Sinéad

shin-AID · Irish form of Jane / Janet

Sinéad is an Irish girl’s name, said shin-AID, and it means Irish form of Jane / Janet.

How to say Sinéad

Sinéad is said shin-AID, written the way an English speaker would read it. Ulster, Connacht and Munster each put their own turn on a name, so you may hear it said a little differently depending on where you are.

What Sinéad means

Sinéad means Irish form of Jane / Janet.

Also written as

Sinéad turns up in English with these spellings: Shinade.

Names that mean something similar

• Siún: Irish form of Joan / Jane
• Caitlín: Irish form of Katherine
• Éabha: Irish form of Eve
• Eibhlín: Irish form of Eileen / Evelyn

More Irish girls’ names

• Saoirse: freedom, liberty
• Siobhán: Irish form of Joan

All Irish names, with meanings and pronunciations · Write Sinéad in Ogham · Sinéad in the old Gaelic script