Sean
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sean"
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Etymology edit
Anglicised form of Irish Seán, from Old French Jehan, from Latin Johannes, variant of Ioannes, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān, literally “God is gracious”).
Doublet of John, Jack, Johan, Johann, Johannes, Jean, Ian, Evan, Ivan, Shaun, Shane, and Giovanni.
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: shôn, IPA(key): /ʃɔːn/
- Rhymes: -ɔːn
- Homophones: shorn (non-rhotic accents with the horse-hoarse merger), shone (accents with cot-caught merger), Sian (accents with cot-caught and father-bother mergers)
Proper noun edit
Sean (plural Seans)
- A male given name from Irish.
- 1996, Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes, Harper Collins Publishers., →ISBN, page 203:
- They sit by the fire smoking and talking about names. Mam says she likes the names Kevin and Sean but Bridey says, Ah no, there's too many of them in Limerick. Jesus, Angela, if you stuck your head out of the door and called, Kevin or Sean, come in for your tea, you'd have half o' Limerick running to your door.
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a male given name
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