Séamus is a boy's name of Irish and Celtic origin meaning “to follow, to be behind.” In 2024 it was given to 125 boys in the United States.
Séamus at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Irish & Celtic
Meaning
“to follow, to be behind”
Also spelled
Iacobus
About the name Séamus
Séamus belongs to the Irish & Celtic tradition. Its meaning — “to follow, to be behind” — is the sense carried by its Irish and Celtic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Iacobus.
In the United States, Séamus first appears in Social Security records in 1957. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #735 in 2003, and in 2024 125 babies received the name — 7,656 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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