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SILAS   m   English, Greek, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Short form of SILVANUS... [more]

SÍLE   f   Irish
Irish form of CECILIA

SÌLEAS   f   Scottish
Scottish form of CECILIA

SILJA   f   Finnish
Finnish diminutive of CECILIA

SILJE   f   Norwegian, Danish
Norwegian and Danish diminutive of CECILIA

SILKE   f   German
German diminutive of CELIA

SILLE   f   Danish
Danish diminutive of CECILIA

SILOUANOS   m   Biblical Greek
Form of SILVANUS used in the Greek New Testament.

SILVA   f   Bulgarian, Slovene
Short form of SILVIYA or SILVIJA

SILVANA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of SILVANUS

SILVANO   m   Italian
Italian form of SILVANUS

SILVANUS   m   Roman Mythology, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Roman name derived from Latin silva "wood, forest"... [more]

SILVER   m   English
From the English word for the precious metal or the colour, ultimately derived from Old English seolfor.

SILVESTER   m   German, English, Slovene, Slovak, Late Roman
From a Roman name meaning "of the forest" from Latin silva "wood, forest"... [more]

SILVESTR   m   Czech
Czech form of SILVESTER

SILVESTRA   f   Italian, Slovene
Feminine form of SILVESTER

SILVESTRE   m   Spanish
Spanish form of SILVESTER

SILVESTRO   m   Italian
Italian form of SILVESTER

SÍLVIA   f   Catalan
Catalan form of SILVIA

SILVIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, English, German, Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Feminine form of SILVIUS... [more]

SILVIE   f   Czech
Czech form of SILVIA

SILVIJA   f   Croatian, Slovene
Croatian and Slovene form of SILVIA

SILVIO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of SILVIUS

SILVIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of SILVIUS

SILVIUS   m   Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Derived from Latin silva "wood, forest"... [more]

SILVIYA   f   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of SILVIA

SIMA   f   Indian
Means "boundary, limit" in Sanskrit.

SIMÃO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of SIMON

SIMBA   m   Eastern African
Means "lion" in Swahili.

SIMCHA   f & m   Hebrew
Means "happiness, joy" in Hebrew.

SIMEN   m   Norwegian
Norwegian variant of SIMON

SIMEON   m   Biblical, Bulgarian
From the Hebrew name Shim'on (see SIMON)... [more]

SİMGE   f   Turkish
Means "symbol" in Turkish.

SIMIN   f   Iranian
Means "silvery" in Persian.

SIMION   m   Romanian
Romanian form of SIMEON

SIMISOLA   f   Yoruba
Means "rest in wealth" in Yoruba.

SIMO   m   Finnish, Serbian
Finnish and Serbian form of SIMON

ŠIMON   m   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of SIMON

SIMÓN   m   Spanish
Spanish form of SIMON... [more]

SIMON   m   English, French, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Slovene, Romanian, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From Σιμων (Simon), the New Testament Greek form of the Hebrew name שִׁמְעוֹן (Shim'on) which meant "he has heard"... [more]

ŠIMONA   f   Czech
Czech variant of SIMONA

SIMONA   f   Italian, Czech, Romanian, Slovene
Feminine form of SIMON

SIMONE (1)   f   French, English
French feminine form of SIMON... [more]

SIMONE (2)   m   Italian
Italian form of SIMON

SIMONETTA   f   Italian
Diminutive of SIMONA

SIMONETTE   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of SIMONE (1)

SIMONIDES   m   Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek σιμος (simos) "flat-nosed" and ειδος (eidos) "kind, type"... [more]

SIMONU   m   Old Church Slavic
Old Slavic form of SIMON

SINCLAIR   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from a Norman French place name meaning "saint CLAIRE"... [more]

SINDRE   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of SINDRI

SINDRI   m   Norse Mythology, Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Possibly means either "small, trivial" or else "sparkling" in Old Norse... [more]

SINDY   f   English (Rare)
Variant of CINDY

SÍNE   f   Irish
Irish form of JEANNE

SÌNE   f   Scottish
Scottish form of JEANNE

SINÉAD   f   Irish
Irish form of JEANNETTE

SÌNEAG   f   Scottish
Scottish form of JEANNETTE

SINGH   m   Indian (Sikh)
Means "lion" in Punjabi... [more]

SINI   f   Finnish
Means "blue" in Finnish... [more]

SINIKKA   f   Finnish
Elaborated form of SINI

SINJIN   m   English (Rare)
Variant of the name St... [more]

SINTA   f   Indonesian
Means "chastity" in Indonesian.

SIOBHAN   f   Irish
Irish form of Jehanne, a Norman French variant of JEANNE.

SIOFRA   f   Irish
Means "elf, sprite" in Irish Gaelic.

SÌOLTACH   m   Scottish
Means "sower" in Scottish Gaelic.

SÍOMHA   f   Irish
Variant of SÍTHMAITH

SIÔN   m   Welsh
Welsh form of JOHN, via Old French Jehan.

SIONED   f   Welsh
Welsh form of JANET

SIÔR   m   Welsh
Welsh form of GEORGE

SIORS   m   Welsh
Welsh form of GEORGE

SIORUS   m   Welsh
Welsh form of GEORGE

SIOTHRÚN   m   Irish
Irish form of GEOFFREY

SIPHO   m   Southern African
Means "gift" in Xhosa.

SIRAN   f   Armenian
Means "lovely" in Armenian.

SIRI   f   Scandinavian
Short form of SIGRID

SIRIUS   m   Astronomy
The name of a bright star in the constellation Canis Major, derived via Latin from Greek σειριος (seirios) "burning".

SIRPA   f   Finnish
Derived from Finnish sirpale "small piece, fragment".

SIRVART   f   Armenian
Means "love rose" in Armenian.

SISEL   f   Yiddish
Means "sweet" in Yiddish... [more]

SISKO   f   Finnish
Means "sister" in Finnish.

SISSIE   f   English
Variant of SISSY

SISSINNGUAQ   f   Native American
Means "squirrel" in Greenlandic.

SISSY   f   English
Diminutive of CECILIA, FRANCES or PRISCILLA... [more]

SISU   m   Finnish
Means "willpower, determination, strength" in Finnish.

SITA   f   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "furrow" in Sanskrit... [more]

SITARA   f   Indian
Means "star" in Hindi.

SITHEMBILE   f & m   Southern African
Means "we trust" in Zulu.

SÍTHMAITH   f   Irish
Means "good peace" from Irish síth "peace" and maith "good".

SIV   f   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
Means "bride" in Old Norse. In Norse mythology Siv was the wife of Thor.

ŞIVAN   m   Kurdish
Means "shepherd" in Kurdish.

SIVE   f   Irish
Anglicized form of SADB

ŠIWA   f   Slavic Mythology
Possibly means "living" in Slavic... [more]

SIWAN   f   Welsh
Welsh form of JOAN (1)

SIZWE   m   Southern African
Means "nation" in Xhosa.

SJAAK   m   Dutch
Diminutive of JACOB

SJAKIE   m   Dutch
Diminutive of SJAAK

SJEF   m   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of JOZEF

SJOERD   m   Frisian, Dutch
Frisian form of SIGURD

SJORS   m   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of GEORGE

SJURD   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of SIGURD

SKAÐI   f   Norse Mythology
Possibly means "damage" in Old Norse... [more]

SKENDER   m   Albanian
Short form of ALEKSANDER

SKULD   f   Norse Mythology
Means "future" in Old Norse... [more]

SKY   f   English (Modern)
Simply from the English word sky, which was ultimately derived from Old Norse sky "cloud".

SKYE   f   English (Modern)
From the name of the Isle of Skye off the west coast of Scotland... [more]

SKYLAR   m & f   English (Modern)
Variant of SKYLER

SKYLER   m & f   English (Modern)
Variant of SCHUYLER... [more]

SLADE   m   English (Modern)
From a surname which meant "valley" in Old English.

SLÁINE   f   Irish
Means "health" in Irish Gaelic.

SLÀINE   f   Scottish
Scottish form of SLÁINE

SLAMET   m   Indonesian
Means "saved" in Javanese.

SLAVA   m & f   Russian, Slovene
Short form of Slavic names containing the element slav "glory".

SLAVICA   f   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Derived from Slavic slav meaning "glory".

SLAVKA   f   Slovene
Feminine form of SLAVKO

SLAVKO   m   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Derived from Slavic slav meaning "glory".

SLAVOMÍR   m   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of SŁAWOMIR

SŁAWOMIR   m   Polish
Derived from the Slavic elements slav "glory" and mer "great, famous"... [more]

SŁAWOMIRA   f   Polish
Polish feminine form of SŁAWOMIR

SLOAN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of SLOANE

SLOANE   f   English (Rare)
From an Irish surname which was derived from an Anglicized form of the name Sluaghadhán, composed of Irish sluaghadh "raid" combined with a diminutive suffix.

SLOBODAN   m   Serbian, Macedonian
From south Slavic sloboda meaning "freedom".

SLY   m   English
Short form of SYLVESTER... [more]

SMADAR   f   Hebrew
Means "blossom" in Hebrew.

SMITH   m   English
From an English surname meaning "blacksmith", derived from Old English smitan "to smite, to hit"... [more]

SNEŽANA   f   Serbian
Serbian cognate of SNJEZANA

SNEZHANA   f   Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Russian, Bulgarian and Macedonian cognate of SNJEZANA

SNJEZANA   f   Croatian
Derived from Croatian snjeg "snow" and zena "woman".

SNORRE   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of SNORRI

SNORRI   m   Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Derived from Old Norse snerra "attack, onslaught"... [more]

SOBIESŁAW   m   Polish
From an old Slavic name which meant "usurp glory".

SOBIESŁAWA   f   Polish
Polish feminine form of SOBIESŁAW

SOCORRO   f   Spanish
Means "succour, help, relief" in Spanish... [more]

SOCRATES   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name Σωκρατης (Sokrates), which was derived from σως (sos) "whole, unwounded, safe" and κρατος (kratos) "power"... [more]

SOFÍA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of SOPHIA

SOFIA   f   Norwegian, Swedish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Greek, Finnish
Variant of SOPHIA

SOFIE   f   German, Danish, Dutch
Variant of SOPHIE

SOFIJA   f   Serbian, Croatian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Cognate of SOPHIA

SOFIYA   f   Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian form of SOPHIA

SOFRONIO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of SOPHRONIUS

SOFYA   f   Russian
Russian form of SOPHIA

SOHAIL   m   Pakistani
Urdu form of SUHAYL

SOHRAB   m   Iranian
Means "illustrious, shining" in Persian... [more]

SOHVI   f   Finnish
Finnish form of SOPHIA

SOINI   m   Finnish
Finnish form of SVEN

SOKRATES   m   Ancient Greek
Greek form of SOCRATES

SOL (1)   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Means "the sun" in Spanish or Portuguese.

SOL (2)   m   Hebrew
Short form of SOLOMON

SOLANGE   f   French
French form of the Late Latin name Sollemnia, which was derived from Latin sollemnis "religious"... [more]

SOLEDAD   f   Spanish
Means "solitude" in Spanish... [more]

SOLEIL   f   Various
Means "sun" in French. It is not commonly used as a name in France itself.

SOLÈNE   f   French
Variant of SOLANGE

SOLLY   m   Hebrew
Diminutive of SOLOMON

SOLOMON   m   Biblical, English
From the Hebrew name שְׁלֹמֹה (Shelomoh) which was derived from Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (shalom) "peace"... [more]

SOLON   m   Ancient Greek
Means "wisdom" in Greek... [more]

SÓLVEIG   f   Ancient Scandinavian
Derived from the Old Norse elements sól "sun" and veig "strength"... [more]

SOLVEIG   f   Norwegian
From an Old Norse name which was derived from the elements sól "sun" and veig "strength"... [more]

SOLVEJ   f   Danish
Danish form of SOLVEIG

SOLVIG   f   Swedish
Swedish form of SOLVEIG

SOMERLED   m   Scottish
Anglicized form of the Old Norse name Somarliðr meaning "summer traveller"... [more]

SOMHAIRLE   m   Scottish, Irish
Gaelic form of Somarliðr (see SOMERLED).

SOMMER   f   English (Modern)
Variant of SUMMER, coinciding with the German word for summer.

SOŇA   f   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of SONYA

SONAL   f   Indian
Means "golden" in Hindi.

SONDRA   f   English
Variant of SAUNDRA... [more]

SONER   m   Turkish
Means "last man" in Turkish.

SONIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian
Variant of SONYA

SONJA   f   German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene, Serbian
Cognate of SONYA

SONJE   f   German
German variant of SONJA

SONNIE   m   English (Rare)
Variant of SONNY

SONNY   m   English
From a nickname which is commonly used to denote a young boy, derived from the English word son.

SONYA   f   Russian, English
Russian diminutive of SOPHIA... [more]

SOPHEAP   f & m   Khmer
Means "gentle, proper" in Khmer.

SOPHIA   f   English, Greek, German, Ancient Greek
Means "wisdom" in Greek... [more]

SOPHIE   f   French, English, German, Dutch
French form of SOPHIA

SOPHOCLES   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name Σοφοκλης (Sophokles), which was derived from Greek σοφος (sophos) "skilled, clever" and κλεος (kleos) "glory"... [more]

SOPHRONIA   f   Literature, Late Greek
Feminine form of SOPHRONIUS... [more]

SOPHRONIOS   m   Late Greek
Greek form of SOPHRONIUS

SOPHRONIUS   m   Late Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Σωφρονιος (Sophronios), which was derived from Greek σωφρων (sophron) "self-controlled, sensible"... [more]

SOPHUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name Σοφος (Sophos) which meant "skilled, clever".

SOPHY   f   English (Rare)
Variant of SOPHIE

SORA   f & m   Japanese
From Japanese or which both mean "sky".

SORAYA   f   Arabic
Variant transcription of THURAYYA

SORCHA   f   Irish, Scottish
Means "radiant" in Gaelic.

SÖREN   m   Swedish, German
Swedish and German form of SØREN

SØREN   m   Danish, Norwegian
Danish form of SEVERINUS... [more]

SORIN   m   Romanian
Possibly derived from Romanian soare meaning "sun".

SORINA   f   Romanian
Feminine form of SORIN

SORLEY   m   Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of SOMHAIRLE

SORNE   f   Basque
Means "conception" in Basque... [more]

SORREL   f   English (Rare)
From the name of the sour tasting plant, which may ultimately derive from Germanic sur "sour".

SOSIGENES   m   Ancient Greek
Means "born safely" from Greek σως (sos) "safe, whole, unwounded" and γενης (genes) "born"... [more]

SOSIMO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of ZOSIMUS

SOSTRATE   f   Ancient Greek
Means "safe army" from Greek σως (sos) "safe, whole, unwounded" and στρατος (stratos) "army".

SOTHY   m & f   Khmer
Means "intelligence" in Khmer.

SOTIRIA   f   Greek
Feminine form of SOTIRIS

SOTIRIOS   m   Greek
Variant of SOTIRIS

SOTIRIS   m   Greek
Derived from Greek σωτηρια (soteria) meaning "salvation".

SOUSANNA   f   Biblical Greek
Greek form of SUSANNA

SOUTA   m   Japanese
From Japanese 颯 (sou) "suddenly, smoothly" and 太 (ta) "thick, big".

SPARROW   m & f   English (Rare)
From the name of the bird, ultimately from Old English spearwa.

SPARTACUS   m   History
Means "from the city of Sparta" in Latin... [more]

SPAS   m   Bulgarian
Derived from Bulgarian спасен (spasen) meaning "saved".

ŠPELA   f   Slovene
Diminutive of ELIZABETA

SPENCER   m   English
From a surname which meant "dispenser of provisions" in Middle English... [more]

SPERANTIA   f   Late Roman
Latin form of ESPERANZA

SPIKE   m   English (Rare)
From a nickname which may have originally been given to a person with spiky hair.

SPIRIDON   m   Greek, Russian
Variant transcription of SPYRIDON

SPIRIT   f   English (Rare)
From the English word spirit, ultimately from Latin spiritus "breath", a derivative of spirare "to blow".

SPIRO   m   Greek
Variant of SPYRO

SPIROS   m   Greek
Variant of SPYROS

SPRING   f   English
From the name of the season, ultimately from Old English springan "to leap, to burst forth".

SPRITA   f   Esperanto
Means "witty" in Esperanto.

SPURIUS   m   Ancient Roman
An old Roman praenomen, or given name, which meant "of illegitimate birth" in Latin.

SPYRIDON   m   Greek, Russian, Late Greek
Greek name deriving from Latin spiritus "spirit"... [more]

SPYRIDOULA   f   Greek
Feminine form of SPYRIDON

SPYRO   m   Greek
Short form of SPYRIDON

SPYROS   m   Greek
Short form of SPYRIDON

SREČKO   m   Slovene
Derived from Slovene sreča meaning "luck".

SRECKO   m   Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian cognate of SREČKO

SRI   f   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Variant transcription of SHRI

SROEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of ISRAEL

SSANYU   f   Eastern African
Means "joy" in Luganda.

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