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Shania - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Shania
 
 

 



[ syll. (s)ha-nia, sh-an-ia ] The girl name Shania is pronounced as -SHEYNiyah KEY. Shania is mainly used in the English language. It is of Yiddish and Ojibwa origin. From Ojibwa roots, its meaning is on my way.

In addition, Shania is a variant form of the Yiddish name Shaina in the English language.

Shania is rather popular as a baby girl name. The name rose in popularity during the 1990s; prior to that, it was of irregular use only. At the modest height of its usage in 1996, 0.096% of baby girls were given the name Shania. It was #171 in rank then. The baby name has seen a fall in frequency since then. In 2007, its usage was 0.025% and its ranking #574, but it was nonetheless the most frequently used within all girl names in its family.

Baby names that sound like Shania include the Arabic Samia, the Arabic Samiha, the Arabic, Indian, and Iranian Samina, the Arabic and Turkish Samya, the English Shawana, the English Shawanna, the Hebrew Shushana, the Hebrew Shushanna, the Italian and Scandinavian Simona, the Scottish Siùsan, the Italian and Spanish Susana, the German and Italian Susanna, the English Susannah, the Portuguese Suzana, the English Suzanna, the Arabic, Indian, Iranian, and Spanish Salma, the Indian Sameena, the English Sammie, the English Sammy, the German and Russian Sanja, the English, German, and Scandinavian Sanna, the German Sannie, the Italian Santa, the Russian Sanya, the Scottish Seonaid, the Yiddish Shaina, the Arabic and Indian Shama, the English Shana, the English Shanna, the English Shannon, the English Shanon, the English Shauna, the English Shaunah, the English Shawna, the English Shawnie, the Hebrew and Yiddish Shayna, the Hebrew Shaynah, the English Sheena, the English Sheyenne, the English Shianne, the Scottish Shona, the English Shyann, the English Shyanne, the Scandinavian Signi, the Scandinavian Signy, the Russian Sima, the English, French, and German Simone, the German and Scandinavian Sina, the Finnish and Scandinavian Sini, the English Sonia, the German Sonja, the Russian Sonya, the English Susan, the English and German Susanne, the English Suzan, the Portuguese Suzane, the French Suzanne, the English Cheyenne, the English Sam, the Dutch and German Sanne, the English Shaune, the English Shawn, the Irish Shawnae, the English Shawnah, the Hebrew Sheine, the Welsh Sian, the Scandinavian Signe, and the Scandinavian Synne.

KEY: approx pronunciation for Shania: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


A famous person named Shania is Country Singer Shania Twain, born Eileen Regina Edwards 28 August 1965, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

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