Sheena
Sheena proper noun: a female given name from Scottish Gaelic.
Proper noun
Sheena
- 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 of Sheena
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.
Words that rhyme with Sheena
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- nina
- semolina
- subpoena
- cantina
- falanghina
- galena
- latina
- piscina
- Thumbelina
- Tryphena
- Afro-Latina
- Antiochena
- Apamena
- Argentina
- Atropatena
- Ballymena
- barracudina
- Brangelina
- Damascena
- Dina
- doubting Thomasina
- gmina
- Halyna
- Jelena
- Laodicena
- Malaspina
- marina
- Media Atropatena
- okina
- Palmyrena
- Rina
- spirulina
- Thomasina
- Tumblrina
- verbena
- Vojvodina
- Xena
Questions about Sheena
- What does Sheena mean?
- Sheena means a female given name from Scottish Gaelic.
- What part of speech is Sheena?
- Sheena is a proper noun.
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