| Golda | Shayna | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | gold | Beautiful |
| Origin | yiddish | yiddish |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | GOHL-dah | SHAY-nuh |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 1915 (158) | 1991 (676) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Vintage | Vintage |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Golda | Shayna |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 361 | 445 |
| 2010s | 376 | 1,280 |
| 2000s | 260 | 3,297 |
| 1990s | 156 | 5,836 |
| 1980s | 172 | 4,083 |
| 1970s | 121 | 1,140 |
| 1960s | 92 | 166 |
| 1950s | 159 | 20 |
| 1940s | 258 | 0 |
| 1930s | 493 | 0 |
| 1920s | 937 | 0 |
| 1910s | 1,241 | 0 |
| 1900s | 882 | 0 |
| 1890s | 703 | 0 |
| 1880s | 219 | 0 |
Yiddish name meaning 'gold', from the word for the metal. Borne by Golda Meir; the literal gold sense.
From Yiddish שיין (sheyn) 'beautiful, pretty' (cognate with German schön). A well established Yiddish beauty name, also spelled Shaina/Sheyna.
Golda and Shayna are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Golda means gold (yiddish origin), while Shayna means Beautiful (yiddish origin).
In US records, Golda first appears in 0 and Shayna in 0, so Golda has the longer recorded history.