Definitions

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  • proper noun A female given name

Etymologies

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Yiddish שיינע (Sheyne), a feminine inflection of שיין (sheyn, "beautiful")

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Examples

  • Krista Johnson (second from left) and Katherine Kennedy are flanked by two characters identified as Shayna (far left) and Melani (far right) from the first episode of Blonde Charity Mafia.

    DCist 2009

  • Shayna aka Cigna sez: Out of all the lying pundits on television Gibbs decides he’s had enough of Ed Schultz?

    Think Progress » Gibbs responds: I told Ed Schultz he was intentionally lying to ‘get people to watch his show.’ 2010

  • Survivors include a daughter from a relationship, Shayna M. Hepner of Capon Bridge, W. Va.; his mother, Rita Hepner of Rockville; a sister, Shoshana H. Brounstein of Rockville; and a brother, Allen Hepner of Boyds.

    Jay S. 'Hepcat' Hepner; teacher Post 2010

  • We had dumplings of shrimp and sausage, some of "just sausage" as Shayna's still shy of seafood, along with some naked fishballs.

    Rozanne Gold: Tastes of the Week Rozanne Gold 2012

  • Two brave young women, Shayna Welcher and Ivy Navarrete, both former gang members, talked about having their lives transformed by going to work for the non-profit gang member rehabilitation restaurant Homegirl Café.

    MeiMei Fox: Barbra Streisand Takes the Stage for Women and Heart Disease MeiMei Fox 2011

  • Along with their son Max just home from Paris and daughter Emma, our daughter Shayna learned to fill and fold her first dumplings, while Simon tended to his homemade chicken broth in which they all were poached.

    Rozanne Gold: Tastes of the Week Rozanne Gold 2012

  • Along with their son Max just home from Paris and daughter Emma, our daughter Shayna learned to fill and fold her first dumplings, while Simon tended to his homemade chicken broth in which they all were poached.

    Rozanne Gold: Tastes of the Week Rozanne Gold 2012

  • Along with their son Max just home from Paris and daughter Emma, our daughter Shayna learned to fill and fold her first dumplings, while Simon tended to his homemade chicken broth in which they all were poached.

    Rozanne Gold: Tastes of the Week Rozanne Gold 2012

  • We had dumplings of shrimp and sausage, some of "just sausage" as Shayna's still shy of seafood, along with some naked fishballs.

    Rozanne Gold: Tastes of the Week Rozanne Gold 2012

  • We had dumplings of shrimp and sausage, some of "just sausage" as Shayna's still shy of seafood, along with some naked fishballs.

    Rozanne Gold: Tastes of the Week Rozanne Gold 2012

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