Given name & surname
Sina
“ornament”
Sina is a unisex given name from Irish, ultimately from Scottish Gaelic. It is used in English, German, and Albanian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sina possibly goes back to a word meaning “ornament.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Sina comes from Irish, and ultimately from Scottish Gaelic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
In mythological stories, Sina is associated with the goddess of the moon.
Sina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,248
- 520 boys · 1,728 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 36 babies
- 2025
- 32
- #6,517 for girls · #6,399 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −3%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 18 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,517 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 4.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 23 in 1917. It also appeared in 14 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,063 as a first name in 2020; 501 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.
Sina’s family of names
In English usage, Sina shares an earlier linguistic root with Jane. Sina has a related form in Sine. Sina has a related form in Sine.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sina has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Samoan roots to each of them.
8 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Sina
- Sina FreiSwiss cyclistborn 1997
- Sina Mesdag-van HoutenDutch painter (1834-1909)
- Sina SchielkeGerman sprinterborn 1981
- Sina CandrianSwiss snowboarderborn 1988
- Sean BananIranian-born Swedish comedian and musicianborn 1985
- Sina VahediIranian basketball player (born 2001)
- Sina MayerGerman athletics competitorborn 1995
- Sina SiegenthalerSwiss snowboarderborn 2000
- Sina TkotschGerman actressborn 1990
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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