Sinah - does anyone know where this first name comes from?

[Sue1]

I thought it came from Wales but is apparently not Welsh.
Indian is my second guess.
Does anyone know the origin of this name?

Sue

[Anne in Carlisle]

Female Meaning:God is gracious. * Meaning pending review Origin:Irish Gender:Girl

This is all Google says. If you check out the 1881 census there are quite a lot of them. Interestingly mainly frm Shropshire Welsh border, even though it says above that the origin is Irish.
Anne

[Sue1]

Now that IS interesting - I thought Indian or Welsh. Thank you very much Ann.

Sue

[IanWood]

My first wife was Swiss her name was Sina. Any use?

[Olde Crone Holden]

Definitely Sinah and not Dinah? I can see a certain style of capital S looking like a capital D to an unwary transcriber.

OC

[Sue1]

Thanks Ian. There is certainly no Swiss connection but I am told it is Irish. I had always thought it was a name like Mahalla i.e. people who had been in India came home with these names - Sinah is one I have seen from India also. Quite happy to settle for Irish (or anything else).

OC - haven't seen it handwritten - only printed on FSOrg from Welsh Parish Registers.

Sue