Sinéad ( , ) is an Irish feminine name. It is derived from the French Jeanette, which is cognate to the English Janet, itself a feminine form of the Hebrew Yohanan, "God forgave/God gratified". In English, Sinéad is also commonly spelled Sinead. The name is generally translated into English as either Jane or Jennifer, or as the Scottish female name Jean.
Notable people and characters with the name include:
People
Sports Sinéad Cahalan, camogie player Sinead Farrelly (born 1989), footballer Sinead Greenan (born 1992), cyclist Sinead Jennings (born 1976), rower Sinead Kerr (born 1978), ice dancer Sinéad Millea, former camogie player Sinead Miller (born 1990), cyclist Sinéad Russell (born 1993), Olympic swimmer
Music Sinéad Harnett (born 1990), singer/songwriter Sinéad Lohan (born 1971), singer/songwriter Sinéad Madden, singer/songwriter Sinéad Mulvey (born 1988), singer, air hostess Sinéad O'Carroll (born 1973), singer with Irish pop band B*Witched Sinéad O'Connor (1966–2023), singer/songwriter Sinéad Quinn (born 1980), recording artist, reality show contestant
Film and television Sinéad Cusack (born 1948), actress Sinead Desmond (born 1974), TV presenter Sinead Keenan (born 1977), actress Sinead Matthews, actress Sinéad Moynihan (born 1982), model and actress Sinéad Noonan (born 1987), model and actress
Other Sinead Bovell, Canadian futurist Sinéad Burke (born 1990), writer, academic, influencer Sinéad de Valera (1878–1975), children's book author and wife of Ireland’s first taoiseach Sinéad Donnelly, Irish professor of palliative medicine Sinead Farrington, British particle physicist Sinéad Gleeson, author and book editor Sinéad Griffin (born 1986), Irish physicist Sinéad Morrissey (born 1972), poet Sinéad Sheppard, dancer
Fictional characters Sinead O'Connor, in the TV series Hollyoaks, played by Stephanie Davis Sinead Tinker, in the TV series Coronation Street, played by Katie McGlynn Sinead Starling, in the series The 39 Clues Sinead, a character on the Scottish sitcom Still Game
See also List of Irish-language given names Siobhán, feminine Irish-language name ultimately derived from the same Hebrew name
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