Comments for the name Sean

Two famous bearers of this name are Lord of the Rings actors Sean Bean and Sean Astin.

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.

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.

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.

A famous bearer of this name is Sean Biggerstaff, a Scottish actor.

Britney Spears and Kevin Fenderline's child is named Sean Preston.

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.

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).

Sean O'Casey was an Irish playwright.

Actor Sean Penn is a famous bearer.

Famous bearer is Sean (P Diddy) Coombs.

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.

Sean William Scott is the American Pie funny man.

Sean Ferris is a bearer of the name.

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. : )

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.)

Famous bearer: Actor Sean Connery.

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.

I always thought the name Sean/Shawn was an Irish name.

Sean Paul is also a bearer of this name.

Sean Finnerty is a character in the popular TV-series "Grounded for life".

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.

Sean Astin has acted in movies such as The Goonies, Rudy, the Lord of the Rings movies, 50 First Dates, amongst many others.

I've heard that Sean is pronounced Shawn, but isn't "Sean" a name too? If not it should be--pronounced SEEN.

It can mean "old" in Irish without the fada over the E.

I like this name a lot. It's very sexy, strong and masculine.

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".

I love it. Simple and strong.

I used to really hate this name but thanks to Britney Spears' son Sean Preston, I've really started liking it.

I hate the name Sean. I think it is boring. There is nothing special about that name!

Actor Michael Keaton & his ex-wife Caroline McWilliams have a son Sean Douglas.

Singer Sean Kingston is a famous bearer.

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).

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.

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?

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.

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.

Sean is a cool name for a guy or a girl. If you're a girl you should spell it Seanne.

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.

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.

Wait, I don't get it. SEAN is the Gaelic element meaning "old, wise." I would certainly think that the name meant "old" or "wise." I suppose it does sound like "John," but it would make more sense if it meant what the Gaelic element said it did.

Sean is a really cool name, I think it suits all ages.

Actor Sean Murray, who plays Timothy McGee on NCIS.

A famous bearer is Sean Parker, founder of the music-sharing website, Napster.

For me the name Sean completely depends on regional dialect in the US. In New York it's pronounced totally different than it is in Florida. I have a cousin named Sean and think it's a perfectly fine name.

In Roman Greco Anglo Saxon linguistic terms Sean or Shauni or Shawn and the ALL the various other spellings are all DERIVATIVES and CORRUPTIONS of the source name SEAN also spelt SHAUN. The name tends to be gender specific by country but strangely unisex in terms of international borders.
The corruption is particularly common in "MEN" in the U.K. and in "WOMEN" in the U.S. There are some exceptions however. It sometimes works the opposite way round. You will sometimes find "MEN" in the U.S with the name Shauni. Similiarly, you will sometimes find "WOMEN" in the U.K. with the name Shauni - so don't be fooled into thinking there is any specific long term pertaining pattern to this quirk of linguistics.
The name Shauni is also present in other cultures as a corruption of Shaun.
Celtic Historians in Ireland have cited the name in manuscripts dating back to 850AD although the Roman Greco Anglo Saxon classical usage pre-dates this by 450 years according to Italian and Greek scholars.
Some White Americans have Native Indian ancestry and so prefer to go by the Native Indian interpretation of the name. European and American scholars have maintained that those White Americans who have NOT got Native Indian blood in them all genetically descend from Europe originally and that it is stupid for White Americans who have not got native Indian blood in them to try and assimilate themselves into a culture which is not theirs by following Native Indian likenesses or interpretations of any European names.
(Shauni and the various other spellings were just a tribal tag for a group of native Indians who had absolutely no connection with White Americans even to this day - although other tribes have intermarried with whites).
Scholars also maintain that since White Americans ALL descend from some part of Europe they should follow the European interpretation of European names relating to the part of Europe where the particular name originates from.
In the case of Shauni, its North America's former Master and Supreme ruler Britain which is comprised of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.
(The name Shauni and the various other spellings are not part of the Spanish speaking world according to Spanish and South American scholars who have all cited the fact that there is no written evidence for any such name in the Spanish speaking world).
It is entirely a Roman Greco Anglo Saxon invention.

Sean Lennon (born 1975 in New York City) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is the son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

According to my Gaelic dictionary the word Sean means: "old, aged, ancient" and is pronounced 'shen'
Another possibility is sèan, meaning: "a charm."
Or the early Irish sén meaning: prosperity.

My Irish dictionary tells me the meaning of Sean is: "ancestor, senior, old aged, ancient."
Séan meaning: "happiness, good luck" (1) or "deny, disown, renounce" (2).

Probably the most widely understood and accepted Irish name used in the United States. I personally get really annoyed when non-Irish people use Irish names for their children, (ex:Liam, Niamh) but I don't really mind Sean.