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Comments for SEAN:
Two famous bearers of this name are Lord of the Rings actors Sean Bean and Sean Astin.-- Sedalyn 4/28/2005
The name is NOT pronounced SHAWN, there is no w sound, rather it is pronounced SHON. Shawn is a different similiar-sounding name, not the same name.-- fhrugby 5/3/2005
The name Sean is an ancient Gaelic name with multiple menaings but is definitely not the Gaelic or Irish form of John. Considering that the Gaelic language is more than 5,000 years old and the English language is a little over 1500 years old.-- fhrugby 5/3/2005
Whenever I meet a Sean, he always seems to be a great, handsome guy. So I always think of a Sean as a nice, easy-going, sweet guy.-- trayc53 6/19/2005
A famous bearer of this name is Sean Biggerstaff, a Scottish actor.-- Tbird 6/27/2005
Britney Spears and Kevin Fenderline's child is named Sean Preston.-- AndrewJKD 9/22/2005
The comments here are really nice about the name Sean. I'm a Sean but I've never really liked my name, but I guess it must just be me.-- Namesy 12/4/2005
Some famous bearers of this name are Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings, Rudy, Balto 3, The Goonies), Sean Bean (Lord of the Rings, The Field, National Treasure, Troy), and Sean Connery (Dragonheart, Time Bandits, Indiana Jones).-- Arowen Half-Elven 12/6/2005
Sean O'Casey was an Irish playwright.-- Elphi 12/13/2005
Actor Sean Penn is a famous bearer.-- Anonymous User 12/28/2005
Famous bearer is Sean (P Diddy) Coombs.-- marissa_2005 1/14/2006
I like this name! Sean sounds so unique and cool. It reminds me of a handsome, attractive guy who is always the center of attraction and has a great individuality, never influenced by the atmosphere.-- Lily Anastasia 3/3/2006
Sean William Scott is the American Pie funny man.-- Anonymous User 3/5/2006
Sean Ferris is a bearer of the name.-- Anonymous User 3/6/2006
When I was little I had a Cabbage Patch Kid with the name Sean. I didn't know any better and thought it was pronounced "seen" until someone told me the the "right" way. I kept calling him "seen". I still like my pronunciation. : )-- Anonymous User 5/1/2006
Without the fada, the name becomes the Irish (Gaelic) word for "old," which is pronounced "shan" (rhymes with "man"). (I am not suggesting that the name need be conformed to Irish orthography or phonetics when used in English.)-- Kosta 5/31/2006
Famous bearer: Actor Sean Connery.-- Tudor 6/14/2006
Sean is the name of my cousin, and he is such a gentleman and so cool that I shall always like this name. However, I don't think this should be a girl's name. If you like the sound of this name and want to use it for a girl, spell it S-h-a-w-n.-- Anonymous User 6/21/2006
I always thought the name Sean/Shawn was an Irish name.-- Anonymous User 6/27/2006
Sean Paul is also a bearer of this name.-- Anonymous User 8/2/2006
Sean Finnerty is a character in the popular TV-series "Grounded for life".-- audreyhubley 8/29/2006
I really dislike the spelling of this name. I know that it is an Irish name, but in English it just seems so wrong. It looks like: aaaahhhh I just sean a ghost! ha ha ha.-- Anonymous User 11/1/2006
Sean Astin has acted in movies such as The Goonies, Rudy, the Lord of the Rings movies, 50 First Dates, amongst many others.-- trayc53 11/10/2006
I've heard that Sean is pronounced Shawn, but isn't "Sean" a name too? If not it should be--pronounced SEEN.-- flipflop1215 12/11/2006
It can mean "old" in Irish without the fada over the E.-- someone1 1/18/2007
I like this name a lot. It's very sexy, strong and masculine.-- sunbeam 3/4/2007
Sean Patrick Flanery is the hunky actor that, among other notable screen performances, portrayed the fun and street smart character 'Elvis Ford' in the shortlived, extremely entertaining but sadly underestimated TV-show "The Strip".-- SweetSweetVindictive 4/7/2007
I love it. Simple and strong.-- Anonymous User 5/3/2007
I used to really hate this name but thanks to Britney Spears' son Sean Preston, I've really started liking it.-- Jassie 5/7/2007
I hate the name Sean. I think it is boring. There is nothing special about that name!-- Anonymous User 9/18/2007
Actor Michael Keaton & his ex-wife Caroline McWilliams have a son Sean Douglas.-- Maggie_Simpson 10/4/2007
Singer Sean Kingston is a famous bearer.-- jasmineenimsaj 3/9/2008
I'm aware that sometimes accents over letters make pronunciations confusing for some but Sean instead of Seán is unexceptable. The reason it's unexceptable is because Sean with no fáda in Irish, meaning old, is pronounced Shan (rhymes with Ann).-- Clodagh 3/30/2008
I think the name Sean is very odd! I don't like it, it's one of the most ugly names I've ever heard sorry.-- Anonymous User 4/5/2008
Thank God I was born before Sean Connery played James Bond. Sean means "Old Man", Seán means "Gift from God" or the Irish form of John. My Mom wrote Sean & Shawn on a piece of paper and asked "How would you pronounce this?" People answered SEE-ann & SHAWN, so I'm Shawn. Seán pronounced Shawn is John; why would you call a girl John?-- slainte4904 6/26/2008
I'm not really sure where you're getting your information, but neither form means "Old Man" or "Gift of God." If one is just the other without an accent over one letter, how can they have to completely different meanings?
They are both variants of John so they both mean "God is gracious."
As for your question about why anyone would want to call a girl John, I would like to point out two things. The first is that Sean is a predominantly male name and the second is that there are female versions of John like Jane, Joan and Joanne.-- Anonymous User 3/20/2009
Sean is a good name. It I think should be spelled (Shawn) but I have a little brother with this name, he spells it (Sean) so that is how I think of it. I think it is nice because Sean's are always unpredictable people - in a good way.-- Jeremiah2911 6/27/2008
Sean is a cool name for a guy or a girl. If you're a girl you should spell it Seanne.-- Anonymous User 7/2/2008
This is a weird spelling. When I was little, I used to think it was pronounced "Seen", and always thought it was a bit dumb. But when my older brother told me the right pronunciation, I grew to like it. It's a neat name.-- _0TophasNails_1 11/24/2008
Actor Sean Maher, most famous for his role as Simon Tam on the space western show Firefly, is a famous bearer of this name. Not to mention that he's one of the cutest guys ever.-- DestructoGirl 6/27/2009
Comments for SEÁN:
The name is NOT pronounced SHAWN, there is no w sound, rather it is pronounced SHON. Shawn is a different similiar-sounding name, not the same name.-- fhrugby 5/3/2005
It isn't suggested that theres a w sound in Seán/Shawn. The AW of the pronunciation key is a broad transcription. Basically:
If you speak like an American and pronounce cot and caught the same way, AW is pronounced /A:/ as in father.
If you speak like an Englishman and pronounce cot and caught the same way, AW is pronounced /O:/ as in horn.
If you pronounce cot and caught differently, AW is pronounced /O:/
Considering that the English call me /SO:n/ and Americans call me /SA:n/, the pronunciation here seems right on. In Ireland though, i could theoretically be called /S&:n/ (SHAN), /Sa:n/ (SHAHN), or /SA:n/ (SHAHN).-- Luguberos 9/26/2005
The name Sean is an ancient Gaelic name with multiple meanings but is definitely not the Gaelic or Irish form of John. Considering that the Gaelic language is more than 5,000 years old and the English language is a little over 1500 years old.-- fhrugby 5/3/2005
John Lennon & Yoko Ono named their son Sean.-- Anonymous User 12/13/2005
The name Sean is pronounced SHAWN as shown. I am Irish and this is my brother's name. The line over the letter A is called a fada, which makes the letter long, which sounds in Irish like AW. Notables include Sean O Casey, writer, Sean Kelly, cyclist.-- deejay 1/8/2006
Very impressed by your site. What I wanted to tell you was that a friend of mine, from Scottish descent, mentioned that the word 'SEAN' also means blessing - as in god blessed me with this wonderful child.-- Anonymous User 6/1/2006
My middle name is Sean, but spelled Shon, Danielle Shon. Yeah, I am a female. when I was younger I hated my name but now that I'm older I think Danielle Shon is a beautiful name. I was named after my dad, Shon is his first name spelled Shon.-- cheddarfignugget 7/30/2006
I like my name, thank god there is no one else in my class called Sean. In my school there are a lot of Seans but just not in my class. I hate it though when people spell my name SHAUN that bugs me, maybe it's because I have a uncle who spells his name that way.-- seanh 9/2/2006
Pronounced SHAWN. Cripes, everyone knows this. Don't they?.-- lindamaree 1/11/2007
This name should be listed under Biblical names, because it is an Irish form of a Biblical name and not an "Irish" name proper. This would be consistent with how English forms of Biblical names are listed as such.-- Anonymous User 6/9/2007
The name is pronounced in Irish like the English version Shawn. The acute accent sign over the A is pronounced AW as in pawn, the E is silent because it comes before A.-- Anonymous User 7/8/2007
The American pronunciation can be debated because people in the USA pronounce things differently depending on what region they are from. I am from New York, my husband is from Idaho, and there are many words we do not pronounce the same; don't even get me started on the south.
"shawn" and "shon" I would probably say the same way if I read it, but I can see with an English accent how you would say these words differently.-- Anonymous User 10/1/2007
I really like this name, but in Ireland, it is the commonest male name of all time. Every Irish person knows at least ten Seáns. You couldn't go anywhere in Ireland without meeting a Seán. It is so annoying because I really like the name, but Seán is so overused it sounds ordinary and kind of dull. Though, I would still use it as a middle name.-- Ailis 7/13/2009
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