Sheena

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Sheena

Rhymes with -iːnə

Where it comes from

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.

proper noun

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.

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"Sheena." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sheena. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"Sheena." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sheena.

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@misc{sheena_2026,
  title = {Sheena},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sheena},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}