Sean
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Sean, the Irish version of John, is understood as “God is gracious,” and it is also spelled Shaun or Shawn. The name grew alongside Eoin, helped by the French Jean that came to Ireland with the Anglo-Normans. Arriving in America in the 1940s, Sean was boosted by Sean Connery, Sean Penn, and Sean Combs, and inspired forms like Deshawn. A sci-fi Sean is Sean Cassidy, the Irish X-Man Banshee, who gave up a fortune to fight evil with his sonic scream.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Boys, The Everything Baby Names Book, Irish Names for Children, Numerology for Baby Names, Sci-Fi Baby Names
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Usage of Sean in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Sean against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Sean is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Sean in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 616 boys were named Sean, making it the #489 boys' name in the US. Since 1925, 423,637 boys have been named Sean, with the most (12,018) in 1990. It is most common, relative to births, in Washington, D.C., Delaware and New Hampshire.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Sean in other languages
- Jan Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, German, Polish, Romanian, Slovenian, Swedish
- Ivan Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Slovenian
- Ivo Czech, Dutch, Estonian, Italian, Slovenian
- Johannes Dutch, Estonian, German, Norwegian, Swedish
- Jon Danish, English, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
- Иван Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian
- Hans Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish
- Iwan Dutch, German, Polish, Welsh
- Jack Dutch, English, Irish
- Johan Dutch, German, Swedish
- John Dutch, English, German
- Evan Dutch, Welsh
- Giovanni Dutch, Italian
- Ian Dutch, English
- Ioan Romanian, Welsh
- Johann Dutch, German
- Johnny Dutch, English
- Juan Dutch, Spanish
- Gian Italian
- Hanns German
- Honza Czech
- Ieuan Welsh
- Ifan Welsh
- Ioannes Latin
- Ion Romanian
- Ivano Italian
- Jaan Estonian
- Jean French
- Joan Catalan
- Joannes Dutch
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Storms named Sean
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Sean, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
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| Cyclone Sean (Category 4) | 2025 | South Indian Ocean | 213 km/h |
| Tropical storm Sean | 2023 | North Atlantic | 74 km/h |
| Tropical storm Sean | 2011 | North Atlantic | 102 km/h |
| Tropical storm Sean | 2010 | South Indian Ocean | 111 km/h |
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Sean
There are 3 towns and villages with Sean in their name, in 3 countries.
🇬🇳 Guinea 1🇱🇷 Liberia 1🇹🇭 Thailand 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Sean Town | Grand Gedeh County, 🇱🇷 Liberia | – | Map |
| Séan | Faranah, 🇬🇳 Guinea | – | Map |
| Ban Non Sean Kham | Si Sa Ket, 🇹🇭 Thailand | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Sean songs
3 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Sean in their title. The best known:
- Sean South
- The Sean-Bhean bhocht
- Face it featuring Sean Tizzle – Sean Tizzle (2015)
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Sean
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Sean.
Sean Astin
Sean Avery
Sean Bean
Sean Berdy
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Fictional characters named Sean
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Sean as a pet name
FurryName has found 30 dogs named Sean in public pet registers, making it the #3,780 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Noosa (1), Zurich (1), Playford (1). Sean as a dog name →
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