Sinéad

Sinéad (/ʃɪˈnd/ shin-AYD, Irish: [ˈʃɪnʲeːd̪ˠ, ʃɪˈnʲeːd̪ˠ]) is an Irish feminine name. It is derived from the French Jeanette, which is cognate to the English Janet, itself a feminine form of the Hebrew Yohannan, "God forgave/God gratified". In English, Sinéad is also commonly spelled Sinead and less commonly Snead. The name is generally translated into English as either Jane or Jennifer, or as the Scottish female name Jean.[1]

Notable people and characters with the name include:

People

Sports

  • Sinéad Cahalan, camogie player
  • Sinead Farrelly (born 1989), American soccer player
  • Sinead Jennings (born 1976), rower
  • Sinead Kerr (born 1978), ice dancer
  • Sinéad Millea, former camogie player
  • Sinead Miller (born 1990), cyclist
  • Sinéad Russell (born 1993), Olympic swimmer

Music

Film and television

Other

Fictional characters

  • Sinead O'Connor, in the TV series Hollyoaks, played by Stephanie Davis
  • Sinead Tinker, in the TV series Coronation Street, played by Katie McGlynn

See also

  • Siobhán, feminine Irish-language name ultimately derived from the same Hebrew name

References

  1. ^ Teresa., Norman (2003). A world of baby names (Rev. and updated ed.). New York: Perigee. pp. 310. ISBN 0399528946. OCLC 51855609.
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