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in reply to a message by Shauneen
My name is Shauneen too!!!! I live in Massachusetts - I was born in 1959. I was always told it meant "little John" after my grandfather.
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Here you go, all you ever needed to know.
Shauneen is an Irish name and more frequently used in the South of Ireland as Wee Sean, as in the Daddy is called Sean, his son who is also called Sean would be known as Seanin.
I personally have the English spelling of Shauneen, but there are others. It is a female name in Northern Ireland, where I am from.
I was also told as a child, and honestly my family does love me, that Shauneen can also mean 'Little John Bull', John Bull was the cartoon characterisation of England. And as such in certain parts of Ireland to be called a 'right Seanin' was not a compliment. Who cares, people always have to ask me twice and I live in Ireland .....
I hope that answers some of your questions.
Shauneen
Shauneen is an Irish name and more frequently used in the South of Ireland as Wee Sean, as in the Daddy is called Sean, his son who is also called Sean would be known as Seanin.
I personally have the English spelling of Shauneen, but there are others. It is a female name in Northern Ireland, where I am from.
I was also told as a child, and honestly my family does love me, that Shauneen can also mean 'Little John Bull', John Bull was the cartoon characterisation of England. And as such in certain parts of Ireland to be called a 'right Seanin' was not a compliment. Who cares, people always have to ask me twice and I live in Ireland .....
I hope that answers some of your questions.
Shauneen
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Very interesting! Glad to know there are more Shauneen’s out there. And yes I am Irish!! ☘️
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My mother came from Belfast and named one of my sisters Shauneen. I always believed it was the female equivalent of Shaun.
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Diminutives are used to create feminine forms (e.g. Charlotte and Caroline) but they don't precisely mean "little", that's just one way they can be used. In this case it can be used to indicate size, youth (actual or comparitive), descent, femininity, and fondness etc.
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I was born in 1952 (which makes me 52!!) My Father always told me that he invented my name. Apparantly I was going to be called Shaun if I was a boy and the name they had chosen for a girl (Romany Anna-Marie - after my grandmother who was a spanish gypsy) did not suit me so Shaun was feminised to Shauneen. My Father said he researched the name at the time and could not find a record of it anywhere except for the Shaunin an Irish derivitive mentioned in a previous message or Shauni - which is an Eskimo name.
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