Shannon is an irish name, anglicised from sionainn Alternative spellings include shannen, shanon, shannan, and siannon The variant shanna is an anglicisation of sionna Sionainn derives from the irish name abha na tsionainn for the river shannon. The river shannon, (modern irish Sionainn), rises at tiltinbane in the cuilcagh mountain and flows into the atlantic ocean in the shannon estuary
In the 2nd ad, ptolemy gave the name “sēnu” to the river, which o’ rahilly reads as “senā” and translates “the ancient” (goddess). Complete 2021 information on the meaning of shannon, its origin, history, pronunciation, popularity, variants and more as a baby girl name. From the name of the river shannon, the longest river in ireland, called an tsionainn in irish It is associated with the legendary figure sionann and is sometimes said to be named for her. What is the meaning of the name shannon From the gaelic “o’sionain,” an occupational surname for someone who worked with straw
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