Siân

Sean

Pronunciation	English: /ʃɑːn/ SHAHN Welsh: [ʃaːn]
Gender	Female
Language(s)	Welsh language
Origin
Region of origin	Welsh cognate of Jane (Hebrew origin)
Other names
Related names	Jane, Sheena, Siobhán

Siân (also Sian, Shân, Shahn; English: /ʃɑːn/ SHAHN, Welsh: [ʃaːn]) is a Welsh feminine given name, equivalent to the English Jane, Scottish Sheena or Irish Siobhán. It is ultimately derived from the Hebrew name יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhôḥānān), meaning “Yahweh is merciful”.

List of people with the name

• Sian Barbara Allen (born 1946), American film and television actress
• Siân Berry (born 1974), Green Party politician
• Sian Beilock (born 1976), American scientist
• Sian Blake (1972–2015), British actress
• Sian Brooke (born 1980), British actress
• Siân Busby (1960–2012), British writer
• Sian Clifford (born 1982), English actress
• Shân Cothi (born 1965), Welsh singer
• Sian Elias (born 1949), Chief Justice of New Zealand
• Sian Evans (born 1971), Welsh singer with Kosheen
• Sian Gibson (born 1976), Welsh comedian
• Sian Harries, Welsh writer and actor
• Sian Heder (born 1977), American filmmaker
• Sian James (disambiguation)
• Sian Kingi (1974–1987), New Zealand Australian murder victim
• Siân Lloyd (born 1958), British weather presenter
• Sian Massey-Ellis (born 1985), English football official
• Sian O'Callaghan (1988–2011), English murder victim
• Siân Phillips (born 1933), Welsh actress
• Siân Reeves (born 1966), British actress
• Sian Reese-Williams (born 1981), Welsh actress
• Sian Williams (born 1964), BBC journalist and current affairs presenter

Fictional characters

• Sian Diamond in the British drama series Waterloo Road
• Sian Powers in the British soap opera Coronation Street
• Siân, character in Jacqueline Wilson's The Illustrated Mum

See also

• Shon (given name) / Shôn (Welsh variant)