Seán
Irish (Donegal)
/ʃɑːn̪ˠ/, /ʃæːn̪ˠ/
proper noun
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French Jehan (John) derived from Latin Iōhannēs derived from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης derived from Hebrew (modern) יוֹחָנָן (God is gracious).
Origin
Hebrew (Modern Ashkenazic)
יוֹחָנָן
Gloss
God is gracious
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- John English
- shoneen English
- *ʝoanes Latin
- Ioannes Latin
- Iohannes Latin
- Iōannēs Latin
- Iōhannes Latin
- Iōhannēs Latin
- Johanna Latin
- Jōhannēs Latin
- Sanctus, sanctus Latin
- Johann German
- Giovanni Italian
- Jean French
- Ян Russian
- Ἰωάννης Ancient Greek
- Iohannes Old English
- Iohn Middle English
- Seoinín Irish
- Seáinín Irish
- يحيى Arabic
- يَحْيَى Arabic
- Jehan Old French
- Иван Serbo-Croatian
- Ioan Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Γιάννης Greek (modern)
- jan Middle Dutch
- Iohain Old Irish
- Iohain Baptaist Old Irish
- Jóan Faroese
- Jógvan Faroese
- Jón Faroese
- Jean Norman
- Жохан Kazakh
- Gjon Albanian
- Jehan Middle French
- 𐌹𐍉𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌴𐍃 Gothic
- יוֹחָנָן Hebrew (modern)
- יוחנן Hebrew (modern)
- Joan Old Portuguese
- ივანე Georgian
- 約翰 Chinese
- Ян Belarusian
- Иоаннъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- Jehan xno
- Ἰωάννης grc-koi
- יוֹחָנָן hbo
- יוחנן hbo