Seumas is a masculine given name

Given name

A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...

 in Irish

Irish language

Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...

, and Scottish Gaelic. The names are the equivalent of the English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 James

James (name)

The name James is derived from the same Hebrew name as Jacob, meaning "Supplanter" ....

. The Scottish Gaelic Seumas is pronounced "shay-mas". The vocative case of the Scottish Gaelic Seumas is Sheumais, which has given form to the Anglicised form of this name, Hamish

Hamish

Hamish is a masculine given name in English. It is the Anglicised form, of the vocative case, of the Scottish Gaelic Seumas: Sheumais. The Scottish Gaelic Seumas is the equivalent to the English James.-List of people with the given name:...

. In Irish, Seumas is the older form of the modern Séamas. This modern name is pronounced "shay-mus" in Irish. Another earlier form of Séamas is Séamus, which is partially Anglicised as Seamus.

List of people with the given name

• Seumas McNally
  Seumas McNally
  Computer game programmer Seumas McNally , was the founder, president and lead programmer of independent game development company, Longbow Digital Arts...
  
  , (1979-2000), a computer game programmer.
• Seumas Milne
  Seumas Milne
  Seumas Milne is a British journalist and writer known for his left-wing views. A columnist and associate editor at The Guardian newspaper, he is author of a best-selling book about the 1984-5 British miners' strike, The Enemy Within: The Secret War Against the Miners, which focuses on the role of...
  
  , (born 1958), a British journalist and writer.
• Seamus O'Kelly, (c.1875-1918), an Irish author and playwright.
• Seumas O'Sullivan, (1879-1958), an Irish poet and editor of The Dublin Magazine.

Seumas Next

Seumas Next

Seumas Next is an Australian-born film maker presently living in London. He is the co-founder of film-production company Occidental Films and distributor Hollywood Arthouse.-Early life:...

(born 1968) film producer