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

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]

SLÁINE   f   Irish
Means "health" in Irish Gaelic.

SLÀINE   f   Scottish
Scottish form of SLÁINE

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

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.

SMADAR   f   Jewish
Means "blossom" in Hebrew.

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".

SOBIESŁAWA   f   Polish
Polish feminine form of SOBIESŁAW

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

SOFYA   f   Russian
Russian form of SOPHIA

SOHVI   f   Finnish
Finnish form of SOPHIA

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

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.

SOLÈNE   f   French
Variant of SOLANGE

SOLVEIG   f   Norwegian
Derived from the Old Norse elements sól "sun" and veig "strength"... [more]

SOLVEJ   f   Danish
Danish form of SOLVEIG

SOLVIG   f   Swedish
Swedish form of SOLVEIG

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]

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

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

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

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.

SORINA   f   Romanian
Feminine form of SORIN

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".

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

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

ŠPELA   f   Slovene
Diminutive of ELIZABETA

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

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.

SPYRIDOULA   f   Greek
Feminine form of SPYRIDON

SRI   f   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Variant transcription of SHRI

SSANYU   f   Eastern African
Means "joy" in Luganda.

STACEE   f   English (Rare)
Feminine variant of STACY

STACEY   f & m   English
Variant of STACY

STACI   f   English
Feminine variant of STACY

STACIA   f   English
Short form of ANASTASIA or EUSTACIA

STACIE   f   English
Feminine variant of STACY

STACY   f & m   English
Either a short form of ANASTASIA, or else from a surname which was derived from Stace, a medieval form of EUSTACE... [more]

STAMATIA   f   Greek
Feminine form of STAMATIOS

STANISLAVA   f   Czech, Slovak, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian
Feminine form of STANISLAV

STANISŁAWA   f   Polish
Feminine form of STANISŁAW

STANKA   f   Slovene, Croatian, Bulgarian
Feminine diminutive of STANISLAV

STAR   f   English
From the English word for the celestial body, ultimately from Old English steorra.

STARLA   f   English
Elaborated form of STAR

STARR   f   English
Variant of STAR

STASYA   f   Russian
Diminutive of ANASTASIYA

STEFANA   f   Dutch
Dutch feminine form of STEPHEN

ŠTEFÁNIA   f   Slovak
Slovak feminine form of STEPHEN

STEFANIA   f   Italian, Polish, Romanian
Italian, Polish and Romanian feminine form of STEPHEN

STEFANIE   f   German, Dutch, Danish
Variant of STEPHANIE

STEFCIA   f   Polish
Diminutive of STEFANIA

STEFFI   f   German
Diminutive of STEPHANIE

STEFFIE   f   German (Rare)
Diminutive of STEPHANIE

STELA   f   Romanian
Derived from Latin stella meaning "star".

STELARA   f   Esperanto
Means "like a constellation" in Esperanto.

STELLA   f   English
Means "star" in Latin... [more]

ŠTĚPÁNKA   f   Czech
Czech feminine form of STEPHEN

STEPH   f & m   English
Short form of STEPHEN or STEPHANIE

STEPHANI   f   English (Modern)
Feminine form of STEPHEN

STEPHANIA   f   English
Latinate feminine form of STEPHEN

STÉPHANIE   f   French
French feminine form of STEPHEN

STEPHANIE   f   English, German
Feminine form of STEPHEN

STEPHANY   f   English
Feminine form of STEPHEN

STEREN   f   Cornish
Means "star" in Cornish.

STERRE   f   Dutch
Derived from Dutch ster meaning "star".

STEVIE   f & m   English
Diminutive of STEPHEN or STEPHANIE

STIINA   f   Finnish
Finnish short form of CHRISTINA

STINA   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of CHRISTINA and other names ending in stina.

STINE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian short form of CHRISTINE and other names ending in stine.

STOYANKA   f   Bulgarian
Feminine form of STOYAN

SU (1)   f   Turkish
Means "water" in Turkish.

SU (2)   m & f   Chinese
From Chinese "plain", or else or which both mean "respectful".

SUBIRA   f   Eastern African
Means "patience" in Swahili.

SUDARSHANA   f   Indian
Feminine form of SUDARSHAN

SUE   f   English
Short form of SUSANNA

SUELLEN   f   English
Contraction of SUSAN and ELINOR... [more]

SUHA   f   Arabic
Means "forgotten, overlooked" in Arabic... [more]

SUKHON   f   Thai
Means "pleasant smell" in Thai.

SUKIE   f   English
Diminutive of SUSANNA

SULABHA   f   Indian
Means "easy, simple, natural" in Sanskrit.

SULTANA   f   Arabic
Feminine form of SULTAN

SUMATI   f   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "wise, good mind", derived from Sanskrit सु (su) "good" and मति (mati) "mind, thought"... [more]

SUMAYYA   f   Arabic
Means "high above" in Arabic. This was the name of the first martyr for Islam.

SUMIKO   f   Japanese
From Japanese 澄 (sumi) "clear" and 子 (ko) "child".

SUMMER   f   English
From the name of the season, ultimately from Old English sumor... [more]

SUNDAY   f   English
From the name of the day of the week, which ultimately derives from Old English sunnandæg, which was composed of the elements sunne "sun" and dæg "day".

SUNITA   f   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "well conducted, polite", derived from the Sanskrit prefix सु (su) "good" combined with नीत (nita) "conducted"... [more]

SUNITHA   f   Indian
Means "good guidance, righteous" from the Sanskrit prefix सु (su) "good" combined with नीथ (nitha) "way, mode".

SUNITI   f   Indian
Means "good conduct" from the Sanskrit prefix सु (su) "good" combined with नीति (niti) "conduct, guidance".

SUNNIVA   f   Norwegian
Scandinavian form of the Old English name Sunngifu, which meant "sun gift" from the Old English elements sunne "sun" and giefu "gift"... [more]

SUNNY   f   English
From the English word meaning "sunny, cheerful".

SUNSHINE   f   English
From the English word, ultimately from Old English sunne "sun" and scinan "shine".

SUOMA   f   Finnish
Derived from Finnish Suomi meaning "Finland".

SURAYA   f   Arabic
Variant transcription of THURAYYA

SURAYYA   f   Arabic
Variant transcription of THURAYYA

SURI   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of SARAH

SUSAN   f   English
English variant of SUSANNA... [more]

SUSANA   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of SUSANNA

SUSANITA   f   Spanish
Spanish diminutive of SUSANNA

SUSANN   f   German, Swedish
German and Swedish variant of SUSANNA

SUSANNA   f   Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Dutch, English, Biblical
From Σουσαννα (Sousanna), the Greek form of the Hebrew name שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (Shoshannah)... [more]

SUSANNAH   f   Biblical (Variant)
Form of SUSANNA found in some versions of the Old Testament.

SUSANNE   f   German, Scandinavian
German form of SUSANNA

SUSE   f   German
German diminutive of SUSANNE

SUSHEELA   f   Indian
Variant transcription of SUSHILA

SUSHILA   f   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Feminine form of SUSHIL... [more]

SUSI   f   German
German diminutive of SUSANNE

SUSIE   f   English
Diminutive of SUSAN

SUVI   f   Finnish
Means "summer" in Finnish.

SUZAN   f   English
Variant of SUSAN

SUZANA   f   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Croatian, Serbian, Slovene and Portuguese form of SUSAN

SUZANNA   f   English
Variant of SUSANNA

SUZANNE   f   French, English
French form of SUSANNA

SUZETTE   f   French
French diminutive of SUSANNA

SUZIE   f   English
Diminutive of SUSAN

SUZU   f   Japanese
Means "bell" in Japanese.

SUZUME   f   Japanese
Means "sparrow" in Japanese.

SUZY   f   English
Diminutive of SUSAN

SVAJONĖ   f   Lithuanian
Means "dream" in Lithuanian.

SVANA   f   Icelandic
Short form of SVANHILDUR

SVANHILD   f   Norwegian, Norse Mythology
Scandinavian cognate of SWANHILD... [more]

SVANHILDUR   f   Icelandic
Icelandic form of SVANHILD

SVEA   f   Swedish
Means "Sweden" in Swedish... [more]

SVENJA   f   German
German feminine form of SVEN... [more]

SVETA   f   Russian
Short form of SVETLANA

SVĚTLANA   f   Czech
Czech form of SVETLANA

SVETLANA   f   Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Serbian
Derived from the Slavic element svet meaning "light, holy"... [more]

SVEVA   f   Italian
Meaning unknown, possibly related to the name of the Germanic tribe of the Suebi.

SVITLANA   f   Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of SVETLANA

SVJETLANA   f   Croatian
Croatian form of SVETLANA

SWANHILD   f   German
Derived from the Germanic elements swan and hild "battle".

SWANHILDA   f   German
Variant of SWANHILD

SWANHILDE   f   German
Variant of SWANHILD

SWAPNA   m & f   Indian
Means "dream, sleep" in Sanskrit... [more]

SWARNA   m & f   Indian
Means "good colour" or "golden", a contraction of the Sanskrit prefix सु (su) "good" and वर्ण (varna) "colour"... [more]

SWATI   f   Indian
From the Indian name of the third brightest star in the night sky, called Arcturus in the western world.

SYBELLA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of SIBYLLA

SYBIL   f   English
Variant of SIBYL... [more]

SYBILLA   f   English, German
Variant of SIBYLLA

SYBILLE   f   German, French
German and French form of SIBYL

SYDNE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of SYDNEY

SYDNEY   f & m   English
From a surname which was a variant of the surname SIDNEY... [more]

SYDNIE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of SYDNEY

SYLVAINE   f   French
French feminine form of SILVANUS

SYLVANA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of SILVANA

SYLVI   f   Finnish
Finnish form of SILVIA

SYLVIA   f   English, Scandinavian, German
Variant of SILVIA... [more]

SYLVIANE   f   French
Variant of SYLVAINE

SYLVIANNE   f   French
Variant of SYLVAINE

SYLVIE   f   French
French form of SILVIA

SYLWIA   f   Polish
Polish form of SILVIA

SYMPHONY   f   English (Rare)
Simply from the English word, ultimately deriving from Greek συμφωνος (symphonos) "concordant in sound".

SYNNÖVE   f   Swedish
Swedish form of SUNNIVA

SYNNØVE   f   Norwegian
Variant of SUNNIVA

SYNTYCHE   f   Biblical, Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek name meaning "common fate"... [more]

SYUZANNA   f   Russian
Russian variant of SUSANNA

SZABINA   f   Hungarian
Hungarian form of SABINA

SZANDRA   f   Hungarian
Hungarian short form of ALEXANDRA

SZILVIA   f   Hungarian
Hungarian form of SILVIA

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