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Shanika - Origin and Meaning of the name

 
 

 



[ syll. (s)ha-ni-ka, sh-an-ika ] The girl name Shanika is pronounced -SHAENihKah KEY. Shanika's language of origin is unknown and it is used mainly in English. Shanika is a form of Shaniqua (English).

Shanika is unusual as a baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1979 with 0.024% of baby girls being named Shanika. It had a ranking of #494 then. The baby name has experienced a marked drop in popularity since then, and is of only infrequent use now. Among all girl names in its family, Shanika was nevertheless the most popular in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Shanika include Shaniqua (English), Sinisa (Slavic), Cinzia (Italian), Sango (Japanese), Senga (Scottish), Seonag (Scottish), Shanice (English), Cintia (Portuguese), and Cíntia (Portuguese).

KEY: approx pronunciation for Shanika: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


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