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

Cebuano

Etymology

After Sheena, Queen of the Jungle.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Shee‧na

Noun

Sheena

1. a female given name