| [ syll. (s)ho-na, sh-ona ] The girl name Shona is pronounced -SHOWNah KEY. Shona is of Hebrew origin and it is used mainly in the Scottish language. Shona is a variant form of the Dutch, German, and Scandinavian Johanna. See also the related forms, the Scottish Seonag and the Scottish Seonaid. Shona is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the height of its usage in 1970, 0.009% of baby girls were given the name Shona. It was #846 in rank then. The baby name has seen a decline in frequency since then, and is used only on a very modest scale today. Within the family of girl names directly linked to Shona, the Dutch, German, and Scandinavian Johanna was the most widely used in 2007. Baby names that sound like Shona include the Scottish Seonaid, 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 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 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 Arabic Samia, the Arabic Samiha, the Arabic, Indian, and Iranian Samina, the Arabic and Turkish Samya, the Dutch and German Sanne, the English Shania, the English Shaune, the English Shawana, the English Shawanna, the English Shawn, the Irish Shawnae, the English Shawnah, the Hebrew Sheine, the Hebrew Shushana, the Hebrew Shushanna, the Welsh Sian, the Scandinavian Signe, 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, and the Scandinavian Synne. KEY: approx English pronunciation for Shona: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"
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