Sinéad

A form of Sinead — A female given name from Irish.

OriginIrish Sinéad ← Old Northern French Jeanette ← Middle French Jehanne →
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Sinead.

Origin

  1. Hebrewיוֹחָנָה
  2. Koine GreekἸωάννα
  3. LatinIōhannēs
  4. LatinIoanna
  5. Medieval LatinJohanna
  6. Middle FrenchJehanne
  7. Old Northern FrenchJeanette
  8. IrishSinéad
  9. EnglishSinéad

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.

More words from Irish, Old Northern French, Middle French

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

Sinéad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sin%C3%A9ad

MLA

“Sinéad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sin%C3%A9ad. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sinéad,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sin%C3%A9ad.

Source: Sinéad on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.