Etymology

Shayna

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Today it means: A female given name from Yiddish. Full definition →

Yiddish שיינע
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  1. Yiddish · borrowed fromשיינע
  2. English todayShayna

Borrowed from Yiddish שיינע (sheyne), a feminine inflection of שיין (sheyn, “beautiful”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.