Entry № 9501 · Hebrew origin

Shani Shani — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SHAH-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Scarlet / crimson (Rahab Tamar biblical)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew)

A name that means "scarlet / crimson (rahab tamar biblical)".

Shani is one of the Hebrew feminine names — central to traditional Jewish heritage. Hebrew feminine name reflecting biblical heritage.

Scarlet / crimson (Hebrew).

The name in its native script.

שָׁנִי
Transliteration
Shānī
Pronunciation
/ ˈʃɑː.ni /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Shani stands.

Shani does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Shanis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Rahab's scarlet cord
Joshua 2:18 + saved her family during conquest of Jericho + ancestress of Jesus Matthew 1:5.
Tanakh

Names connected to Shani.

The number behind Shani.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Shani reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.