Sinéad
Sinéad (/ʃɪˈneɪd/ shin-AYD, Irish: [ˈʃɪnʲeːd̪ˠ, ʃɪˈnʲeːd̪ˠ]) is an Irish feminine name. It is derived from the French Jeanette, which is cognate to the English Janet, itself a feminine form of the Hebrew Yohannan, "God forgave/God gratified". In English, Sinéad is also commonly spelled Sinead. The name is generally translated into English as either Jane or Jennifer, or as the Scottish female name Jean.[1]
Sinéad may refer to:
People
- Sports
- Sinéad Cahalan, camogie player
- Sinead Jennings, rower
- Sinead Kerr, ice dancer
- Sinéad Millea, former camogie player
- Sinead Miller, cyclist
- Sinead Russell, Olympic swimmer
- Music
- Sinead Harnett, singer/songwriter
- Sinéad Lohan, singer/songwriter
- Sinéad Madden, singer/songwriter
- Sinéad Mulvey, singer, air hostess
- Sinéad O'Carroll, singer with Irish pop band B*Witched
- Sinéad O'Connor, singer/songwriter
- Sinéad Quinn, recording artist, reality show contestant
- Film and television
- Sinéad Cusack, actress
- Sinead Desmond, TV presenter
- Sinead Keenan, actress
- Sinead Matthews, actress
- Sinéad Moynihan, model and actress
- Sinéad Noonan, model and actress
- Other
- Sinéad Burke, writer, academic, influencer
- Sinéad de Valera, children's book author
- Sinéad Gleeson, author and book editor
- Sinéad Morrissey, poet
- Sinéad Ní Loideáin, presenter
- Sinéad Ní Neachtain, magazine editor
- Sinéad Sheppard, dancer
Fiction
- Sinead O'Connor, a character in the TV series Hollyoaks, played by Stephanie Davis
- Sinead Starling, a character in The 39 Clues
- Sinéad Ní Shúilleabháin, a character in The Wind That Shakes the Barley
- Sinead Tinker, a character in the TV series Coronation Street, played by Katie McGlynn
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See also
- "Sinéad", a song by Within Temptation from their album The Unforgiving, and the name of a character in the album's tie-in comic book
- Siobhán, feminine Irish-language name ultimately derived from the same Hebrew name
References
- Teresa., Norman (2003). A world of baby names (Rev. and updated ed.). New York: Perigee. pp. 310. ISBN 0399528946. OCLC 51855609.
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