home > girl names > shana

Shana - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Shana
 
 

 



[ 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)"


Popularity Trend
for Shana
from 1900 to 2007Variant Popularity Chart
for Shana
in 2007

Meaning of Shaina Meaning of Shaindel Meaning of Shana Meaning of Shania Meaning of Shayna Meaning of Shaynah Meaning of Sheine Meaning of Shawn Meaning of Shawnie Meaning of Kashawn Meaning of Keyshawn Meaning of Lashandra Meaning of Lashawn Meaning of Shaune Meaning of Shawana Meaning of Shawanna Meaning of Keyshawn Meaning of Shawn Meaning of Johanna Meaning of Shawna