Siân
Appearance
Pronunciation | English: /ʃɑːn/ SHAHN Welsh: [ʃaːn] |
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Gender | Female |
Language(s) | Welsh language |
Origin | |
Region of origin | Welsh cognate of Jane (Hebrew origin) |
Other names | |
Related names | Jane, Sheena, Siobhán |
Siân (also Sian, Shân, Shahn; English: /ʃɑːn/ SHAHN, Welsh: [ʃaːn]) is a Welsh feminine given name, equivalent to the English Jane, Scottish Sheena or Irish Siobhán. It is ultimately derived from the Hebrew name יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhôḥānān), meaning “Yahweh is merciful”.[1]
List of people with the name
- Sian Barbara Allen (born 1946), American film and television actress
- Siân Berry (born 1974), Green Party politician
- Sian Beilock (born 1976), American scientist
- Sian Blake (1972–2015), British actress
- Sian Brooke (born 1980), British actress
- Siân Busby (1960–2012), British writer
- Sian Clifford (born 1982), English actress
- Shân Cothi (born 1965), Welsh singer
- Sian Eleri Welsh radio presenter
- Sian Elias (born 1949), Chief Justice of New Zealand
- Sian Evans (born 1971), Welsh singer with Kosheen
- Sian Gibson (born 1976), Welsh comedian
- Sian Harries, Welsh writer and actor
- Sian Heder (born 1977), American filmmaker
- Sian James (disambiguation)
- Sian Kingi (1974–1987), New Zealand Australian murder victim
- Siân Lloyd (born 1958), British weather presenter
- Sian Massey-Ellis (born 1985), English football official
- Sian O'Callaghan (1988–2011), English murder victim
- Siân Phillips (born 1933), Welsh actress
- Siân Reeves (born 1966), British actress
- Sian Reese-Williams (born 1981), Welsh actress
- Sian Williams (born 1964), BBC journalist and current affairs presenter
Fictional characters
- Sian Diamond in the British drama series Waterloo Road
- Sian Powers in the British soap opera Coronation Street
- Siân, character in Jacqueline Wilson's The Illustrated Mum
See also
- Shon (given name) / Shôn (Welsh variant)