Given name

Sìne

Sìne is a feminine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Scottish Gaelic.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Sìne comes from Hebrew.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Sìne’s family of names

In Scottish Gaelic usage, Sìne has a diminutive in Sìneag. Sìne shares a linguistic root with Siobhán. In Scottish Gaelic usage, Sìne has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Jana.

Walk Sìne’s family in the name graph

SìneSíneSìneagJaneJanaSiobhán

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Sìne has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.

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5 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 5

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Appears in

Similar names

If you love Sìne, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Hebrew · Literary

Siân

“God is gracious”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Gaelic · Celtic

Seonaid

“a gift from God”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Irish · Celtic

Siobhan

“God is gracious” · “a gift from God”

38RareRising fast

>99% girls

Celtic

Eirwen

“snow” · “white, fair; blessed”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

English · Celtic

Rhonwen

“one who is fair and slender” · “having much fame and happiness”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Welsh · Celtic

Gwyneth

“one who is blessed with happiness”

41UncommonEasing

>99% girls

Welsh · Celtic

Bryn

“from the hill”

40UncommonEasing

10% boys · 90% girls

Irish · Celtic

Ethnea

“a puzzle piece”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Sìne’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Sìne