Siobhan
name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A female given name from Irish.
"I think about biblical names, Tamara, Michaela, Mira, Shoshana, and Celtic names I can barely pronounce, Siobhan tangling between teeth and tongue."
Example
More examples"Siobhan is sitting reading a book. The door is pushed open, and Terry comes panting into the room, so out of breath that his attempts to speak hardly produce a word between gasps. A moment or two passes before Siobhan looks up and speaks, saving Terry the trouble. "You've been running," she says. "Yes," he wheezes."
Etymology
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) 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.
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