Siân

Siân (also Sian, Shân, Shahn; English: /ʃɑːn/ SHAHN, Welsh: [ʃaːn]) is a Welsh feminine given name, meaning "God's gracious gift". It could be considered the equivalent to the English Jane, Scottish Sheena or Irish Siobhán.^[1]

Siân

Pronunciation	English: /ʃɑːn/ SHAHN Welsh: [ʃaːn]
Gender	Female
Language	Welsh language
Origin
Region of origin	Welsh cognate of Jane (Hebrew origin)
Other names
Related names	Jane, Sheena, Siobhán

List of people with the name

• Sian Barbara Allen (1946–2025), American film and television actress
• Sian Beilock (born 1976), American scientist
• Siân Berry (born 1974), British Green Party politician
• Sian Blake (1972–2015), British actress
• Sian Brooke (born 1980), British actress
• Siân Busby (1960–2012), British writer
• Sian Clifford (born 1982), English actress
• Shân Cothi (born 1965), Welsh singer
• Sian Eleri, Welsh radio presenter
• Sian Elias (born 1949), Chief Justice of New Zealand
• Sian Evans (born 1971), Welsh singer with Kosheen
• Sian Gibson (born 1976), Welsh comedian
• Sian Harries, Welsh writer and actor
• Sian Heder (born 1977), American filmmaker
• Sian James (disambiguation)
• Sian Kingi (1974–1987), New Zealand Australian murder victim
• Siân Lloyd (born 1958), British weather presenter
• Sian Massey-Ellis (born 1985), English football official
• Sian O'Callaghan (1988–2011), English murder victim
• Siân Phillips (born 1933), Welsh actress
• Siân Reeves (born 1966), British actress
• Sian Reese-Williams (born 1981), Welsh actress
• Sian Williams (born 1964), BBC journalist and current affairs presenter

Fictional characters

• Sian Diamond in the British drama series Waterloo Road
• Sian Powers in the British soap opera Coronation Street
• Siân, character in Jacqueline Wilson's The Illustrated Mum

See also

• Shon (given name) / Shôn (Welsh variant)
• Sean