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About the name
- Origin
- Irish
- English version
- James, Seamus, Hamish
- Variants
- Séamas
- Stronghold region
- All-Ireland
Overview
The Irish form of James, naturalised since the medieval period; borne by King Séamus II (James II) of England, Scotland and Ireland, and by countless Irishmen since. Famous bearer: poet Séamus Heaney.
The story behind Séamus
Brought into Irish via the Norman French Jacme; thoroughly absorbed and one of the commonest Irish boys' names.
Mythology & legend
Non-mythological; Gaelic form of James.
Did you know?
Séamus Heaney won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995.
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