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If anyone can help me find the meaning of the name Sinjin, and I don't think speeling is right but this is how it sounds, pleeaaase HELP! Where is it from? what does it mean? How do you really spell it?
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spelt "St John"
(I know this reply is 16 years late)
(I know this reply is 16 years late)
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It's spelled Singen . . .
And it stands for St John. It's my father's middle name, and he can use either St John or Singen.
And it stands for St John. It's my father's middle name, and he can use either St John or Singen.
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How do you get St. John from Singen? Singen doesn't stand for St. John; it's a phonetic rendering of a peculiar British pronunciation of St. John. Once you've locked in this pronunciation by using this spelling, you can't then say it has an alternative pronunciation of St. John!
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This has come up before, so I'm rephrasing another poster's solid response to the question:
Sinjin is actually an attempt to represent phonetically the now rare name "St. John." As a given-name, "St. John" is sometimes pronounced as [SIN-jin] or [SIN-jun] in the UK. I presume this to be a relic of Norman-French origin (see also Sinclair for St. Claire).
Its spelling is not set in stone, I believe the forms Sinjin, Sinjun and Sinjon have been found.
The name has no 'meaning' in and of itself, but its usage is typically in honor of St. John the Baptist or St. John the Evangelist.
Now I mention just for hilarity's sake, if you've ever seen "A View To A Kill," one of James Bond's aliases is 'St. John Smith.' When someone calls him [SAYNT-jon SMITH] he corrects with the riotously English pronunciation [Sin-jin SMYTHE].
Sinjin is actually an attempt to represent phonetically the now rare name "St. John." As a given-name, "St. John" is sometimes pronounced as [SIN-jin] or [SIN-jun] in the UK. I presume this to be a relic of Norman-French origin (see also Sinclair for St. Claire).
Its spelling is not set in stone, I believe the forms Sinjin, Sinjun and Sinjon have been found.
The name has no 'meaning' in and of itself, but its usage is typically in honor of St. John the Baptist or St. John the Evangelist.
Now I mention just for hilarity's sake, if you've ever seen "A View To A Kill," one of James Bond's aliases is 'St. John Smith.' When someone calls him [SAYNT-jon SMITH] he corrects with the riotously English pronunciation [Sin-jin SMYTHE].
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