Etymology

Seamus

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Today it means: A male given name from Irish. Full definition →

Irish Séamas ← English James
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The story

  1. English · derived fromJames
  2. Irish · borrowed fromSéamas“James”
  3. English todaySeamus

Anglicization of Irish Séamas (“James”), itself from English James.

Words from the same roots

EnglishJames all →

Hamish

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.