Shayna

Where Shayna comes from

Borrowed from Yiddish שיינע (sheyne), a feminine inflection of שיין (sheyn, “beautiful”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Shayna
  • Yiddish
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1957
    First appearance
    #6,086 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1980
    Shayna Baszler born
    American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler
  3. 1991
    Peak, #380
    676 babies named Shayna — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1998
    Shayna Jack born
    Australian swimmer
  5. 2003
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #782.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Yiddish.
Namesakes
  • Shayna Baszler · American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler, born 1980
  • Shayna Jack · Australian swimmer, born 1998
  • Shayna Steele · American actress, born 1975

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.