The names listed here are used in English-speaking countries. Modern spelling variations of traditional names are not included. See also about English names.

SCARLETT   f   English
From a surname which denoted a person who sold or made clothes made of scarlet (a kind of cloth, ultimately derived from Persian saqirlat)... [more]

SELINA   f   English
Possibly a variant of CÉLINE or SELENE... [more]

SELMA   f   English, German, Scandinavian
Meaning unknown, possibly a short form of ANSELMA... [more]

SERENA   f   English, Italian
From a Late Latin name which was derived from Latin serenus meaning "clear, tranquil, serene"... [more]

SERINA   f   English
Variant of SERENA

SHAN   f   English
Anglicized form of SIÂN

SHANA   f   English
Variant of SHANNA

SHANNA   f   English
Short form of SHOSHANNAH... [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

SHANTEL   f   English
Variant of CHANTEL

SHARI   f   English
Diminutive of SHARON

SHARLA   f   English
Variant of CHARLA

SHARLEEN   f   English
Variant of CHARLENE

SHARLENE   f   English
Variant of CHARLENE

SHARON   f   English, Biblical
From an Old Testament place name meaning "plain" in Hebrew, referring to the fertile plain near the coast of Israel... [more]

SHARRON   f   English
Variant of SHARON

SHARYL   f   English
Variant of CHERYL

SHARYN   f   English
Variant of SHARON

SHAUNA   f   English
Feminine form of SHAUN

SHAVONNE   f   Irish, English
Anglicized form of SIOBHAN

SHAWNA   f   English
Feminine form of SHAWN

SHAWNDA   f   English
Variant of SHONDA

SHAYLA   f   English
Variant of SHEILA, influenced by the spelling and sound of KAYLA (1).

SHEENA   f   Scottish, English
Anglicized form of SÌNE... [more]

SHEILA   f   Irish, English
Anglicized form of SÍLE

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

SHELIA   f   English
Variant of SHEILA

SHELL   f   English
Short form of MICHELLE or SHELLEY... [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

SHEREE   f   English
Variant of SHERRY... [more]

SHERI   f   English
Variant of SHERRY

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

SHERIE   f   English
Variant of SHERRY

SHERILYN   f   English
Variant of CHERILYN

SHERRI   f   English
Variant of SHERRY

SHERRIE   f   English
Variant of SHERRY

SHERRY   f   English
Possibly from the French word chérie meaning "darling", or the English word sherry, a type of fortified wine named from the Spanish town of Jerez... [more]

SHERYL   f   English
Variant of CHERYL

SHERYLL   f   English
Variant of CHERYL

SHIRLEE   f   English
Variant of SHIRLEY

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

SHONDA   f   English
Probably a blend of SHONA and RHONDA

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

SILVIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, English, German, Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology
Feminine form of Silvius (see SILVIO)... [more]

SISSIE   f   English
Variant of SISSY

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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

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

STEPH   f & m   English
Short form of STEPHEN or STEPHANIE

STEPHANIA   f   English
Latinate feminine form of STEPHEN

STEPHANIE   f   English, German
Feminine form of STEPHEN

STEPHANY   f   English
Feminine form of STEPHEN

STEVIE   f & m   English
Diminutive of STEPHEN or STEPHANIE

SUE   f   English
Short form of SUSANNA

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

SUKIE   f   English
Diminutive of SUSANNA

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
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

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

SYBILLA   f   English, German
Variant of SIBYLLA

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

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

TABATHA   f   English
Variant of TABITHA

TABBY   f   English
Diminutive of TABITHA

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

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

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

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

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

TAMSYN   f   English (British)
Variant of TAMSIN

TANIA   f   English
Variant of TANYA

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

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

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

TASHA   f   Russian, English
Short form of NATASHA

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, which is of unknown meaning... [more]

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]

TERA   f   English
Variant of TARA (1)

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

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

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

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

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

TERRY   m & f   English
From an English surname which was derived from the medieval name Thierri, a Norman French form of THEODORIC... [more]

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

TESSA   f   English
Diminutive of THERESA

TESSIE   f   English
Diminutive of THERESA

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

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

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

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

THOMASINA   f   English
Medieval feminine form of THOMAS

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

TIANA   f   English
Short form of TATIANA or CHRISTIANA

TIBBY   f & m   English
Diminutive of TABITHA or THEOBALD

TIFFANI   f   English
Variant of TIFFANY

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

TILDA   f   English, Swedish, Finnish
Short form of MATILDA

TILLIE   f   English
Diminutive of MATILDA

TILLY   f   English
Diminutive of MATILDA

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

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

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

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

TONI (2)   f   English
Short form of ANTONIA

TONIA   f   English
Variant of TONYA

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

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

TRACEE   f   English
Feminine variant of TRACY

TRACEY   f & m   English
Variant of TRACY

TRACI   f   English
Feminine variant of TRACY

TRACIE   f   English
Feminine variant of TRACY

TRACY   f & m   English
From an English surname which was taken from a Norman French place name meaning "domain belonging to THRACIUS"... [more]

TRICIA   f   English
Short form of PATRICIA

TRINA   f   English
Short form of CATRINA

TRINITY   f   English
From the English word Trinity, given in honour of the Christian belief that God has three states of being: Father, Son and Holy Spirit... [more]

TRISH   f   English
Diminutive of PATRICIA

TRISHA   f   English
Diminutive of PATRICIA

TRISTA   f   English
Feminine form of TRISTAN

TRIX   f   English
Short form of BEATRIX

TRIXIE   f   English
Diminutive of BEATRIX

TRUDI   f   German, English
Diminutive of GERTRUDE

TRUDIE   f   English, Dutch
Diminutive of GERTRUDE

TRUDY   f   English, Dutch
Diminutive of GERTRUDE

TWILA   f   English
Meaning unknown... [more]

TWYLA   f   English
Variant of TWILA

TYLER   m & f   English
From an English surname meaning "tiler of roofs"... [more]

URSULA   f   English, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Finnish
Means "little bear", derived from a diminutive form of the Latin word ursa "she-bear"... [more]

VAL   m & f   English
Short form of VALENTINE (1), VALERIE, and other names beginning with Val.

VALARIE   f   English
Variant of VALERIE

VALERIE   f   English
English form of VALERIA

VALORIE   f   English
Variant of VALERIE

VANESSA   f   English
Invented by author Jonathan Swift for his peom 'Cadenus and Vanessa' (1726)... [more]

VELDA   f   English
Meaning unknown, possibly a variant of VALDA.

VELMA   f   English
Probably a variant of WILMA, based on the German pronunciation of that name... [more]

VELVET   f   English
From the English word for the soft fabric... [more]

VERA (1)   f   Russian, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Slovene, Portuguese
Means "faith" in Russian, though it is sometimes associated with the Latin word verus "true"... [more]

VERNA   f   English
Feminine form of VERNON, sometimes associated with the Latin word vernus "spring"... [more]

VERONICA   f   English, Italian, Romanian
Latin form of BERENICE, the spelling influenced by the ecclesiastical Latin phrase vera icon meaning "true image"... [more]

VEVA   f   English
Diminutive of GENEVIÈVE or GENOVEVA

VI   f   English
Short form of VIOLET

VIC   m & f   English
Short form of VICTOR or VICTORIA (1)

VICKI   f   English
Diminutive of VICTORIA (1)

VICKIE   f   English
Diminutive of VICTORIA (1)

VICKY   f   English
Diminutive of VICTORIA (1)

VICTORIA (1)   f   English, Spanish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of VICTORIUS, though later it was regarded as coming directly from Latin victoria meaning "victory"... [more]

VIKKI   f   English
Diminutive of VICTORIA (1)

VIOLA   f   English, Italian, Scandinavian
Means "violet" in Latin... [more]

VIOLET   f   English
From the English word violet for the purple flower, ultimately derived from Latin viola... [more]

VIRGEE   f   English
Diminutive of VIRGINIA

VIRGIE   f   English
Diminutive of VIRGINIA

VIRGINIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman family name Verginius which is of unknown meaning, but long associated with Latin virgo "maid, virgin"... [more]

VIVIAN   m & f   English
From the Roman name Vivianus which was derived from Latin vivus "alive"... [more]

VONDA   f   English
Variant of WANDA, reflecting the Polish pronunciation.

WANDA   f   English, Polish
Possibly from a Germanic name meaning "a Wend", referring to the Slavic people who inhabited eastern Germany... [more]

WENDI   f   English
Variant of WENDY

WENDY   f   English
Probably first used in J... [more]

WHITNEY   f & m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "white island" in Old English... [more]

WILDA   f   English
Meaning unknown, perhaps from a German surname, or perhaps from the English word wild... [more]

WILHELMINA   f   Dutch, German, English
Dutch and German feminine form of WILHELM

WILLA   f   English
Feminine form of WILLIAM

WILLIE   m & f   English
Masculine or feminine diminutive of WILLIAM

WILLY   m & f   English, German, Dutch
Diminutive of WILLIAM, WILHELM or WILLEM... [more]

WILMA   f   German, Dutch, English
Short form of WILHELMINA... [more]

WINIFRED   f   Welsh, English
Anglicized form of GWENFREWI, the spelling altered by association with WINFRED... [more]

WINNIE   f   English
Diminutive of WINIFRED... [more]

WINNIFRED   f   Welsh, English
Variant of WINIFRED

WINONA   f   English, Native American
Means "firstborn daughter" in the Dakota language... [more]

WYNONA   f   English
Variant of WINONA

YOLANDA   f   Spanish, English
From the medieval French name Yolande, which was probably a form of the name Violante, which was itself a derivative of Latin viola "violet"... [more]

YOLONDA   f   English
Variant of YOLANDA

YVETTE   f   French, English
French feminine form of YVES

YVONNE   f   French, English
French feminine form of YVON... [more]

ZANDRA   f   English
Short form of ALEXANDRA

ZANNA   f   English
Short form of SUZANNA

ZELDA (2)   f   English
Diminutive of GRISELDA

ZELMA   f   English
Variant of SELMA

ZENA   f   English
Meaning unknown... [more]

ZOE   f   English, Greek, Ancient Greek
Means "life" in Greek... [more]

ZOË   f   Dutch, English
Dutch form and English variant of ZOE

ZOLA (1)   f   English
Meaning unknown, perhaps an invented name... [more]

ZULA   f   English
Meaning unknown... [more]