Given name & surname
Sheena
“God's gracious gift”
Sheena is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “God's gracious gift.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “God's gracious gift.”
Where it comes from
Sheena comes from Scottish Gaelic, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Sheena is used as a spelling variant of Sine.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1943. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sheena through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22,447
- 67 boys · 22,380 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 3,609 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #8,277 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,277 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 37.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 3,597 in 1984. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 20,577 as a first name in 2020; 360 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sheena’s family of names
In English usage, Sheena shares an earlier linguistic root with Jean. In German usage, Sheena has a related form in Johanna. In English usage, Sheena shares an earlier linguistic root with Shawn.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sheena has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Irish roots to each of them.
22 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Johannavariant · German, English
- Sheinavariant
- Sheennalikely variant
- Sheanavariant
- Shynavariant
- Sheynavariant
- Shienavariant
- Shenavariant
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Across languages 23
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Janedoublet · English
- Joannadoublet · English, Latin
- Joandoublet · English
- Shanedoublet · English
- Shawndoublet · English
- Jeandoublet · English
- Ivanadoublet · English
- Janadoublet · English
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- Juanadoublet · English
- Siobhandoublet · English
- Shaundoublet · English
- Shaynaequivalent
- Janicedoublet · English
- Joannedoublet · English
- Siandoublet · English
- Jeannedoublet · English
- Shanaequivalent
- Shaunadoublet · English
- Janisdoublet · English
- Shawnadoublet · English
- Shavonnedoublet · English
- Jendoublet · English
- Sìnesource · Scottish Gaelic
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Sheena
- Sheena EastonScottish singer (born 1959)
- Ringo SheenaJapanese singer-songwriter (1978-)
- Sheena TostaAmerican hurdlerborn 1982
- Sheena IyengarProfessor at Columbia Business Schoolborn 1969
- Sheena ChohanIndian actor-modelborn 1953
- Sheena ShahabadiIndian actressborn 1986
- Sheena Bora murder casemissing Indian woman suspected to have been murdered by her motherborn 1987
- Sheena Duncanpolitical activist and leader of the Black Sash organization in South Africa1932–2010
- Sheena ColetteAmerican actress
Characters named Sheena: Sheena, Queen of the Jungle (fictional human).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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