Siren Explained

Siren or sirens may refer to:

Common meanings

• Siren (alarm), a loud acoustic alarm used to alert people to emergencies
• Siren (mythology), an enchanting but dangerous monster in Greek mythology

Places

• Siren (town), Wisconsin
• Siren, Wisconsin, a village
• Siren Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica
• Siren Rock, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica

People

• Siren (surname)
• Siren, stage name of female bodybuilder Shelley Beattie on the TV show American Gladiators
• Siren, stage name of Valerie Waugaman on the 2008 revival of American Gladiators
• Alexander Brandon (born 1974), American musician, known as "Siren" in the demoscene
• Siren Sundby (born 1982), Norwegian Olympic sailor

Animals

• Siren (genus), a genus of aquatic salamanders in the family Sirenidae
• Hestina, a genus of brush-footed butterfly commonly called sirens
• Sirenia, an order of aquatic mammals including dugongs and manatees
• Sirenidae, a family of aquatic salamanders

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

• Siren (DC Comics), the name of two DC Comics characters
• Siren (Transformers), a character from The Transformers: Headmasters
• Siren, a character in Ice Age: Continental Drift
• Siren, a minor character in Passions
• Sirens, video game characters in Borderlands
• Shadow Sirens, major antagonists (except Vivian) in
• The Siren, a character from the 1960s Batman TV series unrelated to the DC Comics Siren
• Siren (Malibu Comics), a character from Malibu Comics' Ultraverse imprint

Films

• The Siren (1917 film), a lost Fox film starring Valeska Suratt
• The Siren (1927 film), an American melodrama directed by Byron Haskin
• Siren (1968 film), a Belgian animated short film
• Sirens (1994 film), starring Hugh Grant, directed by John Duigan
• Sirens (1999 film), starring Dana Delany
• Siren (2010 film), a horror film starring Eoin Macken
• Siren (2013 film), starring Vinessa Shaw
• Siren (2016 film), a 2016 horror film
• Siren (2024 film), an Indian Tamil-language film

Games

• Siren (video game), 2003

Literature

• Siren (play), a 1990 play by David Williamson
• Siren, a book by Tara Moss
• "Sirens" (Ulysses episode) an episode in James Joyce's novel Ulysses
• “The Siren”, a novel by Kiera Cass

Music

Groups

• Sirens (American band), metalcore band from Terre Haute, Indiana
• Sirens (British band), a Newcastle upon Tyne based girl group
• Siren, a rock band featuring Kevin Coyne

Albums

• Siren (Roxy Music album), 1975
• Siren (Heather Nova album), 1998
• Siren (Susumu Hirasawa album), 1996
• Sirens (Kenneth Newby album), 1997
• Sirens (Savatage album), 1983
• Sirens (On the Might of Princes album), 2003
• Sirens (Astarte album), 2004
• Sirens (It Dies Today album), 2006
• Sirens (S. J. Tucker album), 2006
• Sirens (May Jailer album), unreleased demo album by Lana Del Rey, recorded in 2006 under the name May Jailer
• Sirens (Nine Black Alps album), 2012
• The Sirens (Chris Potter album), 2013
• The Sirens (Into Eternity album), 2018
• Sirens (Gorgon City album), 2014
• Sirens (The Weepies album), 2015
• Sirens (Woodlock EP), 2015
• Sirens, by Ben Abraham, 2014
• Sirens (Sublime with Rome album)
• Sirens (Nicolas Jaar album), 2016
• Sirens, an EP by Swingin' Utters, 2020

Songs

• "Siren" (Malcolm Lincoln song)
• "Siren" (Asian Kung-Fu Generation song), 2004
• "Siren" (Ruby Gloom song), 2008
• "Siren" (Paces song), 2018
• "Siren (Never Let You Go)", by the Divinyls, 1983
• "Siren" (Sunmi song), 2018
• "Siren", by Tori Amos on the soundtrack on the 1998 film Great Expectations
• "Siren", by Theater of Tragedy on the 1998 album Aégis
• "Sirens" (Jeff Lynne song), 1990
• "Sirens" (Dizzie Rascal song), 2007
• "Sirens" (Pearl Jam song), 2013
• "Sirens" (Cher Lloyd song), 2014
• "Sirens" (Travis Scott song), 2023
• "Sirens", by Angels & Airwaves on the 2007 album I-Empire
• "Sirens", by Candiria on the 2008 album Kiss the Lie
• "Sirens", by Coroner on the 1991 album Mental Vortex
• "Sirens", by Markus Feehily on the 2015 album Fire
• "Sirens", by Kelsea Ballerini on the 2015 album The First Time
• "Sirens", the title track on the album Sirens by Savatage
• "Sirens", by The String Cheese Incident on the album Untying the Not
• "Sirens", 2012 song by Nell Bryden, also covered by Cher for the album Closer to the Truth
• "Sirens", 2001 song by Tim Deluxe
• "Sirens", 2022 song by Flume
• "Sirens", 2022 song by Imagine Dragons on the 2022 album Mercury – Acts 1 & 2
• "Sirens", by Tesseract on the 2023 album War of Being
• "The Siren" (song), by Nightwish
• "The Siren", by Graveyard on the 2011 album Hisingen Blues
• "The Siren", a song on the album A Violent Emotion by Aesthetic Perfection
• "The Sirens", song by George and Ira Gershwin from A Dangerous Maid 1921

Other uses in music

• Acme Siren, a varying-pitch wind instrument, often found in the percussion section of orchestras
• Sirènes ("Sirens"), a movement in the Debussy suite Nocturnes
• The Sirens, Op. 33, by Reinhold Glière (1875–1956)

Paintings

• The Siren (Waterhouse painting), a 1900 painting by John William Waterhouse
• The Siren, 1888 painting by Edward Armitage

Sculptures

• Siren (statue), a 2008 life-size statue by Marc Quinn
• The Siren (sculpture), a 2005 sculpture by Norman J. Gitzen
• Siren (bronze sculpture), Roman bronze sculpture ca. 1571–90
• The Sirens (sculpture), an 1887 bronze sculpture by Auguste Rodin
• Tritón y Sirena, a sculpture in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico

Television

Series

• Sirens (1993 TV series), an American crime drama series
• Sirens (2002 TV serial), a two-part British serial
• Sirens (2011 TV series), a British television programme broadcast on Channel 4
• Sirens (2014 TV series), an American comedy program based on the Channel 4 series
• Supermodel Me: Sirens, the fifth season of Asian's reality program Supermodel Me
• Siren (TV series), a 2018 American fantasy drama series
• , a 2023 South Korean reality competition series

Episodes

• "Siren" (Millennium), television series episode
• "Sirens", an episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force
• "The Siren", an episode of Mako: Island of Secrets

Other arts, entertainment, and media

• Company of Sirens, a Canadian feminist theatre company
• Siren (magazine), a bimonthly Canadian magazine
• Siren FM, a community radio station based at the University of Lincoln in the United Kingdom
• Siren Music Festival, an annual outdoor concert held at Coney Island, New York, from 2001 to 2010
• The Siren (musical), a 1911 Broadway musical

Court cases

• The Siren - see List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 74
• The Siren - see List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 80

Military

• , several Royal Navy ships
• SS-N-9 Siren, NATO reporting name for the P-120 Malakhit, a Russian anti-ship missile
• , several US Navy ships

Sports

• Sacramento Sirens, a woman's football team
• Saskatoon Sirens, an expansion team in the Legends Football League
• Sirens A.S.C., a waterpolo club in Malta
• Sirens F.C., a football club in Malta
  • Sirens Stadium, the club's home ground
• Strathclyde Sirens, a Scottish netball team

Other uses

• Siren (codec), an audio codec
• Siren (fragrance), a perfume endorsed by Paris Hilton
• SIREN code, a nine-digit number given to all French businesses
• Siren Visual, an Australian-based DVD distribution company
• SIREN, an open energy system model developed for Western Australia
• Standard siren, a unit of gravitational waves

See also

• • • Cyren (disambiguation)
• Siran (disambiguation)
• Sirena (disambiguation)
• Sirene (disambiguation)
• Syreen, an alien race in the computer game series Star Control
• Syren (disambiguation)