# Sinead

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ʃɪˈneɪd/ · frequency rank #48,483

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Irish.

## Etymology
Anglicization of Irish Sinéad, from Old Northern French Jeanette, from Middle French Jehanne + -ette, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Latin Ioanna under influence from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets.
Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sioned, and Vanna.

## Easily confused with
- **sized** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinead-vs-sized)
- **sneak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinead-vs-sneak)
- **stead** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinead-vs-stead)
- **Sinha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinead-vs-sinha)
- **spread** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinead-vs-spread)
- **skinhead** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinead-vs-skinhead)
- **sine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sine-vs-sinead)
- **Sina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sina-vs-sinead)
- **sided** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sided-vs-sinead)
- **Sinai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinai-vs-sinead)
- **signed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signed-vs-sinead)
- **shined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shined-vs-sinead)
- **Sinbad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinbad-vs-sinead)

## Common misspellings (8)
`isnead`, `sienad`, `sinaed`, `sineadd`, `sineda`, `sinnead`, `sniead`, `ssinead`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sinead