The River Shannon is An tSionainn.
The last name can be an anglicization of:
O'Shannon from Ó Seanáin
Giltenan from Mac Giolla tSeanáin (Clare)
Gilshenan from Mac Giolla Seanáin ?(Fermanagh)
O'Shanahan from Ó Seanacháin (Clare)
In Ireland itself, 'Shannon Murphy' would be 'Shannon Ní Mhurchú'.
In Irish sean (pronounced 'shan') means 'old'.
Seán
James Shannon - Irish politician - died in 1933.
Shannon is the name of the longest river in Ireland. Its name comes from the Goddess associated with the river: Sionna.
Shannon Rovers Irish Pipe Band was created in 1926.
An tSionainn is the name of the river Shannon in the Irish language.
Irish.
Ashley Shannon has written: 'Irish Blessings'
Surname or personal name?
The Irish Gaelic name "Shannon" remains the same in German, it has no German equivalent.
You would say "Shannon". Since Shannon is a name, people would use it as the person's name. Shannon is an English/Irish name from the River Shannon in Ireland.
The first name Shannon is spelled the same in French.
The main river in Ireland is the River Shannon.
either name is better.. but there is this girl at school who bothers me and her name is kelly. so i perfer the name shannon and shannon means waterlilly in irish.