Given name
Sheyna
“God's gracious gift”
Sheyna is a variant of Sheena. One interpretation is “God's gracious gift.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sheyna is a variant of Sheena. One interpretation is “God's gracious gift.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sheyna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 196
- 0 boys · 196 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 19 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 258 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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