Shandiin
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- shan-DEEN
- Origin
- Native American
Shandiin is a girls' name of Native American origin, meaning “sunshine”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Shandiin mean?
Native American: Navajo (Dine) shandiin 'sunshine'
“sunshine”
Navajo (Dine) name meaning sunshine.
Is Shandiin a girl's or a boy's name?
Shandiin is a girls' name.
How popular is Shandiin in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Shandiin in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shandiin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
Names like Shandiin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi, Shreya, Sanvi, Priya, Prisha, Shriya, Kavya, Anvi, Navya, Krishvi, Dhara, Vivi
More Native American names
Dakota, Tallulah, Nayeli, Winona, Kenai, Cree, Xochitl, Xitlali, Citlali, Alaska, Talulah, Sequoia, Denali, Tennessee, Dakoda, Lakota
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shandiin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shandiin, updated 20 October 2026.