Word.ws English Dictionary

Shanika

/ʃəˈniːkə/

Shanika proper noun: a female given name of Sinhala usage.

Proper noun

Shanika

  1. A female given name of Sinhala usage.
    • Shanika Talwatte, driven by her passion for crafts and creativity, is carving her niche in the world of jewellery design with her brand, Crafts of Ceylon.2024 April 2, “Shanika Talwatte Crafts of Ceylon”, in Daily Mirror
  2. A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
    • Beginning the moment she was born, Shanika Flood has conquered more challenges in her first 18 years than most people face in lifetimes four times that long.2018 June 10, “Creativity, perseverance define Shanika Flood, not cerebral palsy”, in Florida Times-Union

Origin of Shanika

From Sinhalese ශානිකා (śānikā).

Questions about Shanika

What does Shanika mean?
Shanika means a female given name of Sinhala usage.
What part of speech is Shanika?
Shanika is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Shanika?
Shanika is pronounced /ʃəˈniːkə/.

Words near Shanika in the dictionary

  1. Shani
  2. Shania
  3. Shanice
  4. Shanicqua
  5. Shaniequa
  6. Shanika
  7. Shanikqua
  8. Shanikwa
  9. Shaniqua
  10. Shaniquah
  11. Shaniquas

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Shanika (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Shanika.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/shanika. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.