Sinead

Where Sinead comes from

Anglicization of Irish Sinéad, from Old Northern French Jeanette, from Middle French Jehanne + -ette, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Latin Ioanna under influence from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. Doublet of Janet, Jeanette, Jeannette, Juanita, and Shanae.
— Wiktionary's entry for Sinead
  • Irish
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1975
    First appearance
    #5,516 among girls, 10 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1990
    Peak, #1,095
    160 babies named Sinead — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1992
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,947.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Irish.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.