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Sinnott: Irish Surname History & Coat of Arms

Sionóid · 'son of Sigenoth' (an Anglo-Saxon personal name)

Woulfe (1923) calls Sionóid 'the name of an English family who came to Ireland at the time of the invasion and settled in Wexford, where they have ever since been both numerous and influential'. In 1890 Ireland's birth indexes held 37 entries including spelling varieties (22 spelled Sinnott, 12 Synnott), Sinnott principally in Wexford and Synnott in Dublin.

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Irish formSionóid
Meaning'son of Sigenoth' (an Anglo-Saxon personal name)
CountiesWexford, Dublin, Tipperary
Other spellings7
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Origin of the Sinnott name

English, per Woulfe: Sionóid, 'son of Sigenoth' (Anglo-Saxon), the name of an English family who came at the time of the invasion and settled in Wexford. 'There were also ancient families of the name in Dublin and Tipperary.' Woulfe also says the Irish names Sionúir and Soiniúir were, 'in parts of Connacht, incorrectly' anglicised Sinnott, Synnott.[1][2][3]

  1. Reign of ElizabethSinnotts rewarded as 'loyalists' with confiscated MacMurrough lands.[1]
  2. 1649Franciscan priest Paul Synnott slain in the Wexford massacre.[7]
  3. 189037 birth entries incl. varieties (22 Sinnott, 12 Synnott); Wexford and Dublin.[4][5]

Where in Ireland

Co. WexfordEnglish family settled in Wexford at the invasion; Sinnott principally found in Wexford in 1890.[1][4]
Co. DublinWoulfe: ancient families of the name in Dublin; Synnott principally found in Dublin in 1890.[1][4]
Co. TipperaryWoulfe: there were also ancient families of the name in Tipperary.[1]

Notable people named Sinnott

David SinnottGovernor of Wexford when the town was besieged by Cromwell (Woulfe).[1]
Paul Synnottd. 1649Franciscan priest listed among those slain in the Wexford massacre of 1649.[7]

Other spellings

Synnott · Sinott · Synott · Synot · Signot · Synod · Synote[1][4][6]

The Sinnott coat of arms

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Sinnott surname: questions

Is Sinnott an Irish name?

Woulfe calls it the name of an English family who came to Ireland at the time of the invasion and settled in Wexford. He gives the Irish form as Sionóid, from the Anglo-Saxon personal name Sigenoth.[1]

What does the surname Sinnott mean?

Woulfe gives 'son of Sigenoth', an Anglo-Saxon personal name.[1]

Where in Ireland is the Sinnott name from?

Woulfe says the family settled in Wexford, 'where they have ever since been both numerous and influential', and that there were also ancient families of the name in Dublin and Tipperary. In 1890 Sinnott births were principally found in Wexford and Synnott births in Dublin.[1][4]

What happened to the Sinnott estates?

Woulfe says the Sinnotts were rewarded with confiscated MacMurrough lands in the reign of Elizabeth, and that they lost their estates in the Cromwellian and Williamite confiscations. Butler's Confiscation in Irish History (1917) says that, after the King authorised a Wexford plantation in May 1611, the report of Fisher, Esmonde and the King's Surveyor General declared that two small territories 'called Roche's land and Synnott's land should not be interfered with, as the owners were old English'.[1][8]

Are Sinnott and Synnott the same name?

Woulfe lists Sinnott and Synnott (with Sinott, Synott and other spellings) under the same name, Sionóid, and Matheson's 1890 table counts Sinnott (22) and Synnott (12) together. Woulfe also notes that in parts of Connacht the Irish names Sionúir and Soiniúir were incorrectly anglicised Sinnott or Synnott.[1][4]

Sources

  1. Sionóid — Irish Names and Surnames (Rev. Patrick Woulfe, 1923), transcribed, LibraryIreland.com. libraryireland.com/names/s/sionoid.php
  2. Sionúir — Irish Names and Surnames (Rev. Patrick Woulfe, 1923), transcribed, LibraryIreland.com. libraryireland.com/names/s/sionuir.php
  3. Soiniúir — Irish Names and Surnames (Rev. Patrick Woulfe, 1923), transcribed, LibraryIreland.com. libraryireland.com/names/s/soiniuir.php
  4. Sinnott — Birth Indexes of 1890 — Special Report on Surnames in Ireland (Robert E. Matheson, 1909), transcribed, LibraryIreland.com. libraryireland.com/matheson/report/births/sinnott.php
  5. Table Explanation — Birth Indexes of 1890 — Special Report on Surnames in Ireland (Robert E. Matheson, 1909), transcribed, LibraryIreland.com. libraryireland.com/matheson/report/births/table-explanation.php
  6. Sinnott (1888) — Varieties and Synonymes of Surnames and Christian Names in Ireland (Robert E. Matheson, 1901), transcribed, LibraryIreland.com. libraryireland.com/matheson/varieties/list/1888.php
  7. Irish Confessors and Martyrs — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), Wikisource. en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Irish_Confessor...
  8. Confiscation in Irish History (W. F. T. Butler, 1917), Chapter 3: The Plantation of Leinster, Wikisource. en.wikisource.org/wiki/Confiscation_in_Irish_history/Chapter_3

Note: Matheson's 1890 figures for a surname include its spelling varieties (Matheson, Table Explanation).