Shanay
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Shanay by the numbers
Shanay was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 153 babies in 1992, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Shanay
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shanay. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Shanay
Names that are said the same way as Shanay, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Chanagrace or favor306 in the US (2017)
- Shaynabeautiful; from Hebrew Shaina100 in the US (2017)
- Shainabeautiful or lovely75 in the US (2017)
- ShawnaGod is gracious; feminine form of Sean29 in the US (2017)
- Shaunagod is gracious; feminine form of sean27 in the US (2017)
- ShannaGod is gracious; a form of Johanna19 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Shanay
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