Sinisha as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Sinisha

What is the meaning of the name Sinisha ?

The baby name Sinisha is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced SEE-nee-sha (IPA: /ˈsiniʃa/).

Sinisha is in Origin.

Sinisha is an Anglicized transliteration of the South Slavic male name Siniša (Синиша), used in Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin, and Macedonian contexts. Derived from Common Slavic sin “son” plus the affectionate suffix -iša, it carries the meaning “little son,” “dear son,” or “junior.” Pronounced see-NEE-sha, the base form employs the letter š, representing a sh sound.

The name appears across the medieval Balkans among nobles and clerics, including Simeon Uroš “Siniša” Palaiologos in the 14th century, and gained modern international visibility through figures such as footballer Siniša Mihajlović. Variants include Siniša (standard), Sinisa (without diacritics), and Sinisha (phonetic English). Diminutives Sini and Sine occur colloquially. Popular throughout much of the former Yugoslavia in the mid-to-late 20th century, it remains familiar in Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and diaspora communities. Feminine counterparts are uncommon; the name is traditionally masculine.

⚙ Sinisha is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Sinisha appears only 16 times in total — found in 8 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.