Entry № 9738 · Samoan origin

Sina Sina — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SEE-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Samoan
Meaning
"White moon, moon goddess"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Samoan)

A name that means "white moon, moon goddess".

Sina is the moon goddess of Polynesian mythology, particularly in Samoa. She is also known as Hina across other Polynesian cultures. The name means "white" or "silver," referring to moonlight.

Sina is rising in the U.S.

Moon goddess. The Polynesian silver light.

The name in its native script.

Sina
Transliteration
Sina
Pronunciation
/ ˈsiː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sina stands.

Sina 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.

Sinas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Sina
Moana's mother in Disney's Moana.
2016 film

Names connected to Sina.

The number behind Sina.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sina reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.