| [ syll. (s)ha-ni-qua, sh-aniq-ua ] The girl name Shaniqua is pronounced -SHAENIYKWah KEY. Shaniqua's language of origin is unknown and it is used largely in the English language. The name is a modern invention from the name elements 'Shan-' and '-qua'. A form of the name is the English Shanika. Shaniqua is rare as a baby girl name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1991, 0.042% of baby girls were given the name Shaniqua. It had a ranking of #313 then. The baby name has dropped out of favor since then, and is of only sporadic use now. Out of all girl names in its family, Shaniqua was nonetheless the most frequently used in 2007. Baby names that sound like Shaniqua include the English Shanika, the Slavic Sinisa, the Italian Cinzia, the Japanese Sango, the Scottish Senga, the Scottish Seonag, the English Shanice, the Portuguese Cintia, and the Portuguese Cíntia. KEY: approx pronunciation for Shaniqua: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; W as in "we (W.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"
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