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Sean
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Appendix:Variations of "sean"
English
Alternative forms
en Shaun Shawn Shohn Shon Shone
Etymology
Anglicised form of en ga Seán, from en fro Jehan, from en la Johannes, variant of la Ioannes, from en grc-koi Ἰωάννης, from en he יוֹחָנָן Yōḥānān God is gracious.
en John Jack Johan Johann Johannes Jean Ian Evan Ivan Shaun Shane Giovanni.
Pronunciation
shôn
en /ʃɔːn/ RP
en /ʃoːn/ SSB,AU,NZ
en US
en /ʃɔn/ non-cot-caught
en /ʃɑn/ cot-caught
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-Sean.wav US,cot-caught
en /ʃɔn/ Scotland
en /ʃɒːn/ Ireland
en ɔːn 1
en Shaun Shawn ; shorn<aa:non-rhotic,horse-hoarse> ; Sian<aa:female given name,cot-caught,father-bother>
Proper noun
s
en male Irish.
en 1996 Frank McCourt Angela's Ashes Harper Collins Publishers. 000649840X 203 They sit by the fire smoking and talking about names. Mam says she likes the names Kevin and Sean but Bridey says, Ah no, there's too many of them in Limerick. Jesus, Angela, if you stuck your head out of the door and called, Kevin or Sean, come in for your tea, you'd have half o' Limerick running to your door.
en Katie Bo Lillis;Oren Liebermann;Haley Britzky Mark Milley leaves a controversial legacy as America’s top general w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/25/politics/mark-milley-chairman-joint-chiefs-controversial-legacy/index.html 2023-09-25 In some ways, it’s a pragmatic practice: Fox anchors such as Sean Hannity and, at one point, Tucker Carlson routinely attack Milley – and during the Trump years, there was also a reasonable expectation that the president would be talking to the hosts of those shows. https://web.archive.org/web/20250210102431/https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/25/politics/mark-milley-chairman-joint-chiefs-controversial-legacy/index.html
en Elizabeth Wagmeister Jay-Z says inconsistencies in rape accuser’s story proves her attorney was looking for ‘money and fame’ w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/14/entertainment/jay-z-lawsuit-response 2024-12-14 Jay-Z is doubling down on his denial that he ever raped a teenage girl alongside Sean “Diddy” Combs, saying that newly revealed inconsistencies in her story prove that her account is not credible. https://web.archive.org/web/20250514044133/https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/14/entertainment/jay-z-lawsuit-response
en Brenna Cooper Medical examiner reveals worst death she has seen is the case of man who was thrown down a manhole into boiling water w:LADBible https://www.ladbible.com/community/sean-doyle-2002-death-manhole-boiled-alive-805134-20250208 2025-02-08 But if you really insist she'll retell the unfortunate case of a man named Sean Doyle. https://web.archive.org/web/20250322092719/https://www.ladbible.com/community/sean-doyle-2002-death-manhole-boiled-alive-805134-20250208
Related terms
en Ian Ivan Jon Jovan Evan Shane Shaun Shawn Zuane
en feminine equivalents of Sean Chavonne Seana Shauna Shavonne Shawna Sheena Síne
Translations
a male given name
Catalan: ca Joan
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 肖恩 Xiāoēn
Greek: el Γιάννης m, el Σον transliteration from English
Hebrew: he שׁוֹן shon
Hindi: hi शॉन m
Maltese: mt Seaninu
Russian: ru Шон m
Spanish: es Juan
See also
en Sian
Anagrams
en aens ENSA Esan NAEs NESA Nase Sena eans nase sane
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor en:Sean<ety:uder<ga:Seán>> 2 1
Pronunciation
Shan #
Proper noun
Shan
tl male English < Irish