Sinéad ( , ) is an Irish feminine name. It is derived from the

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'', which is

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to the English

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, itself a feminine form of the

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'', "God forgave/God gratified". In English, ''Sinéad'' is also commonly spelled ''Sinead''. The name is generally translated into English as either ''Jane'' or ''Jennifer'', or as the Scottish female name ''Jean''. Notable people and characters with the name include:

People

Sports

Sinéad Cahalan Sinéad Cahalan is a camogie player. She won camogie All Star awards in 2005 and 2008 and played in the All Ireland final 2008, 2010 and 2011. Other awards Gael Linn Cup The Gael Linn Cup is a biennial tournament, representative competitio ...

, camogie player * Sinead Farrelly (born 1989), American soccer player * Sinead Jennings (born 1976), rower *

Sinead Kerr Sinead Houston Kerr (born 30 August 1978) is a Scottish former competitive ice dancer who represented Great Britain. She teamed up with her brother John Kerr in 2000. They are two-time (2009, 2011) European bronze medalists and the 2004–201 ...

(born 1978), ice dancer *

Sinéad Millea Sinéad Millea (born in Kilkenny) is a former camogie player for Kilkenny, winner of an All-Star award in 2004 and two All Ireland medals. She was honoured by inclusion in the University of Limericks' Sports Hall of Fame in 2013. Family backg ...

, former camogie player *

Sinead Miller Sinead Emily Miller (born June 9, 1990) is an American elite racing cyclist and winner of the 2009 Collegiate Cycling National Criterium Championship. Cycling experience Miller began racing BMX bicycles at age five. She competed at the highest ...

(born 1990), cyclist * Sinéad Russell (born 1993), Olympic swimmer

Music

Sinéad Harnett Sinéad Monica Harnett (born 12 October 1989) is an English singer and songwriter of Irish and Thai descent. Early life Born to a Thai mother and an Irish father who separated when she was a toddler, Harnett was raised by her mother in Finchley ...

(born 1990), singer/songwriter * Sinéad Lohan (born 1971), singer/songwriter * Sinéad Madden, singer/songwriter *

Sinéad Mulvey Sinéad Mulvey (born 22 January 1988) is an Irish singer and flight attendant. Alongside Black Daisy, she represented her country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the pop-rock song "Et Cetera". The song was performed in the second semi- ...

(born 1988), singer, air hostess *

Sinéad O'Carroll Sinéad Maria O'Carroll (born 14 May 1973) is an Irish singer and businesswoman. She is best known for being a member of the girl group B*Witched. Career 1998–2002: B*Witched In 1998, Edele Lynch formed the girl group Butterfly Farm with h ...

(born 1973), singer with Irish pop band B*Witched *

Sinéad O'Connor Shuhada' Sadaqat (born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor; , ; 8 December 1966 – 26 July 2023) was an Irish singer, songwriter, record producer and activist. Her debut studio album, ''The Lion and the Cobra'', was released in 1987 and achieve ...

(1966–2023), singer/songwriter *

Sinéad Quinn Sinéad Quinn (; born 24 March 1980) is a Northern Irish singer, best known as a contestant in the first series of the UK BBC TV series ''Fame Academy'' in 2002. She later went on to sign a recording contract, released an album, and had a #2 UK ...

(born 1980), recording artist, reality show contestant

Film and television

Sinéad Cusack Sinéad Moira Cusack ( ; born 18 February 1948) is an Irish actress. Her first acting roles were at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, before moving to London in 1969 to join the Royal Shakespeare Company. She has won the Critics' Circle and ''Eve ...

(born 1948), actress * Sinead Desmond (born 1974), TV presenter * Sinead Keenan (born 1977), actress *

Sinead Matthews Sinead Matthews (born ) is an English actress whose credits include film, television, radio and stage. As well as having extensive theatre experience, her screen credits include '' He Knew He Was Right'' (2004), ''Vera Drake'' (2004), '' Pride ...

, actress *

Sinéad Moynihan Sinéad Bernadette Moynihan (born March 1982) is an English model and actress, best known for her roles as Ashley Webb in '' Drop Dead Gorgeous'', Beth Clement in ''Hollyoaks'', and Abby Jones in '' How Not to Live Your Life''. Personal life T ...

(born 1982), model and actress *

Sinéad Noonan Sinéad Noonan (born 1987) is an Irish actress, former model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Ireland 2008.

(born 1987), model and actress

Other

Sinead Bovell Sinead Bovell is a Canadian futurist, entrepreneur, and advocate for technology education and ethics. Bovell is widely recognized for her efforts to bridge the gap between emerging technologies and underrepresented communities, earning her the nick ...

, Canadian futurist *

Sinéad Burke Sinéad Burke (born 1990) is an Irish writer, academic and disability activist, known for her TED talk 'Why design should include everyone'. She is the director of the consulting organisation Tilting the Lens, which works to raise the baseline ...

(born 1990), writer, academic, influencer *

Sinéad de Valera Sinéad de Valera (; 3 June 1878 – 7 January 1975) was an Irish author of a number of children's books in both Irish and English. She was married to Taoiseach and third president of Ireland, Éamon de Valera. Background She was born Jane O'F ...

(1878–1975), children's book author and wife of Ireland’s first

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* Sinéad Donnelly, Irish professor of palliative medicine * Sinead Farrington, British particle physicist * Sinéad Gleeson, author and book editor * Sinéad Griffin (born 1986), Irish physicist *

Sinéad Morrissey Sinéad Morrissey (born 24 April 1972 in Portadown, County Armagh) is a Northern Irish poet. In January 2014 she won the T. S. Eliot Prize for her fifth collection ''Parallax: And Selected Poems, Parallax'' and in 2017 she won the Forward Priz ...

(born 1972), poet *

Sinéad Sheppard Sinéad Sheppard is an Irish politician and dancing tutor, and former member of the pop group Six. She rose to fame in the 2001–2002 RTÉ One television series ''Popstars'', in which she was selected as a member of the group. After the ...

, dancer

Fictional characters

* Sinead O'Connor, in the TV series ''Hollyoaks'', played by Stephanie Davis * Sinead Tinker, in the TV series ''Coronation Street'', played by Katie McGlynn *Sinead Starling, in the series

The 39 Clues ''The 39 Clues'' is a series of adventure novels written by a collaboration of authors, including Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Peter Lerangis, Jude Watson, Patrick Carman, Linda Sue Park, Margaret Peterson Haddix, Roland Smith, David Baldac ...

References

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