Message: "Sean" - Behind the Name

Sean

by Lynn (guest)

3/7/2002, 9:14 PM

Sean's my friend, but it's SHE!! I told her that her name is boy's
name, she told me Sean could be girl's name as well. Is Sean a unisex
name? or just only for boys ?

#Sean

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- Mia (guest) +3

3/8/2002, 1:23 AM

It can be either, but when used for girls I've usually seen it spelled Shawn (this spelling is an anglicization as far as I know). Sean is the traditional Irish spelling and I've only ever met men with it. In this day and age more and more names are become androgynous- Sean is just one of many that both guys and girls share!

- Lissa (guest) +2

3/8/2002, 2:07 PM

I have never, in my life, heard of Sean, or Shawn, used for a girl, as her real name. I have a cousin who is named Sean, and I am friends with a Shawn, both males. I've heard of Shawn used as a nickname for a girl named Shawnee, but that's the only time.

- Agata (guest) +1

3/8/2002, 4:53 PM

I was watching "A BAby Story" once and the woman's name was Shawn-Marie (or something like that), she went by Shawn.

- Vic (guest)

3/12/2002, 9:57 PM

I think it's ok for a girl named Sean, there's an actress in ER named
Michael something...so Sean's absolutely fine for girls.

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