Sinead

shin-AID

Irish form of Janet

"God's gracious gift"

Updated Mon Sep 02 2024

Sinead Origin and Meaning

The name Sinead is a girl's name of Irish, Irish Gaelic origin meaning "God's gracious gift".

One of the best known of the Irish girls' names, thanks to singer Sinead O'Connor. Though it's still in the Irish Top 100, it's no longer quite as fashionable in Ireland as Aoife or Aisling. But by now everyone in the Western World knows it's pronounced shin-aid and so would have no trouble fitting in on an American playground.

This name increased in popularity in Ireland via Sinéad de Valera, the wife of president Éamon de Valera, who was born with the name Jane, but later chose to use its Irish form Sinéad. Actress Sinead Cusack is the wife of Jeremy Irons.

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Sinead Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Sinead Popularity

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Famous People Named Sinead

Sinéad Marie Bernadette O’ConnorIrish singer,songwriter
Sinéad Moira CusackIrish actress
Sinead MatthewsEnglish actress
Sinead KeenanIrish actress
Sinéad MaddenIrish singer and fiddler
Sinead Louise FarrellyAmerican soccer player
Sinead Maria O'Carrollsinger from the Irish band b*witched
Sinead Houston KerrScottish ice dancer
Sinéad QuinnIrish singer
Sinéad MulveyIrish singer
Sinéad LohanIrish singer

Sinéad Bernadette MoynihanEnglish model and actress
Sinéad Persaud; writerproducer, and actress
Sinead HarnettEnglish singer/songwriter

Sinead in Pop Culture

Sinead Louise O'Connorcharacter on British soap opera "Hollyoaks"
Sinead Starlingcharacter of the book series "39 Clues"
Sinéad Ní Shúilleabháincharacter in film "The Wind That Shakes the Barley"
Sineadcharacter in cult comedy "But I'm a Cheerleader"