Shayna
given name · Latin script
Meaning: 2 Modern name, either taken from a Yiddish name derived from German Schén(e) ‘beautiful’, or else a variant of Sheena
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ʃeɪnə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Shayna is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 24K(measured from records)
- CACanada≈1 in 45K
- ILIsrael≈1 in 21Kas שיינה
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Shayna itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 389 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 10K (inferred from the name graph)
14,154 people, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Romania, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled שיינה in IL Israel, RO Romania, LB Lebanon and 2 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
2 Modern name, either taken from a Yiddish name derived from German Schén(e) ‘beautiful’, or else a variant of Sheena.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Shayna counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 14,154 | 1 in 24K | 14K | Shayna | 389 |
| RO Romania | #743 | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 10K | — | שיינה | 2 |
| FR France | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 54K | 3.3K | — | 3 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈840 est. | ≈1 in 45K | 1 | Shayna | 127 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈680 est. | ≈1 in 391K | — | Shayna | 30 |
| IL Israel | — | ≈420 est. | ≈1 in 21K | 573 | שיינה | 15 |
| LB Lebanon | — | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 18K | — | שיינה | 2 |
| LV Latvia | — | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | שיינה | 3 |
| LT Lithuania | #696 | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 25K | — | שיינה | 3 |
14,154 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; CBS Israel — Names given to babies (1949–present); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Shayna is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Jewish: Yiddish name meaning ‘beautiful’ (modern German schön ). See also BEILE and YAFFA . Variant: Sheine .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Shana Alexanderb. 1925USnot in their usual nameAmerican journalist (1925–2005)
- Shana Halliganb. 1973USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer-songwriter
- Shana Festeb. 1975USnot in their usual nameAmerican film director and screenwriter
- Shana Hiattb. 1975USnot in their usual nameAmerican model and television host
- Shayna Steeleb. 1975USAmerican actress
- Shayna Baszlerb. 1980USAmerican mixed martial artist and professional wrestler
- Shana Coxb. 1985USnot in their usual nameAmerican sprinter who competes internationally for Great Britain since 2011
- Junglepussyb. 1991USnot in their usual namerapper from East New York
- Shayna Jackb. 1998AUAustralian swimmer
- Shana Goldberg-MeehanUSnot in their usual nameTelevision producer, television writer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 56 sources across 37 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 14K | #1,964 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 3.3K | #759 |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 1996 | 118 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 1993 | 96 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 72 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 12 | #1,964 |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2024 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1985 | 5 | — |
| CA Canada | Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender | 2024 | 1 | #2,418 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Shayna mean, and where does it come from?
- 2 Modern name, either taken from a Yiddish name derived from German Schén(e) ‘beautiful’, or else a variant of Sheena. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- Is Shayna a male or female name?
- Shayna is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How do you pronounce Shayna?
- A machine transcription gives /ʃeɪnə/ (IPA) for English.
- What are other forms of the name Shayna?
- In the etymology graph, Shaina, Sheine and Shaynah are forms of the same name in other languages; Shaindel is a recorded short or pet form.
- In which country does Shayna have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 14 thousand people named Shayna, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled shayna.
- How common is the name Shayna?
- In the United States, the national register counted 14,154 people named Shayna in 2020, about 1 in 24 thousand residents.
- How common is Shayna compared with other names?
- In Lithuania, Shayna is the 696th most common given name of 5,944 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/shaynaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Shayna” — the 696th most common given name in Lithuania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.