Etymograph

English

Siobhan

Siobhan comes from Middle Irish Sibán.

  1. Middle Irishc. 900–1200Sibán
  2. Irishc. 1200–presentSiobhán
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2002Siobhan

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Middle Irishc. 900–1200Sibán
  2. Irishc. 1200–presentSiobhán
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2002Siobhan

Earliest quotation: 2002, Dave Margoshes, Faith, Hope, Charity: “I think about biblical names, Tamara, Michaela, Mira, Shoshana,…”

The story

Anglicized spelling of Irish Siobhán, from Middle Irish Sibán, from Anglo-Norman Jehane or Jehanne, from Old French Jehanne, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) or יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān), which produced John and its many doublets.

Every English word from Middle Irish Sibán

Today it means

name A female given name from Irish.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Middle Irish Sibán / Siobhan

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