Shimana as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Shimana

What is the meaning of the name Shimana ?

The baby name Shimana is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced shee-MAH-nah (IPA: /ʃiˈmɑːnə/).

Shimana is in Origin.

Shimana is most plausibly Japanese in origin, where it can be written with various kanji that shape its meaning. Common elements include shima (島/嶋, “island”) and na (菜/奈, “greens; grace/beauty”), yielding readings such as “island greens” (島菜) or “island beauty/grace” (島奈). Other kanji choices (e.g., 志真奈) allow interpretations like “earnest, true, graceful.” The sound shimana also appears in Japanese as a term for island-grown leafy vegetables, which may have inspired its use as a given name.

As a personal name, Shimana is rare and modern, documented in late-20th to 21st-century usage in Japan and among globally minded parents. In multicultural contexts it is sometimes treated as a creative variant near Shimona/Simona, linked to Hebrew Shimon/Simeon (“he has heard”). Short forms and nicknames include Shima, Mana, and Ana. Related or look-alike variants include Shimona, Shimena, and Shimanna, though spellings vary by preference rather than fixed tradition.

⚙ Shimana is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Shimana appears only 21 times in total — found in 7 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.