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Boy · Old Irish
Senán
Say it: SHEN-awn
Meaning
From Old Irish sen 'old' with the diminutive -án.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 94 babies given this name since 2001
- At its height in 2018, about 1 in 150,900 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Seanán
| English | Senan |
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Famous bearers
- Saint Senán of Scattery Island
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.