Shania

Where Shania comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Shania.

  • Vowel-ended
Shania through the years
  1. 1970
    First appearance
    #7,995 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1995
    Around this time: The Woman in Me by Shania Twain
    Album, 1995 · Source · Date
    “Shania is a feminine given name, popularized by country and pop singer Shania Twain.”
  3. 1996
    Shania Collins born
    US athletics sprinter
  4. 1996
    Peak, #171
    1,837 babies named Shania, the most in any year.
  5. 1997
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #331.
  6. 1998
    Shania Junianatha born
    Indonesian singer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Shania Collins · US athletics sprinter, born 1996
  • Shania Junianatha · Indonesian singer, born 1998
  • Shania Hayles · English association football player, born 1999

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name. Quotes are from the linked Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).