Seán - Meaning of Seán

What does Seán mean?

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Seán

[ 1 syll. se-&aacut-e;n ] The baby boy name Seán is also used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is -SHao-N †. Seán is used predominantly in the English, Gaelic, and Irish languages, and its origin is Hebrew.

Seán is a variant (English and Gaelic) of the name John (English and Hebrew).

Seán is also a variant (Irish) of the name Sean (English and Irish).

See also the related categories, english, hebrew, and irish.

Seán is unusual as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. In 2018, out of the group of boy names directly linked to Seán, John was the most regularly used.

Baby names that sound like Seán include Schaun, Sean, Shaughn, Shaune, Shaunn, Shaunne, Shawne, Shawnn, Sahn, Sam, Samín, Samm, San, Scan, Schamane, Seain, Seaine, Seane, Seghyn, and Sein.

† Pronunciation for Seán: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"

A famous person named Seán is Seán O'Casey, Author, born 30 March 1880 - 18 September 1964, Dublin, Ireland.