Shina
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A Dardic people
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ʃinə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Shina is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.
- NGNigeria≈1 in 6.8K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 522K
- GYGuyana1 in 188K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 203 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈32,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Nigeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
stem (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
How Shina is read(measured from records)
Shina is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English52%
A Dardic people.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Hindi12%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Shina in Hindi.
- Swahili5.7%
stem (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Spanish5.1%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Shina in Spanish.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Shina 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | ≈32,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.8K | — | Shina | 72 |
| US United States | 637 | 1 in 522K | 589 | Shina | 203 |
| PH Philippines | ≈490 est. | ≈1 in 225K | — | Shina | 23 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 274K | — | Shina | 17 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 621K | 49 | Shina | 69 |
| SG Singapore | ≈30 est. | ≈1 in 206K | — | Shina | 13 |
| GY Guyana | 4 | 1 in 188K | 4 | — | 1 |
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; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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)
Shina is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of しな
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Uzbek, tyre
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Sir Shina Petersb. 1958NGNigerian Juju Musician
- Shina Rambob. 1960NGNigerian bandit
- Shina Matsudob. 1973JPJapanese Olympic Swimmer
- Shina Pellerb. 1974NGNigerian politician and entrepreneur
- Shina OgungbeNGNigeria Actor
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 35 sources across 22 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 373 | #58,695 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 334 | #60,347 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 309 | #60,887 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 49 | #51,457 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
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
- Where does the name Shina come from?
- stem (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Shina?
- A machine transcription gives /ʃinə/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Shina mean?
- In English, A Dardic people.
- Is Shina a male or female name?
- Shina is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Shina have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 32 thousand people named Shina in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled shina.
- How common is the name Shina?
- In the United States, the national register counted 637 people named Shina in 2020, about 1 in 522 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Shina?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/shinaThe 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, “Shina”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.