Siobhán
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Siobhán (ˈʃɪwaːn̪ˠ or [ʃəˈvˠaːn̪ˠ]; ʃəˈvɔːn), is a female Irish
name. It is an Irish form of Joan
, which is derived from the Anglo-Norman
Jehanne. Joan is the female form of John
.
The popularity of the actress Siobhán McKenna
(1923–1986) helped the resurgence of the name (without an accent) in the twentieth century.
The Scottish Gaelic form of the name is Siubhan. Alternative spellings of Siobhán include: Siobhan, Siobhain, Siobhann, Siobhin, Siobhon, Shivon, Siavon, Siovhan, Shivaune, Shivaun, Shavon, Sioban, Shivonne, Shvaugn, Shivaughn, Shivaughne, Shavaughn, Shavaughne, Shavaughan, Shavaugn, Shavaugne, Shavaun, Shavaune, Sheavaughn, Shevaun, Shevawn, Shavone, Shavonne, Chevonne and Chevon.
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
name. It is an Irish form of Joan
Joan
Joan is mainly a female name in the English language, but can be a male name in French, Dutch and in Catalan. It is related to the names John, Jane, Jean, Jeanne, Johan, Joanna, Juan, Ivan, Siobhán, and Siwan....
, which is derived from the Anglo-Norman
Anglo-Norman language
Anglo-Norman is the name traditionally given to the kind of Old Norman used in England and to some extent elsewhere in the British Isles during the Anglo-Norman period....
Jehanne. Joan is the female form of John
John (name)
John is a masculine given name in the English language. The name is derived from the Latin Ioannes, Iohannes, which is in turn a form of the Greek , Iōánnēs. This Greek name is a form of the Hebrew name , , which means "God is generous"...
.
The popularity of the actress Siobhán McKenna
Siobhán McKenna
Siobhán McKenna was an Irish stage and screen actress.-Background:Born Siobhán Giollamhuire Nic Cionnaith in Belfast, Northern Ireland into a Catholic and nationalist family, she grew up in Galway City and in County Monaghan, Ireland speaking fluent Irish...
(1923–1986) helped the resurgence of the name (without an accent) in the twentieth century.
The Scottish Gaelic form of the name is Siubhan. Alternative spellings of Siobhán include: Siobhan, Siobhain, Siobhann, Siobhin, Siobhon, Shivon, Siavon, Siovhan, Shivaune, Shivaun, Shavon, Sioban, Shivonne, Shvaugn, Shivaughn, Shivaughne, Shavaughn, Shavaughne, Shavaughan, Shavaugn, Shavaugne, Shavaun, Shavaune, Sheavaughn, Shevaun, Shevawn, Shavone, Shavonne, Chevonne and Chevon.
People
- Siobhán Ní Conchubhair Fáilghe, QueenQueen regnantA queen regnant is a female monarch who reigns in her own right, in contrast to a queen consort, who is the wife of a reigning king. An empress regnant is a female monarch who reigns in her own right over an empire....
of Ceneoil Fiachach, died 1310. - Siobhán Cam Níc Carthaigh, died 1371.
- Siobhán Ní Butler, QueenQueen regnantA queen regnant is a female monarch who reigns in her own right, in contrast to a queen consort, who is the wife of a reigning king. An empress regnant is a female monarch who reigns in her own right over an empire....
of Uí FailgheKingdom of Uí FailgheUí Failghe was a Gaelic-Irish kingdom, which is preserved in the name of County Offaly, Ireland.-Background:Uí Failghe may have existed as a kingdom since the early historic era, and successfully fought off encroachments by the Uí Néill, the Eóganachta, and the Normans.From the mid eleventh century...
died 1383. - Siobhán FitzGerald, died 1411.
- Siobhán Ní Cathmhail, died 1427.
- Siobhán Ní a Búrc, died 1467.
- Siobhán Ní Buitiller, died 1489.
- Siobhán Níc Cormáin, died 1490.
- Siubhán Ní Mathgamhna, died 1507.
- Siobhán Níc Uidhir, died 1515.
- Suán Ní Mathghamhna, died 1525.
- Siobhán Ní Dhroma, died 1529.
- Siobhán Ní Néill, died 1535.
- Siobhán Ní Diarmuda, died 1542.
- Siobhán Ní Domhnaill, died 1553.
- Siubhán Ócc Ní Néill, died 1576.
- Siobhán Ní Piarais, died 1583.
- Siobhan Allgood, Contestant of Hell's KitchenHell's Kitchen (U.S.)Hell's Kitchen is an American reality-television cooking competition broadcast on Fox...
, Season 7Hell's Kitchen (U.S. season 7)Season 7 of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen aired on the Fox Network from June 1, 2010 to August 10, 2010. The winner, Holli Ugalde, was promised the head chef position at Chef Ramsay's newly renovated restaurant at the Savoy Hotel in London...
. - Siobhán Bean Uí Néill, died 1587.
- Siobhán Cham Ní Géraldt, died 1598.
- Siobhán Bean Uí Néill, died 1600.
- Siobhan BrooksSiobhan BrooksSiobhan Brooks is an African American lesbian feminist sociologist known for her work with African American women in the sex worker industry and feminist issues affecting these women. She holds a B.A. in women's studies from San Francisco State University, and a Ph.D...
, sociologist - Siobhan ChamberlainSiobhan ChamberlainSiobhan Rebecca Chamberlain is an English female international football goalkeeper, currently playing her club football for Bristol Academy.-Club career:...
, female footballer - Shivaune ChristinaShivaune ChristinaShivaune Field , is a television news reporter and producer. She was previously a model and was Miss Australia in 2003.Born in Melbourne, Australia, Field moved to the United States in 2004....
, former model and Miss Earth Australia 2003 - Siobhan Coady, Canadian politician and businesswoman
- Siobhan CreatonSiobhan CreatonSiobhan Creaton is an Irish writer and journalist. A former Finance Correspondent with The Irish Times, she is a business journalist with the Irish Independent.She authored the first book about Ryanair, the low-fares airline...
, journalist - Siobhan DaviesSiobhan DaviesSiobhan Davies CBE DLitt was a dancer with the London Contemporary Dance Theatre during the 1970s, then becoming one of its leading choreographers before founding her own company — the Siobhan Davies Dance Company — in 1988.First training in art, Davies was one of the first year's intake of...
, dancer with the London Contemporary Dance TheatreLondon Contemporary Dance TheatreThe London Contemporary Dance Theatre was a contemporary dance company, based at The Place, founded by Robin Howard with Robert Cohan as its Artistic Director.... - Siobhan de MaréSiobhan de MaréSiobhan de Maré is a singer, mostly known from lending her voice to the album Formica Blues by the UK band Mono in 1997. In 2000, she joined Robin Guthrie to form Violet Indiana, which varies from shimmery wall of sound style with similarities to dreampop, to sparse single-guitar songs with less...
, singer - Siobhan DillonSiobhan DillonSiobhan Patricia Dillon 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...
, singer - Siobhán DonaghySiobhán DonaghySiobhán Emma Donaghy is an English singer-songwriter of Irish descent. She was a founding member of girl group the Sugababes, although she left in August 2001 and was replaced by Heidi Range. Donaghy left the group after one album...
, singer formerly of the SugababesSugababesThe Sugababes are an English pop girl group based in London, consisting of members Heidi Range, Amelle Berrabah and Jade Ewen. The Sugababes were formed in 1998 with founding members Siobhán Donaghy, Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan. Their debut album, One Touch, was released in 2000 under London... - Siobhan DowdSiobhan DowdSiobhan Dowd was a British writer and activist.-Biography:Siobhan Dowd was born in London to Irish parents...
, writer - Siobhan FaheySiobhan FaheySiobhan Fahey is an Irish musician and founding member of the 1980s British girl group Bananarama, and later formed the BRIT Award and Ivor Novello award winning musical outfit Shakespears Sister.-Career:Fahey was born the eldest of three daughters to Helen and...
(born 1958), singer who was a member of BananaramaBananaramaBananarama are an English female pop duo who have had success on the pop and dance charts since 1982. Rather than relying on a two part harmony, the duo generally sings in unison, as do their background vocalists. Although there have been line-up changes, the group enjoyed their most popular...
and Shakespears SisterShakespears SisterShakespears Sister/Shakespear's Sister is a British-based synth-pop-rock band formed by Irish-born singer–songwriter Siobhan Fahey in 1988, with plaudits including a BRIT Award and Ivor Novello Award. It was Fahey's first musical outing since leaving Bananarama, and initially a solo project... - Siobhan Fallon Hogan, American actress
- Siobhan FinneranSiobhan FinneranSiobhan Finneran is an English television and film actress from Oldham in Lancashire, England.-Career:Siobhan's first major role was as Rita in the 1986 film, Rita, Sue and Bob Too. Since 2007 she has played Janice in ITV's popular comedy drama Benidorm, appearing in all 4 series and both specials...
, actress - Siobhan Flynn, Welsh actress
- Siobhan HayesSiobhan HayesSiobhan Hayes is an actress best known for her role as Abi Harper in the British television series My Family.Hayes portrayed Abi Harper as a dimwitted and clumsy student in the British sitcom My Family, a role she has reprised since 2002 to 2008 when the character was written out of the programme...
, actress - Siobhan KaramSiobhan KaramSiobhan Karam is a Canadian ice dancer. She competes with Kevin O'Keefe, with whom she teamed up in May 2007. They placed 4th at the 2007 Ondrej Nepela Memorial and 6th at the 2008 Canadian Figure Skating Championships....
, ice dancer - Siobhán Kelly, girlfriend of R&B singer Chris Brown
- Siobhan MacGowanSiobhan MacGowanSiobhan MacGowan was born in Brighton, England in 1963. She is the sister of Shane MacGowan, lead singer of the Irish group The Pogues.-The Pogues:...
, singer - Siobhan MagnusSiobhan MagnusSiobhan Evelyn Magnus is an American singer-songwriter from Barnstable, Massachusetts who was the sixth place finalist on the ninth season of American Idol.-Early life:...
, American contestant of American IdolAmerican IdolAmerican Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
, Season 9. - Siobhan Maher KennedySiobhan Maher KennedySiobhan Maher is an English singer and songwriter. Most notably, she was the lead vocalist of the Liverpool-based band River City People during the late 1980s and early 1990s...
, singer - Siobhan MarshallSiobhan MarshallSiobhan Marshall is a New Zealand actress best known for her role as Pascalle West from the comedy/drama series Outrageous Fortune.Marshall attended Auckland’s Unitec School of Performing Screen Arts and graduated in 2003...
, actress - Siobhán McCarthySiobhán McCarthySiobhán Mary Ann McCarthy is a television and stage actress. She is married to theatrical sound designer Andrew Bruce, and resides in London with her husband and two children, Kieran and Juliet....
(born 1957), popular Irish actress of musical theater - Siobhan McCollSiobhan McCollSiobhan McColl is a 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 and at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships.-Competitive highlights:* N = Novice level; J = Junior...
, figure skater - Siobhain McDonaghSiobhain McDonaghSiobhain Ann McDonagh is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Mitcham and Morden since 1997. She previously served as an Assistant Whip in the Labour Government, but was fired following comments regarding a leadership contest to replace PM Gordon Brown.She...
, British LabourLabour Party (UK)The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
Member of ParliamentMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,... - Siobhan McGarrySiobhan McGarrySiobhan McGarry is a television presenter and freelance journalist from Northern Ireland.-Broadcasting career:...
, television presenter - Siobhán McKennaSiobhán McKennaSiobhán McKenna was an Irish stage and screen actress.-Background:Born Siobhán Giollamhuire Nic Cionnaith in Belfast, Northern Ireland into a Catholic and nationalist family, she grew up in Galway City and in County Monaghan, Ireland speaking fluent Irish...
, Tony AwardTony AwardThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
nominated actress who played Mary in the 1961 film King of Kings - Siobhan Meow, transsexual Wack PackThe Wack PackThe Wack Pack is the name given to a wide assortment of personalities heard throughout the history of The Howard Stern Show. As a parody of the Rat Pack or Brat Pack, they are a considerable part of what the radio show became notable for...
member on The Howard Stern Show - Siobhan ParekhSiobhan ParekhSiobhan Parekh is an Australian model. Parekh is of Irish and Indian ethnicity and lives in Sydney.The winner of FHM's 2005 Girl Next Door competition, Parekh later became the first Australian to become a playable online game character, appearing as a super-human martial artist in the short-lived...
, model - Siobhan ParkinsonSiobhán ParkinsonSiobhán Parkinson is an Irish writer. She writes for both children and adults and is the current Laureate na nÓg.-Early life:Parkinson grew up in Galway and Donegal, studied English Literature and German at Trinity College Dublin, and later completed her PhD on the poetry of Dylan...
, author of several children's books, including Kathleen: The Celtic Knot - Siobhan PatonSiobhan PatonSiôbhán Paton OAM, born 28 August 1983, is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. As of 2004, she holds thirteen world records in her disability class of S14 - intellectual disability....
, paralympic swimmer - Siobhán Peoples, Irish fiddler
- Siobhan RedmondSiobhan RedmondSiobhan Redmond is a Scottish actress.Originally from Tollcross, Glasgow, Redmond's first television appearances were in the early 1980s. Her first TV appearance was in 1982 in a sketch show called "Nothing to worry about!" which then lead to the sketch show Alfresco...
, actress - Siobhan Vivian, American YA author
- Siobhán Aldridge, Maid of Erin Runner Up 2011. Detroit United Irish Society St. Patrick's Day Parade.
Fictional characters
- Siobhan Clarke, Detective Sergeant in Ian RankinIan RankinIan Rankin, OBE, DL , is a Scottish crime writer. His best known books are the Inspector Rebus novels. He has also written several pieces of literary criticism.-Background:He attended Beath High School, Cowdenbeath...
's John Rebus novels - Siobhan Donovan, a character in the BBC radio series The ArchersThe ArchersThe Archers is a long-running British soap opera broadcast on the BBC's main spoken-word channel, Radio 4. It was originally billed as "an everyday story of country folk", but is now described on its Radio 4 web site as "contemporary drama in a rural setting"...
- Siobhan McDougalSilver BansheeSilver Banshee is a fictional character appearing in DC Comics, primarily as an opponent of Superman.-Fictional character biography:Siobhan McDougal was the first-born child of Garrett McDougal, the patriarch of an old Gaelic clan that has occupied an island midway between Scotland and Ireland for...
, a supernatural-powered villain appearing in DC ComicsDC ComicsDC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
and enemy of SupermanSupermanSuperman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective... - Siobhan Martin, a character in the television series RingerRinger (TV series)Ringer is an American television series that premiered on The CW on September 13, 2011. The series stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, who plays twin sisters Bridget Kelly and Siobhan Martin...
- Siobhan, a vampire from the Irish Coven in Stephenie MeyerStephenie MeyerStephenie Meyer is an American author known for her vampire romance series Twilight. The Twilight novels have gained worldwide recognition and sold over 100 million copies globally, with translations into 37 different languages...
's Breaking DawnBreaking DawnBreaking Dawn is the fourth and final novel in the The Twilight Saga by American author Stephenie Meyer. Divided into three parts, the first and third sections are written from Bella Swan's perspective and the second is written from the perspective of Jacob Black... - Siobhan, Christopher's para-professional, friend, and mentor; in Mark HaddonMark HaddonMark Haddon is an English novelist and poet, best known for his 2003 novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.- Life and work :...
's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-timeThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a 2003 novel by British writer Mark Haddon. It won the 2003 Whitbread Book of the Year and the 2004 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book... - Siobhan Lamar, from Walker PercyWalker PercyWalker Percy was an American Southern author whose interests included philosophy and semiotics. Percy is best known for his philosophical novels set in and around New Orleans, Louisiana, the first of which, The Moviegoer, won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1962...
's LancelotLancelot (novel)Lancelot is a 1977 novel by the American author Walker Percy. It tells the story of the dejected lawyer Lancelot Lamar, who murders his wife after discovering that he is not the father of her youngest daughter. He ends up in a mental institution, where his story is told through his reflections on...
External links
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