| Goldie | Shayna | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | gold | Beautiful |
| Origin | yiddish | yiddish |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | GOHL-dee | SHAY-nuh |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 1915 (1,051) | 1991 (676) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Vintage | Vintage |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Goldie | Shayna |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 2,246 | 445 |
| 2010s | 870 | 1,280 |
| 2000s | 308 | 3,297 |
| 1990s | 347 | 5,836 |
| 1980s | 493 | 4,083 |
| 1970s | 549 | 1,140 |
| 1960s | 606 | 166 |
| 1950s | 1,284 | 20 |
| 1940s | 1,896 | 0 |
| 1930s | 3,632 | 0 |
| 1920s | 7,975 | 0 |
| 1910s | 8,563 | 0 |
| 1900s | 4,966 | 0 |
| 1890s | 3,491 | 0 |
| 1880s | 1,327 | 0 |
English/Yiddish name from the word 'gold' (Yiddish 'gold', German 'Gold'), often a pet form of Golda. Literal metal sense.
From Yiddish שיין (sheyn) 'beautiful, pretty' (cognate with German schön). A well established Yiddish beauty name, also spelled Shaina/Sheyna.
Goldie and Shayna are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Goldie means gold (yiddish origin), while Shayna means Beautiful (yiddish origin).
In US records, Goldie first appears in 0 and Shayna in 0, so Goldie has the longer recorded history.