Sinja

Similar in style to Anja, Sasha, and Sonja, Sinja is a Frisian and German diminutive with a variety of sources.

As a Frisian name, it comes the Scandinavian Signe (via Danish Sine), meaning "new victory", or it comes from Sunna, either a Germanic name relating to a pagan sun goddess, or from Sunniva or Susannah, meaning "sun gift" and "lily" respectively. In this case, it would be pronounced SEEN-yuh.

As a German name, it comes from Gesine, a diminutive of Gertrud, meaning "spear of strength". As such, it would be pronounced ZEEN-yuh.

A notable bearer is ice hockey player Sinja Leemann.

Pronounced SIN-yah.