Sinéad

Sinéad (/ʃɨˈneɪd/ shi-NADE; Irish pronunciation: [ˈʃɪnʲeːd̪ˠ] or [ʃɪˈnʲeːd̪ˠ]), 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 Yohannan, "God forgave/God gratified". Sinéad is also commonly spelled Sinead or Sineád. The English version of "Sinéad" can be "Jane" or "Jennifer".

Sinéad may refer to:

People

Sports

• Sinéad Cahalan, Camogie player
• Sinead Jennings, rower
• Sinead Kerr, ice dancer
• Sinéad Millea, former camogie player
• Sinead Miller, cyclist

Music

• Sinéad Lohan, singer/songwriter
• Sinéad Madden, singer/songwriter
• Sinéad Mulvey, singer, air hostess
• Sinéad O'Carroll, singer with Irish pop band B*Witched
• Sinéad O'Connor, singer/songwriter
• Sinéad Quinn, recording artist, reality show contestant

Film and television

• Sinéad Cusack, actress
• Sinead Desmond, TV presenter
• Sinead Keenan, actress
• Sinead Matthews, actress
• Sinéad Moynihan, model and actress
• Sinéad Noonan, model and actress

Other

• Sinead Brady, fashion model
• Sinéad de Valera, children's book author
• Sinéad Morrissey, poet
• Sinead Norenius, "spray tan artist"
• Sinéad Ní Loideáin, presenter
• Sinéad Ní Neachtain, magazine editor
• Sinéad Sheppard, dancer

Fiction

• Sinead O'Connor (Hollyoaks), a character on the TV series Hollyoaks, played by Stephanie Davis
• "Sinéad", a song by Within Temptation from their album The Unforgiving, and the name of a character in the album's tie-in comic book
• Sinead Starling is a fictional character from Team four: The Starling Triplets of The 39 Clues.
• Sinéad Ní Shúilleabháin, a fictional character in The Wind That Shakes the Barley (film)

See also

• Siobhán, feminine Irish-language name ultimately derived from the same Hebrew name

References

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