Siobhan

Where Siobhan comes from

Anglicized spelling of Irish Siobhán, from Middle Irish Sibán, from Anglo-Norman Jehane or Jehanne, from Old French Jehanne, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) or יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān), which produced John and its many doublets. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.
— Wiktionary's entry for Siobhan
  • Irish
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1956
    First appearance
    #1,365 among girls, 58 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1961
    Siobhan Fallon Hogan born
    American actress
  3. 1979
    Peak, #628
    277 babies named Siobhan — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1983
    Siobhan Chamberlain born
    English footballer
  5. 1993
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,279.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Irish.
Namesakes
  • Siobhan Fallon Hogan · American actress, born 1961
  • Siobhan Chamberlain · English footballer, born 1983
  • Siobhan Dowd · British writer and activist, 1960–2007
  • Siobhan Hayes · British actress, born 1975
  • Siobhan Williams · British actress, born 1992

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.