Sinéad

Sinéad (/ʃᵻˈneɪd/ 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. The name "Sinéad" is generally translated into English as either "Jane" or "Jennifer", or as the female version of the Scottish name "Jean".

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
• Sinead Russell, Olympic Swimmer

Music

• "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 Harnett, singer/songwriter
• 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

• Sinéad de Valera, children's book author
• Sinéad Morrissey, poet
• 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
• 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