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Seamus

/ˈʃeɪməs/

Seamus proper noun: a male given name from Irish.

Proper noun

Seamus

  1. A male given name from Irish.

Forms of Seamus

alternative formShamus

Origin of Seamus

Anglicization of Irish Séamas (“James”), itself from English James.

Words formed from Seamus

Words that rhyme with Seamus

Questions about Seamus

What does Seamus mean?
Seamus means a male given name from Irish.
What part of speech is Seamus?
Seamus is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Seamus?
Seamus is pronounced /ˈʃeɪməs/.

Words near Seamus in the dictionary

  1. seamsters
  2. seamstress
  3. seamstresses
  4. seamstressing
  5. seamstressy
  6. Seamus
  7. seamy
  8. seamyrtle
  9. sean
  10. Seanad Éireann
  11. seance

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Seamus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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