| [ syll. (s)hay-na, sh-a-yna ] The girl name Shayna is pronounced -SHEY-Nah KEY. Shayna has its origins in the Yiddish language, and it is used largely in Hebrew and Yiddish. Shayna is a variant of Shaina (Yiddish). Shayna is somewhat popular as a baby name for girls. The name's popularity grew from the 1970s up to the 1990s; before that, it was of only sporadic use. At the modest peak of its usage in 1991, 0.033% of baby girls were named Shayna. Its ranking then was #381. The baby name has since experienced a decline in popularity. In 2007, it ranked at #854 with a usage of 0.016%, but it was nevertheless the most popular out of all girl names in its group. Baby names that sound like Shayna include Shaina (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), Shana (English), Shanna (English), 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: approx English pronunciation for Shayna: 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)"
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