Sinead

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/ʃɪˈneɪd/

proper noun

A female given name from Irish.

OriginIrish Sinéad ← Old Northern French Jeanette ← Middle French Jehanne →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Shinead · alternative Sinéad

  1. A female given name from Irish.

Origin

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

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.

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APA

Sinead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sinead

MLA

“Sinead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sinead. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sinead,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sinead.

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