Sinae
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Synonym of Chinese or Southern Chinese, chiefly in the context of ancient Greco-Roman knowledge of China
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Sinae is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Korea than in any other country, where it is the 42nd most common given name.
- KRSouth Korea≈1 in 542as 수현(inferred from the name graph)
- DEGermany≈1 in 3.1Kas Sina
- NGNigeria≈1 in 27Kas Sina
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 Sinae 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.
- South Korea (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 300 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 542 (inferred from the name graph)
≈96,000 named 수현, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
South Korea, est., as 수현
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Sina in DE Germany, NG Nigeria, NO Norway and 3 more, Shin in US United States, CN China and 수현 in KR South Korea.
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)
Synonym of Chinese or Southern Chinese, chiefly in the context of ancient Greco-Roman knowledge of China.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sinae 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KR South Korea | #42 | ≈96,000 est. | ≈1 in 542 | 9.1K | 수현 | 257 |
| DE Germany | #428 | ≈26,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.1K | — | Sina | 189 |
| CN China | — | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 89K | — | Shin | 34 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈8,000 est. | ≈1 in 27K | — | Sina | 44 |
| IR Iran | — | ≈4,100 est. | ≈1 in 20K | — | Sina | 46 |
| US United States | — | 3,063as Sina | 1 in 109K | 23K | Shin | 300 |
| CH Switzerland | #838 | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 6.2K | 64 | Sina | 74 |
| NO Norway | — | 672as Sina | 1 in 8.1K | 2.3K | Sina | 29 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈620 est. | ≈1 in 14K | 700 | Sina | 57 |
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: KOSIS — 2015 census surnames; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024). 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)
Sinae is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latin, the Chinese, specifically:
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In sbe, intestines
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In kbt, belly
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In mxe, guts
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
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)
- Shin Shin-aeb. 1959KRSouth Korean film actress and singer
- Kwak Sin-aeb. 1968KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean film producer
- Jo Si-naeb. 1973KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress
- Shin Aeb. 1982KRactress
- Ahn Shin Aeb. 1986KRSouth Korean singer
- Yoo Shin-aeb. 1988KRSouth Korean actress
- Lee Shin Aeb. 1989KRSouth Korean actress
- Ahn Shin-aeb. 1990KRSouth Korean golfer (1990-)
- Seo Shin-aeb. 1998KRSouth Korean actress
- Yoon Shin-aeKRSouth Korean television producer
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 4 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 208 | #37,508 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2005 | 18 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2004 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2006 | 5 | — |
Reference works 1
- Dictionary of American 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 Sinae mean, and where does it come from?
- Synonym of Chinese or Southern Chinese, chiefly in the context of ancient Greco-Roman knowledge of China. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Sinae a male or female name?
- Sinae 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 Sinae have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 96 thousand people named 수현 in South Korea, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Sinae?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,063 people named Sina in 2020, about 1 in 109 thousand residents.
- How common is Sinae compared with other names?
- In South Korea, Sinae is the 42nd most common given name of 67,037 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/sinaeThe 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, “Sinae” — the 42nd most common given name in South Korea. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.