| [ 2 syll. (s)ha-na, sh-ana ] The girl name Shana is pronounced as SHAENah or SHEYNah KEY. Shana is an English name of Yiddish and Hebrew origin. Shana is a variant of the name Shawn (English). Shana is also an English variant of the name Shaina (Yiddish). Shana is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1977, 0.091% of baby girls were given the name Shana. It was #184 in rank then. The baby name has markedly declined in popularity since then, and is now of sporadic use. Within all girl names in its family, Shana was nonetheless the most regularly used in 2007. Baby names that sound like Shana include Shaina (Yiddish), Shanna (English), 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), 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: Pronunciation for Shana: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; 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)"
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