Seán

E90618

Irish masculine given name given name

Seán is the Irish form of the given name John, commonly used as a male first name in Ireland.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Seána	2
Seánán	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Irish masculine given name ⓘ given name ⓘ
accentMarkIndicates	long vowel sound in á ⓘ
category	Irish-language masculine given names ⓘ Masculine given names ⓘ
commonInCentury	20th century ⓘ 21st century ⓘ
containsLetter	S ⓘ e ⓘ n ⓘ á ⓘ
derivedFrom	Hebrew Yochanan ⓘ Ioan ⓘ surface form: Latin Iohannes Old French Jehan ⓘ
equivalentNameInEnglish	John ⓘ
gender	masculine ⓘ
hasAnglicisedForm	Sean ⓘ
hasDiacritic	síneadh fada ⓘ
hasFeminineForm	Seán self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Seána
hasVariant	Ciarán ⓘ surface form: Seaghan Sean ⓘ Seón ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	Irish ⓘ
meaning	God is gracious ⓘ
nameDayTraditionLinkedTo	Saint John ⓘ
script	Latin alphabet ⓘ
shortFormOf	Seán self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Seánán
usageRegion	Ireland ⓘ
usedByCommunity	Irish diaspora ⓘ Irish speakers ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Balfe → givenName → Seán ⓘ

subject surface form: Seán Balfe

Seán Hemingway → givenName → Seán ⓘ

Lester → givenName → Seán ⓘ

subject surface form: Seán Lester

Seán MacBride → givenName → Seán ⓘ

Jack → hasCognate → Seán ⓘ

Sean → hasFeminineForm → Seán ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seána

Seán → hasFeminineForm → Seán self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seána

John → hasVariant → Seán ⓘ

Seán → shortFormOf → Seán self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seánán