Siobhán

See also: Siobhan

Irish

Etymology

From earlier 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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃʊwaːn̪ˠ/

Proper noun

Siobhán f (genitive Siobhán)

  1. a female given name

Descendants

  • → English: Siobhan, Shavonne

Mutation

Mutated forms of Siobhán
radical lenition eclipsis
Siobhán Shiobhán
after an, tSiobhán 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

See also

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