Girl · Hebrew, through French
Sinéad
Say it: shin-AYD
Meaning
Irish form of Janet (Jeannette), a diminutive of French Jeanne, ultimately Hebrew 'Yahweh is gracious'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 1,287 babies given this name since 1975
- At its height in 1990, about 1 in 11,900 girls
- 7 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Sineád
| English | Janet |
|---|---|
| Scottish Gaelic | Seonaid |
Famous bearers
- Sinéad O'Connor, Irish singer
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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