Shaina

Shaina: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “beautiful”
Origin: Yiddish
Say it: SHAY-nuh · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

From Yiddish sheyne, meaning 'beautiful' or 'lovely,' ultimately from a Germanic root. Common in Jewish naming traditions; also spelled Shayna.

Hebrew names English names Names meaning beauty Classic names International names

How popular is Shaina?

202424.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Compare with another name

Babies named Shaina in 202479

2024 rank#2,332 girls

Peak year1987

Total US babies since 188011,935

Shaina is steady now but far below its 1987 peak.

Names like Shaina

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Bailawhite · Yiddish
Faigybird · Yiddish
Raizyrose · Yiddish
Shaynabeautiful · Yiddish
Goldagold · Yiddish

Shaina questions

What does the name Shaina mean?

Shaina means "beautiful". It comes from Yiddish. From Yiddish sheyne, meaning 'beautiful' or 'lovely,' ultimately from a Germanic root. Common in Jewish naming traditions; also spelled Shayna.

Is Shaina a boy or girl name?

Shaina is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Shaina?

79 US babies were named Shaina in 2024. Its peak year was 1987.

How do you pronounce Shaina?

Shaina is usually pronounced SHAY-nuh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.