Etymology

Sinéad

Irish Sinéad ← Old Northern French Jeanette ← Middle French Jehanne
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The story

  1. Hebrew · derived fromיוֹחָנָה
  2. Koine Greek · derived fromἸωάννα
  3. Latin · derived fromIōhannēs
  4. Latin · derived fromIoanna
  5. Medieval Latin · derived fromJohanna
  6. Middle French · derived fromJehanne
  7. Old Northern French · derived fromJeanette
  8. Irish · borrowed fromSinéad
  9. English todaySinéad

From Irish Sinéad, from Old Northern French Jeanette, from Middle French Jehanne + -ette, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Latin Ioanna under influence from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets.

Words from the same roots

IrishSinéad all →

SineadShanae

Old Northern FrenchJeanette all →

Middle FrenchJehanne all →

janeJeanneJaniceSinead

Medieval LatinJohanna all →

jeanjaneJeanneJaniceJuanitaSineadSiobhanJuana

LatinIoanna all →

jeanjaneJeanneJaniceSinead

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.