanna (English), Shawn (English), Shawnae (Irish), Shawnah (English), Sheine (Hebrew), Shushana (Hebrew), Shushanna (Hebrew), Sian (Welsh), Signe (Scandinavian), Simona (Italian and Scandinavian), Siùsan (Scottish), Susana (Italian and Spanish), Susanna (German and Italian), Susannah (English), Suzana (Portuguese), Suzanna (English), and Synne (Scandinavian). KEY: approx English pronunciation for Shaina: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"
|
