Sinéad ( , ) is an Irish feminine name. It is derived from the French Jeanette, which is cognate to the English Janet, itself a feminine form of the Hebrew Yohannan, "God forgave/God gratified". In English, Sinéad is also commonly spelled Sinead and less commonly Snead. The name is generally translated into English as either Jane or Jennifer, or as the Scottish female name Jean.
Notable people and characters with the name include:
People
Sports
Sinéad Cahalan, camogie player
Sinead Farrelly (born 1989), American soccer player
Sinead Jennings (born 1976), rower
Sinead Kerr (born 1978), ice dancer
Sinéad Millea, former camogie player
Sinead Miller (born 1990), cyclist
Sinéad Russell (born 1993), Olympic swimmer
Music
Sinéad Harnett (born 1990), singer/songwriter
Sinéad Lohan (born 1971), singer/songwriter
Sinéad Madden, singer/songwriter
Sinéad Mulvey (born 1988), singer, air hostess
Sinéad O'Carroll (born 1973), singer with Irish pop band B*Witched
Sinéad O'Connor (1966–2023), singer/songwriter
Sinéad Quinn (born 1980), recording artist, reality show contestant
Film and television
Sinéad Cusack (born 1948), actress
Sinead Desmond (born 1974), TV presenter
Sinead Keenan (born 1977), actress
Sinead Matthews, actress
Sinéad Moynihan (born 1982), model and actress
Sinéad Noonan (born 1987), model and actress
Other
Sinéad Burke (born 1990), writer, academic, influencer
Sinéad de Valera (1878–1975), children's book author and wife of Ireland’s first taoiseach Sinead Farrington, British particle physicist Sinéad Gleeson, author and book editor Sinéad Griffin (born 1986), Irish physicist Sinéad Morrissey (born 1972), poet Sinéad Ní Neachtain (born 1977), magazine editor Sinéad Sheppard, dancer
Fictional characters
Sinead O'Connor, in the TV series Hollyoaks, played by Stephanie Davis
Sinead Tinker, in the TV series Coronation Street, played by Katie McGlynn
See also
Siobhán, feminine Irish-language name ultimately derived from the same Hebrew name