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Shona (F)>

Shona (female)

Variants:Jane (F) Janet (F) Seona (F) Seonag (F) Seònaid (F) Sine (F) Sinéad (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

Scottish. Seònaid/Seonag can be Anglicized as Seona or Shona and is the Gaelic form of Janet [q.v.] or the Irish Gaelic name Sinèad.  The ultimate derivation is from Hebrew "God is gracious" via variants of John.

Seonag, the Scottish Gaelic form of Joan, may also be Anglicized as Shona.