Sean

• Shaun, Shawn, Shohn

Anglicised form of Irish Seán, from Old French Jehan, from Latin Johannes, variant of Ioannes, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān, literally “God is gracious”).

Doublet of John, Jack, Johan, Johann, Johannes, Jean, Ian, Evan, Ivan, Shaun, Shane, and Giovanni.

• enPR: shôn, IPA^(key): /ʃɔːn/
• Rhymes: -ɔːn
• Homophones: shorn (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger); Sian (female given name, cot–caught merger, father-bother merger)

Sean (plural Seans)

1. A male given name from Irish.
   • 1996, Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes, Harper Collins Publishers., →ISBN, page 203:

     They sit by the fire smoking and talking about names. Mam says she likes the names Kevin and Sean but Bridey says, Ah no, there's too many of them in Limerick. Jesus, Angela, if you stuck your head out of the door and called, Kevin or Sean, come in for your tea, you'd have half o' Limerick running to your door.

   • 2024 December 14, Elizabeth Wagmeister, “Jay-Z says inconsistencies in rape accuser’s story proves her attorney was looking for ‘money and fame’”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Jay-Z is doubling down on his denial that he ever raped a teenage girl alongside Sean “Diddy” Combs, saying that newly revealed inconsistencies in her story prove that her account is not credible.

• Sian

• ENSA, Esan, NAEs, NESA, Nase, Sena, eans, nase, sane