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{{Infobox given name

| name = Siobhán

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| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|lang|ʃ|ɪ|ˈ|v|ɔː|n}} {{respell|shih|VAWN}}
{{IPA|ga|ˈʃʊwaːn̪ˠ, ʃəˈwaːn̪ˠ|lang}}

| gender = Female

| meaning = God is gracious

| region = Ireland

| origin = Hebrew {{Script/Hebrew|יוחנן}} Yôḥānnān

| related names = Joan, Joanne, Joanna, Jane, Sinéad, Seán, Shawna, Shauna, Seána

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Siobhán is a female name of Irish origin. The most common anglicisations are Siobhan (identical to the Irish spelling but omitting the {{lang|ga|Síneadh fada}} acute accent over the 'a'), Shavawn, Shebahn, Shevaun and Shivaun.Todd, Loreto. Celtic Names for Children. O'Brien, 2000. p.73 A now uncommon spelling variant is Siubhán.{{Cite web|url=http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Siban.shtml|title=Index of Names in Irish Annals: Siobhán|website=medievalscotland.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.libraryireland.com/names/women/siubhan.php|title=SIUBHÁN – Irish Names and Surnames|website=www.libraryireland.com}}

It is derived from the Anglo-Norman {{lang|xno|Jehane}} and {{lang|xno|Jehanne}}{{citation |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |last2=Hardcastle |author-link1=Patrick Hanks |first2=Kate |last3=Hodges |first3=Flavia |title=A dictionary of first names |edition=2nd |series=Oxford Paperback Reference |year=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |page=356 }}{{citation |title=Gaelic personal names |last1=Ó Corráin |first1=Donnchadh |last2=Maguire |first2=Fidelma |year=1981 |author1-link=Donnchadh Ó Corráin |publisher=Academy Press |isbn=9780906187395 |page=165}} (Modern French {{lang|fr|Jeanne}}), which were introduced into Ireland by the Anglo-Normans in the Middle Ages. The name first appears in the surviving Irish annals in the early fourteenth century.{{Cite web|url=http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/1201-1600.shtml|title=Index of Names in Irish Annals: Feminine Given Names 1201 - 1600|website=medievalscotland.org}}

The name is thus a cognate of the Welsh Siân and the English Joan, derived from the Latin {{lang|la|Ioanna}} and {{lang|la|Iohanna}} (modern English Joanna, Joanne), which are in turn from the Greek {{lang|grc-Latn|Iōanna}} ({{lang|grc|Ἰωάννα}}). This Greek name is a feminine form of the Greek {{lang|grc-Latn|Iōannēs}} ({{lang|grc|Ἰωάννης}}),{{citation |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |last2=Hardcastle |author-link1=Patrick Hanks |first2=Kate |last3=Hodges |first3=Flavia |title=A dictionary of first names |edition=2nd |series=Oxford Paperback Reference |year=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |page=144 }} which is in turn a shortened form of the Hebrew {{lang|he-Latn|Johanan}}{{citation |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |last2=Hardcastle |author-link1=Patrick Hanks |first2=Kate |last3=Hodges |first3=Flavia |title=A dictionary of first names |edition=2nd |series=Oxford Paperback Reference |year=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |page=146 }} ({{Script/Hebrew|יוֹחָנָן}} {{lang|he-Latn|Yôḥānān}}, a shortened form of {{Script/Hebrew|יְהוֹחָנָן}} {{lang|he-Latn|Yəhôḥānān}}), meaning 'God is gracious', and origin of the masculine name John and its cognates.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

The popularity of the actress Siobhán McKenna (1923–1986) helped the resurgence of the name in the 20th century.{{cite book |title=A Dictionary of First Names |author1=Hanks, Patrick |author2=Hardcastle, Kate |author3=Hodges, Flavia |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-508137-4 }} {{ISBN?}}{{page?|date=September 2023}}

The Scottish Gaelic form of the name is Siobhàn{{citation |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |last2=Hardcastle |author-link1=Patrick Hanks |first2=Kate |last3=Hodges |first3=Flavia |title=A dictionary of first names |edition=2nd |series=Oxford Paperback Reference |year=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |page=409 }}{{Cite web |url=http://namenerds.com/scottish/gaelic.html |title=Scottish First Names: Gaelic Women's Names |website=namenerds.com}} (which is sometimes anglicised Judith).{{Cite web |url=https://www.libraryireland.com/names/women/siobhan-joan.php |title=Siobhàn |publisher=Library Ireland}}

The male Irish forms of the name are {{lang|ga|Seán}} and Eóin.

People

Fictional characters

  • Siobhan, one of Christopher's teachers at school in Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
  • Siobhan, a female vampire appearing in the last book of Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
  • Siobhan Andrews, a smart third-grader in the television series Hey Arnold!
  • Siobhan Beckett, a character from the science fiction series Earth: Final Conflict
  • Siobhan Brody, mother of Roarke's mother in J. D. Robb's In Death novels{{cite web| url = http://www.jdrobb.com/books/allbooks.php| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120103190440/http://jdrobb.com/books/allbooks.php| archive-date = 2012-01-03| title = J.D. Robb}}
  • Siobhan Clarke, Detective Sergeant in Ian Rankin's John Rebus novels
  • Siobhan Kelly, deputy in the Cinemax series Banshee
  • Siobhan Martin, one of the twin sisters portrayed by Sarah Michelle Gellar in the short-lived drama Ringer
  • Siobhan McDougal, also known as Silver Banshee, a DC Comics supervillain
  • Siobhan Mooney, daughter of detective Jack Mooney, a character in the TV series, Death in Paradise
  • Siobhan Pattinson, one of the two main characters of the LGBT webcomic Outsiders {{cite web |last=MacVeigh |first=Ruairidh |title=Outsiders|publisher=SmackJeeves.com |date=2018-06-08 |url= http://outsiders1993.smackjeeves.com/comics/2718338/out-v1-begin/}}
  • Siobhan "Shiv" Roy, the daughter of patriarch Logan Roy on the HBO series Succession
  • Siobhan, Cassidy's girlfriend and character from J Kenner's Stark International trilogy. Also appears in Deepest Kiss, Hold me, Wicked Grind, Sweetest Taboo and Anchor Me.
  • Siobhan Ryan, daughter of Maeve and Johnny Ryan on the American daytime soap opera Ryan's Hope from 1978 to 1989
  • Siobhan Sadler, also known as "Mrs. S" a foster mother to two of the main characters in the television series Orphan Black
  • Siobhan Sharpe, head of brand for the Olympic Deliverance Commission in the BBC television series Twenty Twelve
  • Shevaun Tillman, a character in James Clavell's novel Tai-Pan
  • Siobhan O'Brien, a character in Sung J. Woo's novel Skin Deep{{Cite web|title=Skin Deep|url=http://www.polisbooks.com/books/skin-deep/|access-date=2021-02-26|website=www.polisbooks.com}}
  • Siobhán O’Sullivan, a garda in Carlene O'Connor's The Irish Village Mysteries{{cite web | url=https://carleneoconnor.net/murder-in-an-irish-village/ | title=Murder in an Irish Village – Carlene O'Connor }}
  • Siobhan Sheehan, character in HBO series Mare of Easttown
  • Siobhán, the lead character in the 2019 film, Sea Fever.
  • Siobhan Kelly, a character in Beth O'Leary's The No-Show
  • Siobhan Klaxon, a character in the 2022 stop-motion horror comedy film, Wendell & Wild
  • Siobhán Súilleabháin, a character in the 2022 comedy-drama film, The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Siobhan Corbyn, a character in the 2023 TV series "American Horror Story: Delicate"
  • Siobhan O’Malley, daughter of the barkeepers in Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds song O'Malley's Bar

Diminutive

Siobhán has a corresponding diminutive form, Sinéad (after French Jeannette). Examples of this name include the late Sinéad O'Connor.

See also

References

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External links

  • [http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Siban.shtml Index of Names in Irish Annals: Siobhán]

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