{{For|the Irish variant|Séamus}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox given name2 | name = Seumas | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = {{IPA|gd|ˈʃeːməs̪|lang}} | gender = Masculine | nameday = | language = Scottish Gaelic, Scots | languageorigin = | origin = | derivation = | meaning = Jacob | variant = Seumus | shortform = | petname = | cognate = Jacob, James, Séamas, Séamus | anglicisation = | derivative = Hamish | popularity = | footnotes = | wikt = }}
'''Seumas''' ({{IPA|gd|ˈʃeːməs}}) is a masculine given name in Scottish Gaelic and Scots,<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 |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |page=136 }}</ref> equivalent to the English ''James''.<ref name = "afb">Bauer, Mìchael. [http://www.faclair.info ''Seumas'' in "'''Am Faclair Beag'''"]</ref> The vocative case of the Scottish Gaelic ''Seumas'' is ''Sheumais'', which has given form to the Anglicised form of this name, ''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 |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |page=404 }}</ref> In Irish, ''Seumas'' is the older form of the modern ''Séamas''. 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 |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |page=356 }}</ref>
==List of people with the given name== *Seumas McNally (1979–2000), a computer game programmer. *Seumas Milne (born 1958), a British journalist and political aide. *Seumas O'Kelly (c. 1875–1918), an Irish author and playwright. *Seumas O'Sullivan (1879–1958), an Irish poet and editor of ''The Dublin Magazine''.
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