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Saibhne
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Greek: 'Snub-Nosed'. A name anglicised as Simon associated with Omeath. Possibly originated as a Gaelicisation of Simon and probably obsolete now. Though famously an apostle’s name Simon or Hebrew name Simeon was the original name of St Peter. The Irish name Suimeon translates as 'Hearkening' and variants are Siomonn, Siomun and Saibhne. The name has also been used as rendering of Sivney. Simon is enduringly popular as is the feminine form, Simone. Birth registers record a Saibhne MacAodhagáin ‘Simon Duggan’. Famous name Irish rugby internationalist Simon Easterby. |
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Saibhnean
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Greek: 'Snub-Nosed'. Though famously an apostle’s name Simon or Hebrew name Simeon was the original name of St Peter. The Irish name Suimeon translates as 'Hearkening' and variants are Siomonn, Siomun and Saibhne. The name has also been used as rendering of Sivney. Simon is enduringly popular in Ireland is the feminine form, Simone The diminutive of a name anglicised as Simon associated with Omeath. Possibly originated as a Gaelicisation of Simon and probably obsolete now. Birth registers record a Saibhne MacAodhagáin ‘Simon Duggan’. Famous name: Irish rugby internationalist Simon Easterby. |
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Samuel
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Hebrew: 'Name Of God'. As a translation of the norse name Sorley Samuel has become widespread in Northern Ireland. Sam and Sammy are diminutives. Famous name: Samuel Becket (1906- 1989) the Irish novelist, poet and playwright and Samuel Adams, one of the original signatories of the United States Declaration of Independence (1722-1803). |
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Scoheen
Scoithin |
Gaelic: 'Flower'. Originally a diminutive of scoth, commemorates St Scoheen a sixth-century Irish saint. Tiscoffin in Kilkenny took its name from an old church called Tigh-scoithin [Tee-Scoheen], the house of St. Scoithin, who erected his primitive church here towards the close of the sixth century. |
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Seamus
Seumas |
What a great Gaelic name! The Irish form of James is used by the Gaels of both Ireland and Scotland. Over there they prefer to spell it Seumus where the vocative has created the very Scottish name Hamish. My name is originally derived from Jacob. Seamus is a very popular name in Ireland which is entirely understandable since there is no such thing as a boring Seamus! Shay is a pet form, Pet forms for James are Jim, Jimmy and Jem, Jemser are occasionally found in the Dublin area. Simi is the Irish form of Jimmy. Famous names: Seamus Joyce (1882-1941) was a leading Irish writer. Seumus Connolly was an Irish rebel executed in 1916. Jimmy Kennedy was a modern Irish song-writer whose songs include Red Sails in the Sunset and The Isle of Capri.Most famous of all is Seamus rua 'Red Shamus' - the Irish name for the fox. Famous poet and Nobel Prize winner Seumas Heaney. Also US swimmer Seumas Quinn. |
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Sean
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The oldest form of the name in Celtic language is actually Eoin or Scots Gaelic lain derived from the Latin Johannes. Eoin is still popular in Ireland today. But in Ireland Sean is normally thought of as the Irish form of John compared to the Welsh Evan and Sion and in the Gaelic speaking areas of Scotland, lain. Sean has been phonetically rendered as Shaun or Shawn in English and anglicised as Shane, as in the title Shane the Proud, chief of the O'Neills, recorded as a leading Irish prince in Elizabethan times, Form derives from the French names Jehan and Jean which were introduced by the Normans. Other forms of Sean are Seon and Seainin. Famous names: Sean O'Casey (1880-1964), the Irish dramatist whose most famous work is ‘Juno and The Paycock’ Outside Ireland the name has been made internationally famous by the Scottish actor, Sean Connery and currently in the US by radio talk show host Sean Hannity. |
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Searlas
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Germanic: 'Man'. The Derry Irish form for Charles. The name occurs early in Europe in the first Holy Roman Emperor, Charles the Great (c. 742-814), and spread throughout mainland Europe. However it wasn’t until the naming of Charles I (1600-49) that the name became ensconced in Irish tradition. Another form of Charles, Carlus from Latin Carolus, exists from the time of the Norsemen. In Ireland as in Highland Scotland the English name Charles is often pronounced with two syllables as in ‘Char–les’. The name has been used to anglicise many Irish native names, such as Cathal, Calvagh, Cormac, Cahir, Carroll, Sorley and Turlough. Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-91) was a famous nineteenth-century politician. Modern Irish examples are Rev. Charles Denis Mary Joseph Anthony O'Conor, claimant to the Irish throne, and Charles Mitchell, a newscaster on Irish television and radio. Feminine forms include Carleen, 'Guol, Caroline and Charlot(te). Famous name: former Irish Taoiseach Charles Haughey (1925-2006). |
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Senan
Seanan |
Gaelic: 'Old wise'. A name originating as a diminutive of the word sean ‘old’ Sinon and Sinan are variants. Famous name: Irish politician Seanan O’Coistin. |
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Seoirse
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Greek: 'Farmer'. The Gaelic rendering of George. The popularity of the name in recent times in Ireland is an example of the Celtic trend of adopting the names of the leaders and kings of nations coming in contact with them. Also used by Gaelic speakers to refer to those with the non-native name George.The name of the patron saint of England who slew a rapacious dragon near Libya and saved the locals from destitution. Irish origins lie in the mysterious cult of the Saint introduced by crusaders who brought back the then used by the Hanoverian monarchy in the eighteenth century when it came into general use in Ireland. Famous name: Irish classical conductor, composer and pianist Seoirse Bodley, also Saint George and screen actor George Clooney. |
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Seosamh
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Hebrew: 'God Added'. A Gaelicisation of Joseph. The most common Irish form is Seosamh however other versions are losaf, Iosep, loseph, Seacas, Seosap and Seosaph. Commemorates St Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary. Records suggest this name has only began to become popular in the last century. Ireland produced its own St Joseph, the bishop of Tallaght. Famous name: academic Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) who studied native American culture and produced a study of the world’s need for mythology entitled the Hero’s Journey which is now one of the great influences on modern storytelling including George Lucas’s Star Wars. |
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