# Seumas

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{{For|the Irish variant|Séamus}}
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{{Infobox given name2
| name            = Seumas
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| pronunciation   = {{IPA|gd|ˈʃeːməs̪|lang}}
| gender          = Masculine
| nameday         = 
| language        = [Scottish Gaelic](/source/Scottish_Gaelic), [Scots](/source/Scots_language)
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| derivation      = 
| meaning         = [Jacob](/source/Jacob)
| variant         = Seumus
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| petname         = 
| cognate         = [Jacob](/source/Jacob_(name)), [James](/source/James_(given_name)), [Séamas](/source/S%C3%A9amas), Séamus
| anglicisation   = 
| derivative      = [Hamish](/source/Hamish)
| popularity      = 
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}}

'''Seumas''' ({{IPA|gd|ˈʃeːməs}}) is a masculine [given name](/source/given_name) in [Scottish Gaelic](/source/Scottish_Gaelic) and [Scots](/source/Scots_language),<ref>{{citation |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |authorlink=Patrick Hanks |last2=Hardcastle |first2=Kate |last3=Hodges |first3=Flavia |title=A Dictionary of First Names |edition=2nd |series=Oxford Paperback Reference |year=2006 |publisher=[Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press) |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |page=136 }}</ref> equivalent to the [English](/source/English_language) ''[James](/source/James_(given_name))''.<ref name = "afb">Bauer, Mìchael. [http://www.faclair.info ''Seumas'' in "'''Am Faclair Beag'''"]</ref> The [vocative case](/source/Vocative) of the Scottish Gaelic ''Seumas'' is ''Sheumais'', which has given form to the [Anglicised](/source/Anglicised) form of this name, ''[Hamish](/source/Hamish)''.<ref>{{citation |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |authorlink=Patrick Hanks |last2=Hardcastle |first2=Kate |last3=Hodges |first3=Flavia |title=A Dictionary of First Names |edition=2nd |series=Oxford Paperback Reference |year=2006 |publisher=[Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press) |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |page=404 }}</ref> In Irish, ''Seumas'' is the older form of the modern ''[Séamas](/source/S%C3%A9amas)''. Another earlier form of ''Séamas'' is ''Séamus'', which is partially Anglicised as ''Seamus''.<ref>{{citation |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |authorlink=Patrick Hanks |last2=Hardcastle |first2=Kate |last3=Hodges |first3=Flavia |title=A Dictionary of First Names |edition=2nd |series=Oxford Paperback Reference |year=2006 |publisher=[Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press) |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |page=356 }}</ref>

==List of people with the given name==
*[Seumas McNally](/source/Seumas_McNally) (1979–2000), a computer game programmer.
*[Seumas Milne](/source/Seumas_Milne) (born 1958), a British journalist and political aide.
*[Seumas O'Kelly](/source/Seumas_O'Kelly) (c. 1875–1918), an Irish author and playwright.
*[Seumas O'Sullivan](/source/Seumas_O'Sullivan) (1879–1958), an Irish poet and editor of ''The Dublin Magazine''.

==References==
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Category:Irish-language masculine given names
Category:Scottish Gaelic–language masculine given names
Category:Scottish masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names

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