Sheena

Sheena: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“God is gracious”
Origin
Scottish Gaelic
Say it
SHEE-nuh · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Sìne, a Gaelic form of Jane/Jean ultimately from Hebrew Yochanan. Sheena has been used in Scotland and the English-speaking world.

How popular is Sheena?

20245.4 per million US babies
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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.

Babies named Sheena in 202418

Peak year1984

Total US babies since 188022,432

Sheena is fading: recent use is about 56% of its level ten years before.

Names like Sheena

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • JaneGod is gracious · Hebrew
  • JanetGod is gracious · English
  • Jenniefair one · English
  • JanieGod is gracious · English
  • JeanetteGod is gracious · French
  • JayneGod is gracious · English
  • JeannetteGod is gracious · French
  • JanetteGod is gracious · French

Sheena questions

What does the name Sheena mean?

Sheena means "God is gracious". It comes from Scottish Gaelic. Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Sìne, a Gaelic form of Jane/Jean ultimately from Hebrew Yochanan. Sheena has been used in Scotland and the English-speaking world.

Is Sheena a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Sheena?

18 US babies were named Sheena in 2024. Its peak year was 1984.

How do you pronounce Sheena?

Sheena is usually pronounced SHEE-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.