Seosamh as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Seosamh

What is the meaning of the name Seosamh ?

The baby name Seosamh is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced SHOH-suv or SHOH-səm (IPA: /ˈʃoːsəv/ or /ˈʃoːsəm/).

Seosamh is Irish (Gaelic) in Origin.

Seosamh is the standard Irish Gaelic form of Joseph, derived through Greek Ioseph and Latin Iosephus from the Hebrew Yosef, “he will add” or “God will increase.” In Irish grammar its genitive is Seosaimh, appearing in surnames and patronymics. The name has long been present in Irish ecclesiastical records, reinforced by Catholic devotion to St Joseph and later sustained by the Gaelic Revival, which favored Irish-language forms in the early twentieth century.

Well-known bearers include the novelist Seosamh Mac Grianna, the Connemara sean-nós singer Seosamh Ó hÉanaí (Joe Heaney), and the poet Seosamh Mac Cathmhaoil (Joseph Campbell). Common English equivalents and nicknames are Joseph and Joe; the feminine counterpart in Irish is Seosaimhín (Josephine). International variants reflecting the same root include José, Giuseppe, Josef, Józef, József, Josip, Iosif, Yosef, and Yusuf, all preserving the sense of increase or divine addition.