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Meaning of a name

by Steve (guest)

2/16/2004, 10:08 AM

Please can you tell me the meaning of the name Seon. It is a female name but we dont know anything else. We thought it may be Hebrew but not sure.

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- Kerrianna

2/16/2004, 1:23 PM

Sounds similar to Sian or Seona, could be irish related.

- Anneza (guest)

2/17/2004, 12:55 AM

Just a suggestion: Zion is sometimes written as Sion or even Syon in older, maybe 18th-century texts. And I once knew a Jewish girl named Ziona. So maybe it's a form of Zion?

- Domhnall (guest)

2/25/2004, 1:15 AM

I have never seen it as Hebrew before, but can't rule it out.

I do know "Seon" is but one of a few extant Scottish-Gaelic "John"-forms (along with "Iain" & "Eòin").
Scottish nicknames so based are "Seonaidh" and "Seonaodh" for Johnny.

Further, "Seón" is an obsolete form of "Seán" in Irish-Gaelic.

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