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HelpShane, Shayna, Sheena
Opinions on these? I'm currently kind of digging "Shanie" but I don't love Shayna. Wdyt of Shane on a girl?
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Not a huge fan of any of these on either gender. They bore me right now. Sorry!
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The late wife of a professor I had in college was Shane. He always apoke her name with such affection when telling old stories that it was hard not to absorb a bit of the positive feeling. She would have been born in the late 40s or early 50s I would guess, so it doesn't feel like part of the current boy to girl name exodus to me. I think its similarity to Jane makes it work. Shanie is super cute.
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Shanel? I know that isn't the proper spelling but it's all I got.
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I prefer Shane on a boy (and I'm very particular that this be the spelling). I actually have a cousin with this name.
Shayna is fine, though not really my taste.
Shanie only works as a nn.
Sheena is nice, but again not really my taste. Also has a bit of a nickname-y feel to it.
Shayna is fine, though not really my taste.
Shanie only works as a nn.
Sheena is nice, but again not really my taste. Also has a bit of a nickname-y feel to it.
This message was edited 7/17/2017, 3:07 PM
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Shayna or Shaina or Shana is fine. Shayna would probably be the least ambiguous way to dspell it if you wanted it pronounced Shay-na.
Don't like Shane on a boy, even less so on a girl. It feels cheap and butchy and dated all at once.
Sheena feels extremely dated to the early 80s. And sounds even slicker and cheaper than Shane does.
Don't like Shane on a boy, even less so on a girl. It feels cheap and butchy and dated all at once.
Sheena feels extremely dated to the early 80s. And sounds even slicker and cheaper than Shane does.
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I don't like Shane on either gender, it makes me think of the word shame. It doesn't sound super masculine so it could work on a girl, I just dislike it in general. I also don't care for Shayna. Just like Sean (Shawn) and Shawna the names Shane and Shayna make me think of the 70s. They are really dated (formerly super trendy) 70s names, in my opinion. I guess Sean could be seen as a bit more of a classic (not Shawn and Shaun) but it still feels dated.
Sheena is also kind of odd. I know a girl with this as her middle name, her first name is 80s favorite Jessica. She was born in the mid 80s. I always thought it was very unusual and only discovered on this site that it made the top 100 in the 80s because of a celebrity.
I also don't care for Shanie. The only name I somewhat like for a girl that comes close to all of these names is Shea which is cute.
In general Sh-beginnings as well as many names starting with J really seem a bit dated to me. It seems that these letters/letter combinations were really common in the 70s and 80s: Sean, Shannon, Shawna, Jessica, Jennifer, Jason, Justin etc. The only J name still in the top 100 is Julia and that might fall out soon.
Sheena is also kind of odd. I know a girl with this as her middle name, her first name is 80s favorite Jessica. She was born in the mid 80s. I always thought it was very unusual and only discovered on this site that it made the top 100 in the 80s because of a celebrity.
I also don't care for Shanie. The only name I somewhat like for a girl that comes close to all of these names is Shea which is cute.
In general Sh-beginnings as well as many names starting with J really seem a bit dated to me. It seems that these letters/letter combinations were really common in the 70s and 80s: Sean, Shannon, Shawna, Jessica, Jennifer, Jason, Justin etc. The only J name still in the top 100 is Julia and that might fall out soon.
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