谢 (xiè, surname / 'thank') +
默 (mò, 'silent') +
斯 (sī, generic foreign-name ending) for the Irish name Seamus (pronounced SHAY-mus). Best-known bearers in Chinese-speaking world: Seamus Finnigan from
哈利·
波特 (Harry Potter), and Seamus Heaney
谢默斯·
希尼, the 1995 Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet.