SINEAD (shin-AID)

Gender: F
Origin: Irish form of JANET
Meaning: "God is gracious"

One of the best known of the Irish names, thanks to singer Sinead O'Connor. It's no longer as fashionable in Ireland as Aoife or Aisling, but by now everyone in the Western World knows it's pronounced shin-aid.

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