Sheena

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proper noun

A female given name from Scottish Gaelic.

OriginScottish Gaelic Sìne ← Latin Joanna ← Koine Greek Ἰωάννα →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name from Scottish Gaelic.

    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.

    1995, John le Carré, Our Game, Knopf, published 1995, →ISBN, page 30

Origin

  1. Hebrewיוֹחָנָה
  2. Koine GreekἸωάννα
  3. LatinJoanna
  4. Scottish GaelicSìne
  5. EnglishSheena

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.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Sheena

latinaArgentinaarenaKatrinamarinaninaPasadenareginaAngelinasubpoenaXenaDinaminaballerinagalenacarinapatinacantinafarinaRinaspirulinaBallymenaverbenapiscina
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Anagrams

Aneesh
Cite this entry
APA

Sheena. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sheena

MLA

“Sheena.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sheena. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sheena,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sheena.

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