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View Name: Sean


SEAN
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Irish, English
PRONOUNCED: SHAWN   [key]
Meaning & History
Anglicized form of SEÁN
Related Names
VARIANTS: Seán, Shane (Irish), Shane, Shaun, Shawn, Shayne (English)
DIMINUTIVES: Deshaun, Deshawn, Keshaun, Keshawn, Rashaun, Rashawn (English (African American))
FEMININE FORMS: Shauna, Shawna, Seanna (English)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Gjon (Albanian), Yahya (Arabic), Hovhannes (Armenian), Ganix, Ion, Jon (Basque), John (Biblical), Ioannes (Biblical Greek), Yehochanan, Yochanan (Biblical Hebrew), Iohannes (Biblical Latin), Yann, Yanick, Yannic, Yannick (Breton), Ioan, Ivan, Yan, Yoan (Bulgarian), Joan (Catalan), Jowan (Cornish), Ghjuvan (Corsican), Ivan, Janko (Croatian), Ivan, Jan, Johan, Honza, Janek (Czech), Jens, Jannick, Jannik (Danish), Jan, Johan, Johannes, Hanne, Hannes, Hans, Jo, Joop (Dutch), Johano, Joĉjo (Esperanto), Jaan, Johannes, Juhan (Estonian), Jani, Janne, Johannes, Joni, Jouni, Juhana, Juhani, Hannes, Hannu, Juha, Juho, Jukka, Jussi (Finnish), Jean, Yann, Jeannot, Yanick, Yannic, Yannick (French), Xoán (Galician), Jan, Johan, Johann, Johannes, Hanke, Hannes, Hans, Jo (German), Ioannes, Ioannis, Yanni, Yannis, Yianni, Yiannis (Greek), Keoni (Hawaiian), Yochanan (Hebrew), János, Jancsi, Jani, Janika (Hungarian), Jóhann, Jóhannes, Jón (Icelandic), Giovanni, Gian, Gianni, Giannino, Vanni (Italian), Johannes, Joannes (Late Roman), Jānis (Latvian), Sjang, Sjeng (Limburgish), Jonas (Lithuanian), Ivan, Jovan (Macedonian), Ean, Juan (Manx), Hann, Jan, Jon, Hankin, Jackin, Jankin (Medieval English), Jehan (Medieval French), Zuan (Medieval Italian), Jens (Norwegian), Iwan, Jan, Janusz, Janek (Polish), João, Joãozinho (Portuguese), Ioan, Ion (Romanian), Ioann, Ivan (Russian), Jan, Johan, Johannes, Jon, Hans (Scandinavian), Eoin, Iain, Ian (Scottish), Ivan, Jovan, Janko (Serbian), Ján, Janko (Slovak), Ivan, Jan, Janez, Anže, Janko, Žan (Slovene), Juan, Xuan, Juanito (Spanish), Jens, Hampus, Hasse, Janne (Swedish), Ivan (Ukrainian), Evan, Iefan, Ieuan, Ifan, Ioan, Iwan, Siôn, Ianto (Welsh)
Popularity
United States  ranked #102 
England/Wales  - 
Canada (BC)  - 
Australia (NSW)  - 
France  ranked #415 
Ireland  ranked #2 
Netherlands  ranked #420 
Northern Ireland  ranked #22 
Scotland  ranked #69 


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