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The most common anglicisations are Siobhan (identical to the Irish spelling but omitting the Síneadh fada acute accent over the 'a'), Shavawn, Shevaun and Shivaun. [1] A now uncommon spelling variant is Siubhán.
This list of Irish-language given names shows Irish language given names, their anglicisations and/or English language equivalents.. Not all Irish given names have English equivalents, though most names have an anglicised form.
Pronunciation: English: / ʃ ɑː n / SHAHN Welsh: Gender: Female: Language(s) Welsh language: Origin; Region of origin: Welsh cognate of Jane (Hebrew origin) Other names; Related names: Jane, Sheena, Siobhán
Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs , which are written differently but pronounced the same).
And they overwhelmingly do not include a fada on the a. You can't compare this to François or other Irish-origin names such as Órlaith, because those others don't have large numbers of English speaking people who omit the diacritic, while Siobhan and Sean clearly do. — Amakuru 15:42, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
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A spelling reform in the mid-20th century led to An Caighdeán Oifigiúil, the modern standard written form used by the Government of Ireland, which regulates both spelling and grammar. [1] The reform removed inter-dialectal silent letters , simplified some letter sequences , and modernised archaic spellings to reflect modern pronunciation, but ...
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