Sinead

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 todaySinead

Anglicization of 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. Doublet of Janet, Jeanette, Jeannette, Juanita, and Shanae.

Words from the same roots