| [ syll. (s)han-na, sh-a-nna ] The girl name Shanna is pronounced -SHAEN-ah KEY. Shanna's language of origin is Hebrew and it is used mainly in the English language. Shanna is a variant of Susanna (German and Italian). Shanna is rare as a baby name for girls. At the modest peak of its usage in 1978, 0.112% of baby girls were given the name Shanna. Its ranking then was #149. The baby name has since fallen out of favor, and is of only sporadic use now. Out of all girl names in its group, Shanna was nonetheless the most commonly used in 2007. Baby names that sound like Shanna include Shana (English), 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), Shaina (Yiddish), Shama (Arabic and Indian), Shannon (English), Shanon (English), Shauna (English), Shaunah (English), Shawna (English), Shawnie (English), Shayna (Hebrew and Yiddish), 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: approx pronunciation for Shanna: 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)"
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