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SACHA   m & f   French
French form of SASHA

SAGE   f & m   English (Modern)
From the English word sage, which denotes either a type of spice or else a wise person.

SAL   f & m   English
Short form of SALLY, SALVADOR, and other names beginning with Sal.

SAM (1)   m & f   English
Short form of SAMUEL, SAMSON or SAMANTHA

SAMMIE   f & m   English
Diminutive of SAMUEL, SAMSON or SAMANTHA

SAMNANG   m & f   Khmer
Means "lucky" in Khmer.

SANDY   m & f   English
Originally a diminutive of ALEXANDER... [more]

SANG   m & f   Korean
Means "mutual" from Sino-Korean .

SASCHA   m & f   German
German form of SASHA

SASHA   m & f   Russian
Russian diminutive of ALEKSANDR or ALEKSANDRA

SASHI   m & f   Indian
Variant transcription of SHASHI

SATCHEL   m & f   English (Rare)
From a surname derived from Old English sacc meaning "sack, bag", referring to a person who was a bag maker.

SELBY   m & f   English (Rare)
From an English surname which was from a place name meaning "willow farm" in Old Norse.

SEPTEMBER   f & m   English (Rare)
From the name of the ninth month (though it means "seventh month" in Latin, since it was originally the seventh month of the Roman year), which is sometimes used as a given name for someone born in September.

SEQUOIA   f & m   English (Rare)
From the name of huge trees that grow in California... [more]

SEVAN   f & m   Armenian
From the name of an Armenian lake, which is of unknown meaning.

SHACHAR   f & m   Hebrew
Means "dawn" in Hebrew.

SHAFAQAT   m & f   Arabic
Means "compassion, pity" in Arabic.

SHAHAR   f & m   Hebrew
Variant transcription of SHACHAR

SHAHRIVAR   m & f   Iranian, Near Eastern Mythology
Modern Persian form of Kshathra Vairya meaning "desirable power" in Avestan... [more]

SHANNON   f & m   English
From the name of the Shannon River, the longest river in Ireland... [more]

SHANON   f & m   English
Variant of SHANNON

SHASHI   m & f   Indian
Traditional name for the moon, it literally means "having a hare" in Sanskrit... [more]

SHAY (2)   m & f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of SHAI

SHAYE   m & f   English (Rare)
Variant of SHAI or SHEA

SHEA   m & f   Irish
Anglicized form of SÉAGHDHA, sometimes used as a feminine name.

SHELBY   m & f   English
From a surname, which was possibly a variant of SELBY... [more]

SHELLEY   f & m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "clearing on a bank" in Old English... [more]

SHELLY   f & m   English
Variant of SHELLEY

SHERIDAN   m & f   English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Sirideáin meaning "descendent of Sirideán"... [more]

SHI   m & f   Chinese
From Chinese "time", "real, honest" or "history".

SHIKOBA   m & f   Native American
Means "feather" in Choctaw.

SHILOH   m & f   Biblical
From an Old Testament place name meaning "tranquil" in Hebrew... [more]

SHINOBU   f & m   Japanese
Means "endurance" in Japanese.

SHIRLEY   f & m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "bright clearing" in Old English... [more]

SHUI   m & f   Chinese
Means "water" in Chinese.

SHUN (1)   f & m   Chinese
Means "smooth, agreeable" in Chinese.

SHURA   f & m   Russian
Russian diminutive of ALEKSANDRA or ALEKSANDR

SHYAMA   m & f   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Derived from Sanskrit श्याम (shyama) meaning "dark, black, blue"... [more]

SIDNEY   m & f   English
From an English surname which was originally derived from various place names in England meaning "wide island", from Old English sid "wide" and eg "island"... [more]

SIGI   m & f   German
Diminutive of SIEGFRIED, SIEGLINDE, and other Germanic names beginning with the element sigu which means "victory".

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

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

SKYLAR   m & f   English (Modern)
Variant of SKYLER

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

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

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

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

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

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

STACEY   f & m   English
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]

STEPH   f & m   English
Short form of STEPHEN or STEPHANIE

STEVIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of STEPHEN or STEPHANIE

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

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]

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

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