Sheena

Where Sheena comes from

Anglicization of Scottish Gaelic Sìne and Síne, ultimately from Latin Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, and Shauna.
— Wiktionary's entry for Sheena
  • Scottish Gaelic
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1943
    First appearance
    #3,249 among girls, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1959
    Sheena Easton born
    Scottish singer
  3. 1982
    Sheena Tosta born
    American hurdler
  4. 1984
    Peak, #80
    3,597 babies named Sheena — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1986
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #173.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Scottish Gaelic.
Namesakes
  • Sheena Easton · Scottish singer, born 1959
  • Sheena Tosta · American hurdler, born 1982
  • Sheena Iyengar · Professor at Columbia Business School, born 1969
  • Sheena Chohan · Indian actor-model, born 1953
  • Sheena Shahabadi · Indian actress, born 1986

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.