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Siobhan en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ʃəˈvɔːn/ (UK, US)

Etymology

Anglicized spelling of Irish Siobhán, from Middle Irish Sibán, from Anglo-Norman Jehane or Jehanne, from Old French Jehanne, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) or יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān), which produced John and its many doublets. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.

Meanings

1. A female given name from Irish.
   • I think about biblical names, Tamara, Michaela, Mira, Shoshana, and Celtic names I can barely pronounce, Siobhan tangling between teeth and tongue. 2002, Dave Margoshes, “Faith, Hope, Charity”, in Purity of Absence, Dundurn Press Ltd., →ISBN, page 106:

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Sinead