Saina

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Shaina in US United States, PH Philippines, GB United Kingdom and 2 more, Sain in MY Malaysia, BD Bangladesh and ไซนะ in TH Thailand.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Saina is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Swahili given name5.3K records spelled Saina3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Kenya, India, United States, Philippines

  Also written Saïna

• French given name3.1K records spelled Saina6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Saïna, Saîna, Sàinà, Saiña

• Portuguese given name1.8K records spelled Saina6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, India, Philippines, Venezuela

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Saïna, Saína, Sainá, Sãïñã

• Indonesian given name1.4K records spelled Saina4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Saïna, Saiñä

• a separate given name1.4K records spelled Saina3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Iran

  Also written Sainā, Šaina

• Croatian surname556 records spelled Saina10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, India, Kazakhstan, Russia

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian

  Also written Šaina, Саина, Сайна

• Finnish given name189 records spelled Saina4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, India, Philippines

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Saïna, Šaina

• Russian given name167 records spelled Saina20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine

  Languages: Russian, Kazakh, Ukrainian

  Also written Саина, Сайна, Саїна, Саіна, Sayna

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Saina is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In urj-fin-pro, wall (structure acting as side or division in a building)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Samoan, China (a country in Asia)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Malagasy, mind, intellect

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 89 years between 1917–2017. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Saina Nehwalb. 1990INIndian badminton player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 316 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Saina?

We estimate roughly 15 thousand people bear Saina (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Saina have the most bearers?

Saina is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled saina.

Where is Saina most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Saina is densest in Denmark — about 1 in 3.0 thousand people — even though India holds more of our records for it.

Is Saina a male or female name?

Saina is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.