# Sinha

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #32,181

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
From Sanskrit सिंह (siṁha, “lion”), or Hindi सिंह (siṁha, “lion”), or Marathi सिंह (siṁha, “lion”), or Nepali सिंह (siṁha, “lion”), or Bengali সিংহ (siṁha, “lion”), or Gujarati સિંહ (siṁha, “lion”), or Punjabi ਸ਼ੀਂਹ (siṁha, “lion”). Doublet of Singh

## Easily confused with
- **SNA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinha-vs-sna)
- **sink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinha-vs-sink)
- **sins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinha-vs-sins)
- **sith** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinha-vs-sith)
- **sona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinha-vs-sona)
- **Sita** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinha-vs-sita)
- **Sonia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinha-vs-sonia)
- **sinks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinha-vs-sinks)
- **sinus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinha-vs-sinus)
- **Sonya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinha-vs-sonya)
- **Sonja** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinha-vs-sonja)
- **spina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinha-vs-spina)
- **Sitka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinha-vs-sitka)
- **sin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sin-vs-sinha)
- **sha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sha-vs-sinha)
- **sia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sia-vs-sinha)
- **sing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sing-vs-sinha)
- **sigh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sigh-vs-sinha)
- **Sikh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sikh-vs-sinha)
- **sine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sine-vs-sinha)

## Common misspellings (7)
`isnha`, `sihna`, `sinah`, `sinhha`, `sinnha`, `sniha`, `ssinha`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sinha