Sean - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Sean \

, also used as girl's name Sean, is pronounced shon. It is of Irish origin. Variant of John (Hebrew) "God is gracious", from the French Jean. Spread outside of Ireland only in the 20th century. Occasionally used in hyphenated names. Heavily influenced by actors Sean Connery and Sean Penn. Basketball player Shawn Kemp; actors Sean Hayes, Sean Astin, Sean Bean; musician and entrepreneur Sean "P. Diddy" Combs.

Sean has 7 variant forms: Sean-Carlo, Sean-Mark, Sean-Patrick, Shane, Shaughn, Shaun and Shawn.

Baby names that sound like Sean are Seann, Cian, Xan, Sion, Swen, Swain, Swayn, Syon and Zan.

Sean is a very common first name for men (#94 out of 1220) and a slightly less common last name for both men and women (#68063 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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