The names listed here are used in English-speaking countries. For more information see about English names.

SIBYL   f   English
From Greek Σιβυλλα (Sibylla), meaning "prophetess, sibyl"... [more]

SID   m   English
Short form of SIDNEY

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]

SIDONY   f   English (Archaic)
Feminine form of SIDONIUS... [more]

SIENA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of SIENNA, with the spelling perhaps influenced by that of the Italian city.

SIENNA   f   English (Modern)
From the English word meaning "orange-red"... [more]

SIERRA   f   English (Modern)
Means "mountain range" in Spanish, referring specifically to a mountain range with jagged peaks.

SIGMUND   m   German, Scandinavian, English
Derived from the Germanic elements sigu "victory" and mund "protector" (or in the case of the Scandinavian cognate, from the Old Norse elements sigr "victory" and mundr "protector")... [more]

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

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

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

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

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

SINDY   f   English (Rare)
Variant of CINDY

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

SISSIE   f   English
Variant of SISSY

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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

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

SOPHY   f   English (Rare)
Variant of SOPHIE

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

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

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

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

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".

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]

STAFFORD   m   English
From a surname which was from a place name meaning "landing-place ford" in Old English.

STAN   m   English
Short form of STANLEY... [more]

STANFORD   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "stone ford" in Old English.

STANLEY   m   English
From a surname meaning "stone clearing" in Old English... [more]

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

STE   m   English
Short form of STEPHEN

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

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

STEPHANIE   f   English, German
Feminine form of STEPHEN

STEPHANY   f   English
Feminine form of STEPHEN

STEPHEN   m   English, Biblical
From the Greek name Στεφανος (Stephanos) meaning "crown"... [more]

STERLING   m   English
From a Scottish surname which was derived from city of Stirling, which is itself of unknown meaning... [more]

STEVE   m   English
Short form of STEVEN

STEVEN   m   English
Medieval variant of STEPHEN... [more]

STEVIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of STEPHEN or STEPHANIE

STEW   m   English
Short form of STEWART

STEWART   m   English
From a surname which was a variant STUART.

STIRLING   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant STERLING.

STORM   m   English (Modern)
From the English word storm, ultimately from Old English.

STU   m   English
Short form of STUART

STUART   m   English, Scottish
From an occupational surname originally belong to a person who was a steward... [more]

SUE   f   English
Short form of SUSANNA

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

SUKIE   f   English
Diminutive of SUSANNA

SULLIVAN   m   English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Súileabháin meaning "descendent of Súileabhán"... [more]

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".

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".

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

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

SUSIE   f   English
Diminutive of SUSAN

SUZAN   f   English
Variant of SUSAN

SUZANNA   f   English
Variant of SUSANNA

SUZANNE   f   French, English
French form of SUSANNA

SUZIE   f   English
Diminutive of SUSAN

SUZY   f   English
Diminutive of SUSAN

SYBELLA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of SIBYLLA

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

SYD   m   English
Short form of SYDNEY

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

SYLVANA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of SILVANA

SYLVESTER   m   English
Medieval variant of SILVESTER... [more]

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

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

TABATHA   f   English
Variant of TABITHA

TABBY   f   English
Diminutive of TABITHA

TABITHA   f   English, Biblical, Biblical Greek
Means "gazelle" in Aramaic... [more]

TACEY   f   English (Archaic)
Derived from Latin tace meaning "be silent"... [more]

TAD   m   English
Short form of THADDEUS

TAEGAN   f & m   English (Rare)
Variant of TEAGAN

TAHNEE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of TAWNY

TAJUANA   f   English (African American, Rare)
Combination of the prefix Ta with the name JUANA.

TALBOT   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was perhaps derived from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements tal "to destroy" and bod "message".

TALISHA   f   English (African American, Rare)
Combination of the popular name prefix Ta and LISHA.

TALLULAH   f   English (Rare)
Means "leaping waters" in the Choctaw language... [more]

TALON   m   English (Modern)
From the English meaning "talon, claw", ultimately derived (via Norman French) from Latin talus "anklebone".

TAMARA   f   Russian, English
Russian form of TAMAR... [more]

TAMEKA   f   English
Variant of TAMIKA

TAMELA   f   English
Probably a combination of TAMARA and PAMELA... [more]

TAMERA   f   English
Variant of TAMARA

TAMI   f   English
Variant of TAMMY

TAMIA   f   English (Modern)
Elaborated form of the popular name syllable Tam, from names such as TAMARA or TAMIKA... [more]

TAMIKA   f   English
Variant of TAMIKO, inspired by the American jazz singer Tamiko Jones (1945-) or the American movie 'A Girl Named Tamiko' (1963).

TAMMARA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of TAMARA

TAMMI   f   English
Variant of TAMMY

TAMMIE   f   English
Variant of TAMMY

TAMMY   f   English
Short form of TAMARA and other names beginning with Tam.

TAMRA   f   English
Contracted form of TAMARA

TAMSEN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of TAMSIN

TAMSIN   f   English (British)
Contracted form of THOMASINA... [more]

TAMSYN   f   English (British)
Variant of TAMSIN

TAMZEN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of TAMSIN

TANEKA   f   English (African American, Rare)
Variant of TANIKA

TANESHA   f   English (African American)
Variant of TANISHA

TANIA   f   English
Variant of TANYA

TANIKA   f   English (African American)
Invented name, probably modeled on TAMIKA and influenced by TANYA.

TANIQUA   f   English (African American, Rare)
Combination of the popular name element Tan (from names such as TANYA) and the common name suffix qua.

TANISHA   f   English (African American)
Combination of the popular name element Tan (from names such as TANYA) and the common name suffix sha.

TANNER   m   English
From an English surname meaning "one who tans hides".

TANSY   f   English (Rare)
From the name of the flower, which is derived via Old French from Late Latin tanacita.

TANYA   f   Russian, English
Russian diminutive of TATIANA... [more]

TANZI   f   English (Rare)
Variant of TANSY

TARA (1)   f   English
Anglicized form of the Irish place name Teamhair, which possibly means "elevated place" in Gaelic... [more]

TARAH (1)   f   English (Modern)
Variant of TARA (1)

TARINA   f   English (Rare)
Perhaps an elaborated form of TARA (1)

TARYN   f   English
Probably a feminine form of TYRONE... [more]

TASHA   f   Russian, English
Short form of NATASHA

TATE   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the Old English given name Tata, of unknown origin.

TATIANA   f   Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Romanian, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, English, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman name Tatianus, a derivative of the Roman name TATIUS... [more]

TATIANNA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of TATIANA

TATTON   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "Tata's town" in Old English.

TATUM   f   English (Modern)
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "Tata's homestead" in Old English.

TATYANNA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of TATIANA

TAWNEE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of TAWNY

TAWNIE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of TAWNY

TAWNY   f   English (Modern)
From the English word, ultimately deriving from Old French tané, which means "light brown".

TAYLA   f   English (Modern)
Probably a feminine form of TAYLOR influenced by similar-sounding names such as KAYLA (1).

TAYLER   f & m   English (Modern)
Variant of TAYLOR

TAYLOR   m & f   English
From an English surname which originally denoted someone who was a tailor, from Norman French taillur, ultimately from Latin taliare "to cut"... [more]

TEAGAN   m & f   English (Modern)
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Tadhgáin meaning "descendent of Tadhgán"... [more]

TEAL   f   English (Rare)
From the English word for the type of duck or the greenish-blue colour.

TEALE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of TEAL

TED   m   English
Short form of EDWARD or THEODORE

TEDDY   m   English
Diminutive of EDWARD or THEODORE

TEL   m   English (British)
Short form of TERENCE or TERRY (1)

TEMPERANCE   f   English (Archaic)
From the English word meaning "moderation" or "restraint"... [more]

TEMPEST   f   English (Rare)
From the English word meaning "storm"... [more]

TEMPLE   m & f   English (Rare)
From a surname which originally belonged to a person who was associated with the Knights Templar, a medieval religious military order.

TENNYSON   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which meant "son of Tenney", Tenney being a medieval form of DENIS... [more]

TERA   f   English
Variant of TARA (1)

TERANCE   m   English
Variant of TERENCE

TERENCE   m   English
From the Roman family name Terentius which is of unknown meaning... [more]

TERESA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish, Polish, German, Scandinavian, English
Cognate of THERESA... [more]

TERI   f   English
Either a strictly feminine form of TERRY (1) or a diminutive of THERESA

TERRA   f   English
Variant of TARA (1), perhaps influenced by the Latin word terra meaning "land, earth".

TERRANCE   m   English
Variant of TERENCE

TERRELL   m   English
From an English surname which was probably derived from the Norman French nickname tirel "to pull", referring to a stubborn person... [more]

TERRENCE   m   English
Variant of TERENCE

TERRI   f   English
Either a strictly feminine form of TERRY (1) or a diminutive of THERESA

TERRIE   f   English
Either a strictly feminine form of TERRY (1) or a diminutive of THERESA

TERRY (1)   m & f   English
From an English surname which was derived from the medieval name Thierry, a Norman French form of THEODORIC.

TERRY (2)   m & f   English
Diminutive of TERENCE or THERESA... [more]

TESS   f   English
Diminutive of THERESA... [more]

TESSA   f   English
Diminutive of THERESA

TESSIE   f   English
Diminutive of THERESA

TETTY   f   English (Archaic)
Diminutive of ELIZABETH

TEX   m   English
From a nickname which denoted a person who came from the state of Texas... [more]

THAD   m   English
Short form of THADDEUS

THADDEUS   m   English, Biblical (Variant), Biblical Latin
From Θαδδαιος (Thaddaios), the Greek form of the Aramaic name Thaddai... [more]

THANE   m   English (Rare)
From the Scottish and English noble title, which was originally from Old English thegn.

THANKFUL   f   English (Archaic)
From the English word thankful... [more]

THEA   f   German, Scandinavian, English
Short form of DOROTHEA or THEODORA

THELMA   f   English
This name was invented by British author Marie Corelli for the Norwegian heroine of her novel 'Thelma' (1887)... [more]

THEO   m   English, Dutch
Short form of THEODORE, THEOBALD, and other names that begin with Theo.

THEOBALD   m   English (Rare), Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements þeud "people" and bald "bold"... [more]

THEODORA   f   English, Greek, Ancient Greek
Feminine form of THEODORE... [more]

THEODORE   m   English
From the Greek name Θεοδωρος (Theodoros), which meant "gift of god" from Greek θεος (theos) "god" and δωρον (doron) "gift"... [more]

THERESA   f   English, German, Scandinavian
From the Spanish and Portuguese name Teresa... [more]

THOM   m   English
Short form of THOMAS

THOMAS   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Greek, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Greek form of the Aramaic name תָּאוֹמָא (Ta'oma') which meant "twin"... [more]

THOMASINA   f   English
Medieval feminine form of THOMAS

THORBURN   m   English (Rare)
From a Scottish and English surname which was derived from the Norse name Þórbjörn (see TORBJÖRN).

THORLEY   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "thorn clearing" in Old English.

THORNTON   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "thorn town" in Old English.

THURSTAN   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which was derived from the Norse name Þórsteinn (see TORSTEN).

TIA   f   English
Short form of names ending with tia... [more]

TIANA   f   English
Short form of TATIANA or CHRISTIANA

TIANNA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of TIANA

TIARA   f   English (Modern)
From the English word for a semicircle crown, ultimately of Greek origin.

TIBBY   f & m   English
Diminutive of TABITHA or THEOBALD

TIFFANI   f   English
Variant of TIFFANY

TIFFANY   f   English
Medieval form of THEOPHANIA... [more]

TIFFINY   f   English (Rare)
Variant of TIFFANY

TIGER   m   English (Rare)
From the name of the large striped cat, derived (via Old French and Latin) from Greek τιγρις (tigris), ultimately of Iranian origin... [more]

TILDA   f   English, Swedish, Finnish
Short form of MATILDA

TILLIE   f   English
Diminutive of MATILDA

TILLY   f   English
Diminutive of MATILDA

TIM   m   English, German, Dutch, Slovene
Short form of TIMOTHY

TIMMY   m   English
Diminutive of TIMOTHY

TIMOTHA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of TIMOTHY

TIMOTHY   m   English, Biblical
From the Greek name Τιμοθεος (Timotheos) meaning "honouring God", derived from τιμαω (timao) "to honour" and θεος (theos) "god"... [more]

TINA   f   English, Italian, Slovene, Dutch
Short form of CHRISTINA, MARTINA, and other names ending in tina... [more]

TIPHANIE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of TIFFANY

TISHA   f   English (African American)
Short form of LETITIA or LATISHA

TITTY   f   English
Diminutive of LETITIA... [more]

TITUS   m   Ancient Roman, Biblical, English, Biblical Latin
Roman praenomen, or given name, which is of unknown meaning, possibly related to Latin titulus "title of honour"... [more]

TOBIAS   m   Biblical, German, Scandinavian, English, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Greek form of TOBIAH... [more]

TOBIN   m   English
From an English surname which was itself derived from the given name TOBIAS.

TOBY   m & f   English
Medieval form of TOBIAS... [more]

TOD   m   English
Variant of TODD

TODD   m   English
From a surname meaning "fox", derived from Middle English todde.

TOLLY   m   English (Archaic)
Diminutive of BARTHOLOMEW

TOM   m   English, Dutch
Short form of THOMAS... [more]

TOMMIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of THOMAS, sometimes used as a feminine form.

TOMMY   m   English
Diminutive of THOMAS

TONI (2)   f   English
Short form of ANTONIA

TONIA   f   English
Variant of TONYA

TONY   m   English
Short form of ANTHONY

TONYA   f   English
Short form of ANTONIA... [more]

TOPAZ   f   English (Rare)
From the English word for the yellow precious stone, the birthstone of November, ultimately derived from Greek τοπαζος (topazos).

TOPHER   m   English
Short form of CHRISTOPHER

TOPSY   f   English (Rare)
From a nickname which is of unknown meaning, perhaps deriving from the English word top.

TORI   f   English
Diminutive of VICTORIA (1)

TORIA   f   English
Short form of VICTORIA (1)

TOTTIE   f   English
Diminutive of CHARLOTTE

TOTTY   f   English
Diminutive of CHARLOTTE

TOYA   f   English (Hispanic)
Diminutive of VICTORIA (1) or CUSTODIA used among Hispanic Americans.