Sheena

English

Etymology

Anglicization of Scottish Gaelic Sìne and Síne, ultimately from Latin Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה‎ (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן‎ (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets.

Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, and Shauna.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːnə

Proper noun

Sheena

1. A female given name from Scottish Gaelic.
   • 1995, John le Carré, Our Game, Knopf, published 1995, →ISBN, page 30:

     I imagined her tall, horsy and thirty-something with a name like Sheena. There had been a time when I had regarded Sheenas as the backbone of England.

Anagrams

• Aneesh, sea hen

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Cebuano

Etymology

After Sheena, Queen of the Jungle.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: shee‧na

Noun

Sheena

1. a female given name