Seán
Seán [ ʃɔ ː n ] or ( anglicized spelling without acute accent ) Sean is a male first name.
Origin and Meaning
Seán is the Irish form of John (English form of John ). It dates from the time of the Anglo-Norman conquest of Ireland by the name of Jean -down French, Old French Jehan (via Latin Johannes, ancient Greek Ἰωάννης ( Ioannes ) from the Hebrew יוֹחָנָן ( Johanan ), meaning "God is gracious ").
The female counterpart with the same meaning in Irish is Siobhan [ ʃəvɔ ː n], in English, Joan or Jane and Welsh Siân or Sian [ ʃɑ ː n].
Name-day
Related names
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Bearers of the name
Male first name
- Sean Astin (born 1971 ), American actor
- Seán Barrett ( born 1944 ), Irish politician (Fine Gael )
- Sean Bean ( born 1959 ), British actor
- Sean Biggerstaff ( b. 1983 ), British actor
- Sean Blanchard (born 1978 ), Canadian ice hockey player
- Seán Brady ( born 1939 ), Irish Archbishop and Cardinal
- Sean Callery (born 1964 ), American composer for TV series
- Seán Cannon ( born 1940 ), Irish singer and guitarist
- Sean Combs (born 1969 ), American rapper
- Sean Connery ( b. 1930 ), Scottish actor
- Sean Dillon ( b. 1983 ), Irish football player
- Seán Doherty (1944-2005), Irish politician
- Sean Dundee (born 1972 ), South African- German football player
- Seán Fallon (1937-1995), Irish politician ( Fianna Fáil )
- Seán Flanagan (1922-1993), Irish politician ( Fianna Fáil )
- Sean Patrick Flanery (born 1965 ), American actor
- Sean Flynn ( photographer) ( 1941-1970 ), American war photographer
- Sean Flynn (actor ) (* 1989), American actor
- Seán Fortune (19 ** -1999 ), Irish Roman Catholic clergyman
- Sean Franklin ( born 1985 ), American football player
- Seán Gallagher (born 1962 ), Irish businessman and politician
- Seán Gibbons (1883-1952), Irish politician
- Seán Goulding (1877-1959), Irish politician
- Seán Haughey ( b. 1961 ), Irish politician
- Sean Hoare ( 1963/64-2011 ), British journalist
- Seán Keane ( born 1946 ), Irish fiddler
- Sean Kelly ( born 1956 ), Irish cyclist
- Sean Kingston ( * 1990), American singer
- Seán Lemass (1899-1971), Irish politician
- Seán Lester (1888-1959), Irish journalist, politician and diplomat
- Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus (1927-2010), Irish environmental activist and politician
- Seán MacBride (1904-1988), Irish politician, Nobel Peace Prize 1974
- Seán MacEntee (1889-1984), Irish politician
- Seán Mac Eoin (1893-1973), Irish lieutenant general and politician
- Seán MacSwiney, Irish politician in the early 20th century
- Sean Maguire (born 1976 ), English actor and singer
- Sean Maher ( born 1975 ), American actor
- Seán McCaughey (1915-1946), an Irish member of the IRA
- Sean Moore ( politician ) ( 1913-1986 ), Irish politician
- Seán Moylan (1888-1957), Irish politician
- Seán Murray (1898-1961), Irish politician
- Sean Murray ( born 1977 ), American actor and composer
- Sean O'Casey (1880-1964), Irish playwright
- Seán Ó Ceallaigh (1882-1966), President of Ireland (1945-1959)
- Seán O'Faolain (1900-1991), Irish writer
- Seán Óg Ó hAilpín ( b. 1977 ), Irish- Fijian Hurling and Gaelic football player
- Seán Ó hÉideáin ( * 19 ** ), Irish diplomat
- Sean Paul (born 1973 ), Jamaican singer
- Sean Penn ( b. 1960 ), American actor
- Seán Treacy ( b. 1923 ), Irish politician (Irish Labour Party )
- Sean Wroe ( born 1985 ), Australian athlete
Female first name
- Sean Young ( born 1959 ), American actress ( with first name Mary )
Family name
- Jay Sean ( born 1981 ), British R & B singer
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