Seamus
A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning god has heard; irish form of James.
How Seamus has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #946 |
| 2016 | #953 |
| 2017 | #978 |
Seamus by the numbers
In 2025, 17 babies in England and Wales were named Seamus. In the US, 210 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 298 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from James
Like Seamus, each of these traces back to James: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Jamessupplanter; from Jacob14,309 in the US (2017)
- Jamesonson of James; supplanter3,979 in the US (2017)
- Diegosupplanter; a form of James3,095 in the US (2017)
- Jaycehe supplants; a modern respelling of James2,951 in the US (2017)
- Jamisonson of James, supplanter749 in the US (2017)
- Jaimesupplanter; Spanish form of James665 in the US (2017)
- Jimmygod is gracious; a diminutive of James93 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tiagogod is gracious; portuguese form of James67 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Seamus. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean God
Like Seamus, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Seamus
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