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Sinead

/ʃɪˈneɪd/

Sinead proper noun: a female given name from Irish.

Proper noun

Sinead

  1. A female given name from Irish.

Forms of Sinead

alternative formShinead
alternative formSinéad

Origin of Sinead

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.

Questions about Sinead

What does Sinead mean?
Sinead means a female given name from Irish.
What part of speech is Sinead?
Sinead is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Sinead?
Sinead is pronounced /ʃɪˈneɪd/.

Words near Sinead in the dictionary

  1. sine rule
  2. sine wave
  3. sine waves
  4. sine-Gordon equation
  5. sine-Gordon equations
  6. Sinead
  7. sinecatechin
  8. sinecatechins
  9. sinecological
  10. sinecology
  11. sinecural

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