Seamus

“One who supplants or follows; sometimes read as 'God protects'” — Hebrew via Latin and Irish origin

Boy's name · #1280 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Seamus reached #735 in 2003 and has eased to #1280 since. About 7,800 boys have carried it since 1957. Across the Northeast it runs about twice its national rate. Shay is a short form of Seamus.

Around the world: about 1 in 660 boys in Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 750 boys in N. Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 2,500 boys in Scotland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 16 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Seamuses

Seamus Heaney — Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer (1939–2013)
Séamus Coleman — Irish association football player
Seamus Dever — American actor
Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick — American actor
Seamus McGarvey — Irish cinematographer

In stories & tradition

Seamus Finnigan — Harry Potter
Chief Seamus O'Hara — Lustiges Taschenbuch · Donald Duck pocket book
Seamus Mellencamp — Uncanny X-Men

What Seamuses become

Among 227 notable people named Seamus:

Sports figures appear 1.93× more often than among typical names — e.g. Séamus Coleman, Irish association football player.

Similar names: Reagan · Shimon · Camron · Brodie · Sylis · Keon

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