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
Shayna through the years
  1. 1957
    First appearance
    #6,086 among girls with 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, the most in any year.
  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.