Seamus - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Seamus \

is pronounced SHAY-mus. It is of Irish origin. Variant of James (Hebrew) "he who supplants". "Shamus" is sometimes used as an American slang for a private detective. Poet Seamus Heaney.

Seamus has 3 variant forms: Seumas, Seumus and Shamus.

For more information, see also the related name Jacob.

Baby names that sound like Seamus are Semmes, Syms, Simms and Symms.

Seamus is an uncommon first name for men and an equally uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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