Shayna
Shayna is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Female
- Confidence
- High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States, Israel, India and Sri Lanka
- US records 1880–2017
- 5 male / 15,632 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Shayna
If you do not know Shayna’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Shayna,” in English, “Guten Tag Shayna,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Shayna,
German
Guten Tag Shayna,
French
Bonjour Shayna,
Spanish
Estimado/a Shayna:
Chinese
Shayna您好：
Japanese
Shayna様
English
Hi Shayna,
German
Hi Shayna,
French
Salut Shayna,
Spanish
Hola Shayna,
Chinese
Shayna你好：
Japanese
Shaynaさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | common | woman's name |
| Israel | uncommon | woman's name |
| India and Sri Lanka | rare | woman's name |
United States birth data
5 male · 15,632 female · 15,637 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Shayna a male or female name?
Shayna is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Shayna in an email?
If you do not know Shayna’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Shayna,” in English, “Guten Tag Shayna,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Shayna a unisex name?
Shayna is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Shayna a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/shayna. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_shayna,
title = {Is Shayna a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/shayna},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}