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