# Shayna

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'''Shayna''' ([Yiddish](/source/Yiddish): שיינא;שיינה; [Polish](/source/Polish_language): Szejna) or '''Shaina''' is a feminine name of [Yiddish](/source/Yiddish) origin, meaning "beautiful" or "lovely" (Yiddish: {{lang|yi|שיין}} (sheyn), cognate with modern German {{lang|de|schön}}), and evocative of the Yiddish phrase "אַ שיינע מיידל" ("a shayne maydel", or "a lovely girl"). Its [Hebrew](/source/Hebrew) equivalent is Yaffa (יפה) or Yafit (יַפִית); during the years following the [Holocaust](/source/Holocaust), the name Shayna (and its Arabic cognate, [Jamila](/source/Jamila)) was often Hebraicized to Yaffa upon immigrating to [Israel](/source/Israel) or, outside Israel, as a post-Holocaust distancing of diasporic heritage.<ref>Anita Diamant, ''New Jewish Baby Book: Names, Ceremonies & Customs―A Guide for Today's Families'', Second Edition, Jewish Lights, New York, 2005, p. 23</ref>

==People named Shaina or Shayna==

*[Shaina Amin](/source/Shaina_Amin), Bangladeshi actress and also a model
*[Shaina Fewell](/source/Shaina_Fewell), American writer and producer
*[Shaina Magdayao](/source/Shaina_Magdayao), (born 1989) Filipina actress, dancer, singer and model
*[Shaina NC](/source/Shaina_NC) (born 1972), Indian fashion designer, politician, and social worker
*[Shaina Nitura](/source/Shaina_Nitura) (born 2004), Filipina volleyball player
*[Shaina Pellington](/source/Shaina_Pellington) (born 1999), Canadian basketball player 
*[Shaina Sandoval](/source/Shaina_Sandoval), (born 1992) American actress
*[Shaina Taub](/source/Shaina_Taub) (born 1988), American actress, singer, musician, and composer
*[Shayna Baszler](/source/Shayna_Baszler) (born 1980), martial artist
*[Shayna Fox](/source/Shayna_Fox) (born 1984), American voice actress
*Shayna Hubers (born 1991), perpetrator of the [murder of Ryan Poston](/source/murder_of_Ryan_Poston)
*[Shayna Jack](/source/Shayna_Jack) (born 1998), Australian swimmer
*[Shayna Levine](/source/Shayna_Levine), actress
*[Shayna Levy](/source/Shayna_Levy) (born 1997), American-born Israeli footballer
*[Shayna McHayle](/source/Junglepussy) (born 1991), American rapper and actress
*[Shayna Nackoney](/source/Shayna_Nackoney) (born 1982), synchronized swimmer
*[Shayna Powless](/source/Shayna_Powless) (born 1994), American professional racing cyclist
*[Shayna Rose](/source/Shayna_Rose) (born 1983), soap opera actress
*[Shayna Small](/source/Shayna_Small), American actor, musician, and audiobook narrator
* Shayna Stahl, director of the [Wildcat Marching Band](/source/Wildcat_Marching_Band)
*[Shayna Steele](/source/Shayna_Steele) (born 1975), American singer, songwriter and actress
* Shayne-Feygl Szapiro (Szejne Fejgl Szapiro-Michalewicz, [Dina Blond](/source/Dina_Blond), 1887-1985), member of the Jewish Labour Bund in Poland and a prolific Yiddish translator

== Fictional Characters ==

* Shaina Alston, character from the American television series, ''[Gullah Gullah Island](/source/Gullah_Gullah_Island)''
* Shaina Khanna, main character from the film, ''[Raaz: Reboot](/source/Raaz%3A_Reboot)''
* [Shaina McKlank](/source/List_of_Final_Destination_characters), character from the American horror franchise, ''[Final Destination](/source/Final_Destination)''
* Shaina Mehra, main character from the film, ''[Kick](/source/Kick_(2014_film))''
* Shaina Raghuvanshi, character from the television series, ''[Qayaamat Se Qayaamat Tak](/source/Qayaamat_Se_Qayaamat_Tak)''

==References==
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