Sinnott — Irish Surname Origin & Meaning
Irish form: Sionóid
Meaning: 'from Old English Sigenoth (victory-bold)'
Traditional stronghold: Wexford
Pronunciation: SIN-ut; Irish Sionóid: shin-OHD
History of the Sinnott name
Sinnott descends from the Old English personal name Sigenoth, combining elements meaning 'victory' and 'bold'. The family came to Ireland with the earliest Anglo-Norman settlement of the 1170s and put down roots in County Wexford, becoming one of the classic Old English names of the baronies of Forth and Bargy alongside Devereux, Stafford and Rossiter; in Irish the name was rendered Sionóid. Sinnotts served for centuries as burgesses, lawyers and soldiers of Wexford town, and Colonel David Sinnott commanded its doomed garrison against Cromwell in 1649. The name, in spellings from Synnott to Sinnett, remains overwhelmingly associated with Wexford to this day.
Variants: Synnott · Synott · Sinnett
Famous bearers of the name
- David Sinnott — Governor of Wexford who died when Cromwell's forces stormed the town in 1649.
- Declan Sinnott — Guitarist and producer, founding member of Horslips and Moving Hearts and long-time collaborator of Christy Moore.
- Kathy Sinnott — Disability rights campaigner and Member of the European Parliament for Ireland South.
Related names from the same part of Ireland: Murphy · Doyle · Kavanagh · Cullen · Roche · Keating · Redmond · Larkin