Seamus

Irish male name

Seamus is an Irish male given name, the Gaelic form of James.

It appears in Irish literature and culture, notably borne by poet Seamus Heaney.

The name is pronounced SHAY-mus: Seamus was named after his grandfather.

Gaelic-heritage

Celtic

Of Irish-Welsh descent

Eire · Hibernia · emerald · Tara · Connemara · Aran · folklore · jig · bodhrán · craic

Irish-name

Declan

Irish masculine name

  • ConorIrish masculine given name
  • LiamIrish male name
  • NiallIrish masculine given name

Cormac · Fergus · Brendan · Kieran · Finnegan · Shane · Patrick · Ciaran · Ronan · Aidan

literary

Nobel

Swedish prize surname

  • poetryMetrical literary composition
  • BeowulfOld English epic's protagonist
  • bogAcidic peat wetland

Derry · verse · laureate · sonnets · Sweeney · elegy · pastoral · Harvard · Oxford

traditional

heritage

Inherited cultural legacy

historic · christening · parish · Catholic · saint · blessing · old-fashioned · generations · baptismal · family

Categories
Opposites
linguistic/cultural origin of name forms

SeamusJames

Traditional masculine name

Jim · Jimmy · Jamie · Jacob · Jacques

cultural/linguistic origin

SeamusJames

Traditional masculine name

Jim · Jamie · William · John · Henry

gender

SeamusSiobhan

Irish female name

Sinead · Saoirse · Ciara · Brigid · Maeve

Phrases
Family

James

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