Siobhán is a female given name of Irish origin. The most common anglicisations are Siobhan (identical to the Irish spelling but omitting the acute accent over the 'a'), Shevaun and Shivaun. A now uncommon spelling variant is Siubhán. It is derived from the

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and .. (Modern French ), which were introduced into Ireland by the

Anglo-Normans The Anglo-Normans ( nrf, Anglo-Normaunds, ang, Engel-Norðmandisca) were the medieval ruling class in England, composed mainly of a combination of ethnic Normans, French, Anglo-Saxons, Flemings and Bretons, following the Norman conquest. A sma ...

in the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...

. The name first appears in the surviving

Irish annals A number of Irish annals, of which the earliest was the Chronicle of Ireland, were compiled up to and shortly after the end of the 17th century. Annals were originally a means by which monks determined the yearly chronology of feast days. Over ...

in the early fourteenth century. The name is thus a

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of the

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peopl ...

''Siân'' and the

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Joan Joan may refer to: People and fictional characters * Joan (given name), including a list of women, men and fictional characters *: Joan of Arc, a French military heroine *Joan (surname) Weather events *Tropical Storm Joan (disambiguation), multip ...

'', derived from the

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and (modern English ''Joanna'', ''Joanne''), which are in turn from the Greek (). This Greek name is a feminine form of the Greek (), which is in turn a shortened form of the

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The popularity of the actress Siobhán McKenna (1923–1986) helped the resurgence of the name in the 20th century.. The webpage cited the following book: The

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as ...

form of the name is Siobhàn,. (which is sometimes anglicised '' Judith''). The male Irish forms of the name are and ''Eóin''.

People

* Siobhan Baillie (born 1981), British politician *

Siobhan Benita Siobhan Benita (' Pook; born 11 October 1971) is a British former civil servant. She was an independent candidate in the 2012 London mayoral election. She was then the Liberal Democrat candidate in the London mayoral election originally plan ...

(born 1971), British politician and former civil servant * Siobhan Brooks, American sociologist * Siobhan Byrne (born 1984), German-born Irish sabre fencer * Siobhan Chamberlain (born 1983), British footballer * Shivaune Christina, Australian former model and Miss Earth Australia 2003 * Siobhán Cleary, Irish composer *

Siobhán Coady Siobhán Coady (; born November 11, 1960) is a Canadian businesswoman and politician who represents the riding of St. John's West in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly as a Liberal. Coady previously served as the Liberal Member of P ...

, Canadian politician and businesswoman * Siobhán Creaton, Irish journalist *

Siobhan Davies Dame Siobhan Davies DBE (born Susan Davies; 18 September 1950 in London), often known as Sue Davies, is an English dancer and choreographer. She was a dancer with the London Contemporary Dance Theatre during the 1970s, and became one of its lea ...

, English choreographer * Siobhan de Maré, singer-songwriter *

Siobhan Dillon Siobhan Patricia Dillon (born 1 September 1984) is an English actress and singer, who rose to fame when she performed in the British talent show-themed television series '' How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?'' on BBC One in 2006. Since the ...

, English singer * Siobhán Donaghy, Irish singer formerly of the Sugababes *

Siobhan Dowd Siobhan Dowd (4 February 1960 – 21 August 2007) was a British writer and activist. The last book she completed, '' Bog Child'', posthumously won the 2009 Carnegie Medal from the professional librarians, recognising the year's best book fo ...

, English writer *

Siobhan Fahey Siobhan Maire Fahey (; born 10 September 1958) is an Irish singer whose vocal range is a light contralto. She was a founding member of the group Bananarama, who have had ten top-10 hits including the List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1986 ...

, Irish singer who was a member of Bananarama and Shakespears Sister * Siobhan Fallon Hogan, American actress * Siobhan Finneran, English actress *

Siobhan Haughey Siobhán is a female given name of Irish origin. The most common anglicisations are Siobhan (identical to the Irish spelling but omitting the acute accent over the 'a'), Shevaun and Shivaun. A now uncommon spelling variant is Siubhán. It is de ...

, Irish-Hong Kong Olympic swimmer * Siobhan Hayes, British actress *

Siobhán Hapaska Siobhán Hapaska (born 1963) is an Irish sculptor. Early life and education Hapaska was born in Belfast and studied art at Middlesex Polytechnic from 1985 to 1988 before completing a master's degree at Goldsmiths College in 1992. In 1993 she w ...

, Irish sculptor * Siobhan Healy (born 1976), Scottish artist * Siobhán Hoey, Irish sportswoman *

Siobhan Hunter Siobhan Hunter (born 10 April 1994) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a defender for Hibernian in the Scottish Women's Premier League. Hunter first signed with Hibernian youth as a 9-year old in March 2004. Hunter, returning from a broken ...

, Scottish footballer * Siobhan Karam, Canadian ice dancer *

Siobhán Killeen Siobhán Killeen (born 21 September 1995) is a Republic of Ireland women's international footballer. She has also played for UCD, Raheny United and Shelbourne Ladies. In 2010, she was a member of the Republic of Ireland U-17 squad that wer ...

, Irish footballer * Siobhan Leachman, New Zealand citizen scientist * Siobhan MacGowan, Anglo-Irish singer *

Siobhan Magnus Siobhan Evelyn Magnus (born March 15, 1990) is an American singer-songwriter who was the sixth place finalist on the ninth season of ''American Idol''. Biography Early life Siobhan Magnus was born on March 15, 1990, to parents Alan and Collee ...

, American contestant on American Idol, Season 9. *

Siobhan Maher Kennedy Siobhan Maher Kennedy (born 11 January 1964) is an English singer and songwriter. She was the lead vocalist of the Liverpool-based band River City People during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The band released two albums, '' Say Something Good'' ...

, singer *

Siobhan Marshall Siobhan Marshall is a New Zealand actress best known for her role as Pascalle West from the comedy/drama series '' Outrageous Fortune'' (2005–2010). Career Marshall attended Auckland's Unitec School of Performing Screen Arts and graduated ...

, New Zealand actress *

Siobhán McCarthy Siobhán Mary Ann McCarthy (born 6 November 1957 in Dublin) is an Irish television and stage actress. Career McCarthy portrays Roisin Connor in ITV1's Prison drama Bad Girls. Her other television credits include '' Lovejoy'', ''The Big Batt ...

, Irish actress of musical theater *

Siobhan McColl Siobhan McColl (born 2 April 1991 in Gauteng, South Africa) is a South Africa, South African figure skater. She is the 2006–2007 and 2007–2008 season South African junior national champion and has competed on the Junior Grand Prix circuit a ...

, South African figure skater * Siobhain McDonagh (born 1960), British Labour Party MP * Siobhan McGarry, Northern Irish television presenter *

Siobhán McHugh Siobhán McHugh is an Irish-Australian author, podcast producer and critic, oral historian, audio documentary-maker and journalism academic. In 2013 she founded ''RadioDoc Review'', the first journal of critical analysis of crafted audio storytelli ...

, Irish-Australian author, podcaster and documentary-maker * Siobhán McKenna, Irish, Tony Award-winning actress *

Siobhán McSweeney Siobhán McSweeney (born 27 December 1979) is an Irish actress and presenter. She is best known for her role as Sister Michael in the teen sitcom ''Derry Girls''. Early life McSweeney was born in County Cork, Ireland where she grew up in Aherl ...

, Irish actress * Siobhan Miller, Scottish folk singer *

Shevaun Mizrahi Shevaun Mizrahi is a Turkish-American documentary filmmaker. She received a Jury Special Mention Award at the Locarno Film Festival 2017 for her documentary film Distant Constellation among many other awards including the Best Picture Prize at th ...

, Turkish-American documentary filmmaker *

Siobhán O'Brien Siobhán O'Brien (born 24 August 1969 in Limerick, Ireland) is a singer-songwriter who performs with acoustic guitar and harmonica. O'Brien has performed with Bob Dylan, The San Diego Symphony, The Chieftains and supported such acts as Christy M ...

, Irish singer-songwriter * Siobhán O'Hanlon, Irish activist * Siobhán Parkinson, Irish author of several children's books, including ''Kathleen: The Celtic Knot'' *

Siobhan Paton Siobhan Bethany Paton, OAM (born 28 August 1983) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer who was born in Sydney. Paton has had an intellectual disability from birth which was a consequence a lack of oxygen. Paton decided to become a swimmer after ...

, Australian Paralympic swimmer * Siobhan Reddy, British video game executive *

Siobhan Redmond Siobhan Redmond, ( ; born 27 July 1959) is a Scottish actress, a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and known for various stage, audio and television roles. Early life Siobhan Redmond was born on 27 July 1959 in the Tollcross area of ...

, Scottish actress * Siobhan Roberts, Canadian science journalist *

Siobhan Thompson Siobhan Thompson (born 29 July, 1984) is a British sketch comedian and comedy writer. She is known for her work on the CollegeHumor Originals web series and has appeared in other programs such as ''Adam Ruins Everything'' and ''Broad City''. She ...

, CollegeHumor writer *

Siobhan Wescott Siobhan Wescott is an American educator who is Professor of American Indian Health at the Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health. She was previously Director of the Indians into Medicine program at the University of North Dakota, where ...

, Alaskan Athabaskan educator *

Siobhan Williams Siobhan Williams is a British-born Canadian actress. Career Williams' first role was as recurring character Jamie Lewis on ''Heartland''. In 2012, she appeared in Disney's ''Radio Rebel'' and played the antagonist, Stephanie Meyers, in 20th Cen ...

, Canadian actress

Fictional characters

* Siobhan, one of Christopher's teachers at school in Mark Haddon's ''

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time ''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'' is a 2003 mystery novel by British writer Mark Haddon. Its title refers to an observation by the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes (created by Arthur Conan Doyle) in the 1892 short story " ...

'' * Siobhan, a female vampire appearing in the last book of ''

Twilight Twilight is light produced by sunlight scattering in the upper atmosphere, when the Sun is below the horizon, which illuminates the lower atmosphere and the Earth's surface. The word twilight can also refer to the periods of time when this i ...

'' by Stephenie Meyer * Siobhan Andrews, a smart third-grader in the television series ''

Hey Arnold! ''Hey Arnold!'' is an American animated comedy television series created by Craig Bartlett. It originally aired on Nickelodeon from October 7, 1996, to June 8, 2004. The show centers on fourth grader Arnold Shortman, who lives with his grandpar ...

'' * Siobhan Beckett, a character from the science fiction series '' Earth: Final Conflict'' * Siobhan Brody, mother of Roarke's mother in J. D. Robb's '' In Death'' novels *

Siobhan Clarke This is a list of characters from the ''Inspector Rebus'' series of detective novels by the Scottish writer Ian Rankin. They are all fictional characters that have appeared in more than one novel in the series. A number of the characters ap ...

, Detective Sergeant in Ian Rankin's ''John Rebus'' novels * Siobhan Kelly, deputy in the Cinemax series ''

Banshee A banshee ( ; Modern Irish , from sga, ben síde , "woman of the fairy mound" or "fairy woman") is a female spirit in Irish folklore who heralds the death of a family member, usually by screaming, wailing, shrieking, or keening. Her name i ...

'' * Siobhan Martin, one of the twin sisters portrayed by Sarah Michelle Gellar in the short-lived drama '' Ringer'' * Siobhan McDougal, also known as

Silver Banshee Silver Banshee is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, primarily as an opponent of Superman. In television, she has been portrayed by Odessa Rae in ''Smallville (TV series), Smallville'' and Italia Ricci in the Arrowvers ...

, a DC Comics supervillain * Siobhan Pattinson, one of the two main characters of the LGBT webcomic ''Outsiders'' * Siobhan "Shiv" Roy, the daughter of patriarch Logan Roy on the HBO series ''

Succession Succession is the act or process of following in order or sequence. Governance and politics *Order of succession, in politics, the ascension to power by one ruler, official, or monarch after the death, resignation, or removal from office of ...

'' *Siobhan, Cassidy's girlfriend and character from J Kenner's Stark International trilogy. Also appears in Deepest kiss, Hold me, Wicked Grind, Sweetest Taboo and Anchor me. * Siobhan Ryan, daughter of Maeve and Johnny Ryan on the American daytime soap opera ''Ryan's Hope'' from 1978 to 1989 * Siobhan Sadler, also known as "Mrs. S" a foster mother to two of the main characters in the television series '' Orphan Black'' * Siobhan Sharpe, head of brand for the Olympic Deliverance Commission in the BBC television series '' Twenty Twelve'' * Shevaun Tillman, a character in

James Clavell James Clavell (born Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell; 10 October 1921 – 7 September 1994) was an Australian-born British (later naturalized American) writer, screenwriter, director, and World War II veteran and prisoner of war. Clavell is best ...

's novel ''

Tai-Pan A tai-pan (,Andrew J. Moody, "Transmission Languages and Source Languages of Chinese Borrowings in English", ''American Speech'', Vol. 71, No. 4 (Winter, 1996), pp. 414-415. literally "top class"汉英词典 — ''A Chinese-English Dictionary' ...

'' * Siobhan O'Brien, a character in Sung J. Woo's novel ''Skin Deep'' *Siobhan Sheehan, character in HBO series “ Mare of Easttown” *Siobhán, the lead character in the 2019 film, Sea Fever. *Siobhan Kelly, a character in Beth O'Leary's "The No-Show" *Siobhan Klaxon, a character in the 2022 stop-motion horror comedy film,

Wendell & Wild ''Wendell & Wild'' is a 2022 American stop motion animated horror comedy film directed by Henry Selick from a screenplay written by Selick and Jordan Peele (who are also producers), based on Selick's and Clay McLeod Chapman's unpublished book ...

Diminutive

Siobhán has a corresponding diminutive form, (after French ). Examples of this name include singer

Sinéad O'Connor Shuhada Sadaqat (born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor on 8 December 1966; ) is an Irish singer-songwriter. Her debut album, '' The Lion and the Cobra'', was released in 1987 and charted internationally. Her second album, ''I Do Not Want Wha ...

References

External links

Index of Names in Irish Annals: Siobhán
{{DEFAULTSORT:Siobhan Irish-language feminine given names English-language feminine given names