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Sallina f English (Rare), Malaysian
Probably a variant of Selina.

Sallu m Finnish (Rare)
Variant of Salo.

Sallust m English (Rare, Archaic)
English form of Sallustius.

Sallyann f English
Combination of Sally and Ann.

Sallyanna f English (Rare)
Combination of Sally and Anna.

Sallyanne f English
Combination of Sally and Anne 1.

Sallye f English (Rare)
Variant of Sally.

Salm m Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian form of Salmo.

Salmah m Biblical
Variant of Salmon.

Salmar m Icelandic (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Sólmar.

Salme f German (East Prussian), Estonian, Finnish
East Prussian German, Estonian and Finnish contracted form of Salome. As an Estonian name, Salme is also associated with Estonian salm "poem, verse" and a dialectal word for "inlet, sound".

Sálmmo m Sami
Variant of Sálmo.

Sálmo m Sami
Sami form of Salmo.

Salmo m Estonian (Archaic)
Short form of Salmon and masculine form of Salme.

Salo m & f Spanish
Short form of Salomón or Salomé.

Saloloneeta m Cherokee
Means "young squirrel" in Cherokee.

Salóme f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Salome.

Salomėja f Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Salome.

Salomey f English (Archaic), English (African)
Variant of Salome.

Salomi f Greek
Modern Greek form of Salome.

Salomó m Catalan, Judeo-Catalan, Judeo-Provençal
Catalan form of Solomon.

Sálomon m Faroese
Faroese form of Solomon.

Salómon m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Solomon.

Salonitah m Cherokee
Means "flying squirrel" in Cherokee.

Saltie f English (Rare)
Variant of Salty.

Sâlumût m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Solomon.

Salva m Spanish
Diminutive of Salvador.

Salvadora f Spanish, Galician (Rare)
Feminine form of Salvador.

Salvadore m Corsican, Sardinian
Corsican and Sardinian form of Salvatore.

Salvatorica f Sardinian
Feminine form of Salvatore primarily used in Sardinia.

Salvatorina f Italian
Feminine diminutive of Salvatore.

Salve m Norwegian, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Sölve.

Salvestro m Medieval Italian
Variant of Silvestro.

Salvi m Medieval Italian, Catalan
Cognate of Salvius.

Salvi m Old Norse
Old Norse variant of Sǫlvi.

Salvi m Spanish
Diminutive of Salvador.

Salvidor m Spanish
Variant of Salvador.

Salvina f Italian (Rare)
From the Latin salvus, meaning "salvation" (as in 'of the soul').

Salvita m Spanish
Diminutive of Salvador.

Salvör f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Sǫlvǫr.

Salwa f Arabic, Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "consolation" in Arabic.

Sam m Old Danish
Old Danish form of Sámr.

Sam m & f Korean
Means "three" in Korean.

Sam m Arabic
Arabic form of Shem. This is the name of one of prophet Noah's sons according to Islam.

Samakaab m Somali
Means "charity" in Somali.

Sámal m Faroese
Faroese form of Samuel.

Samali f Sanskrit, Hindi, Indian, Hinduism, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Nepali, Assamese
Means "nosegay, collection of flowers" in Sanskrit.

Saman m Sinhalese
Meaans "jasmine" or "union, association" in Sinhalese. This is the name of a Buddhist deity worshipped in Sri Lanka.

Samantha m Sinhalese
Means "whole, complete, entire" in Sinhalese, ultimately from Sanskrit समन्त (samanta). It is also sometimes associated with the name of the Buddhist deity Saman.

Samanthea f English (Rare)
Elaborated form of Samantha.

Samanthuel f English
Blend of Samantha and Samuel.

Samatha f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Samantha.

Samay m Khmer
Means "modern" or "daydream" in Khmer.

Samayha f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Samaya.

Samayia f American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Samaya.

Samayra f Indian

Sambath m Khmer
Means "great wealth, fortune" in Khmer.

Sambatra m & f Malagasy
Means "happy" in Malagasy.

Sambhav m Indian
Means "possible" in Sanskrit.

Sambor m Polish (Archaic)
Means "to fight alone" or "alone in battle", derived from Slavic sam "alone, lone, lonely" combined with Slavic bor "battle" or borit "to fight".

Sáme m Greenlandic
Short form of Sámisût.

Sameah f Hebrew
Means “happy” in Hebrew.

Sameerah f Arabic
Variant transcription of Samira 1.

Sameeya f Arabic
Variant transcription of Samiya.

Sameli m Finnish
Variant of Samuel.

Sameline f Norwegian (Archaic)
Norwegian dialectal variant of Samuline recorded in Austlandet.

Samere m Shona
Shona form of Samuel.

Samero m Shona
Shona form of Samuel.

Samhail m Irish
Variant of Samuel.

Samhera f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Samira 1.

Samhuri m Shona
Means "family head" in Shona.

Sami f English
Variant of Sammy.

Sami f Quechua
Means "luck" in Quechua.

Samidare m & f Japanese
Means "early summer rain" in Japanese.

Samie m & f English (American)
Variant of Sammy.

Sâmigssuaĸ m Greenlandic
Meaning unknown.

Sâmik f & m Greenlandic
Means "left hand" in Greenlandic.

Samiko f Japanese
From Japanese 沙 (sa) meaning "sand", 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Samima f Urdu
Means "true, sincere, genuine" in Urdu.

Samiri m Arabic
Arabic form of Zimri.

Sámisût m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Samson.

Samiyah f Arabic, Indonesian
Arabic variant transcription of Samiya as well as the Indonesian form.

Sämm f Sami (Skolt)
Skolt Sami form of Saara.

Sammael m Gnosticism, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Variant of Samael.

Sammantha f English (Rare)
Variant of Samantha.

Sammee f & m English
Variant spelling of Sammy.

Sammeer m Muslim
Variant transcription of Samir 1.

Sammeli m Finnish (Rare)
Variant of Samuli.

Sammir m Arabic
Variant of Samir 1.

Sámmol m Sami
Northern Sami form of Samuel.

Sammuel m English
Variant of Samuel.

Sammyjo f English
Combination of Sammy and Jo.

Samojlo m Russian
Russian form of Samuel.

Samone f American (Rare)
Variant of Simone 1.

Samoset m Algonquin (Anglicized)
Means "He who walks over much" in Algonquin. This was the name of an Abenaki chief. He was the first Native American to make contact with the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Massachusetts and introduced them to Tisquantum (Squanto).

Samouil m Greek
Modern Greek form of Samouel (see Samuel).

Sampsa m Finnish Mythology, Finnish
Finnish variant of Sampson 1. In Finnish mythology Sampsa Pellervoinen was a god of fertility, fields and crops.

Sámr m Old Norse
From Old Norse sámr "swarthy, blackish".

Samsa m Finnish (Rare)
Variant of Sampsa.

Sámson m Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian form of Samson.

Sam-soon f Korean
Variant transcription of Sam-sun.

Sämssan m Sami (Skolt)
Skolt Sami form of Samson.

Sämu m German (Swiss)
Bernese German form of Samuel.

Samual m English
Variant of Samuel.

Samudra m & f Indian, Hindi, Assamese, Indonesian, Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra) meaning "sea, ocean". It is a unisex name in India and Sri Lanka while it is only masculine in Indonesia.

Samudtar m & f Tocharian
Means "sea" in Tocharian.

Samúel m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Samuel.

Samuèli m Sardinian
Sardinian form of Samuel.

Samuella f English (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Mauritian Creole (Rare), Swedish (Archaic), Hungarian
Feminine form of Samuel and Sámuel.

Samuila f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Samuil.

Samuilo m Serbian (Rare)
Serbian form of Samuel.

Samukelisiwe f African, Zulu
Means "we have received" in Zulu.

Samulina f Judeo-Anglo-Norman, Faroese
Judeo-Anglo-Norman feminine form of Samuel and Faroese form of Samuline.

Sámur m Faroese
Faroese modern form of Sámr.

Samuyil m Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Samuel.

Samweli m Swahili
Swahili form of Samuel.

Samy m French (Modern)
Variant of Sami.

Samya f English (Modern), Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Samiyah.

Samyr m Haitian Creole, Brazilian, Arabic, Muslim
Variant of Samir 1.

Śana f Tocharian
Means "woman" in Tocharian.

Sanai f African American
Variant of Sanaa.

Sanaka f Japanese
From Japanese 咲 (sa) meaning "blossom", 南 (na) meaning "south" combined with 花 (ka) meaning "flower". Other combinations of kanji characters are also possible.

Sanatsu f Japanese
From Japanese 咲 (sa) meaning "blossom" combined with 夏 (natsu) meaning "summer". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Sanche m Medieval French
French form of Sancho.

Sanchez m American (Rare)
Transferred use of surname Sanchez.

Sancta f English (Rare), Medieval Italian, Medieval French
Derived from Latin sancta "consecrated, sacred; divine, holy; pious, just".

Sanctus m English, African, Late Roman
Variant of Sanctius.

Sande f & m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Sandy.

Sandee f English (American)
Variant of Sandy.

Sanderson m English
Transferred use of the surname Sanderson.

Sandey m & f English
Variant of Sandy.

Sandi f & m English
Variant of Sandy.

Šandor m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Sándor. A famous bearer was Croatian writer Ksaver Šandor Gjalski (1854-1935).

Sandor m Literature
The name of a character in George R.R. Martin's novels A Song of Ice and Fire. Presented without the accent commonly used in the Hungarian spelling, but likely derived from the same. Most likely a form of Alexander, meaning "defender of man."

Sandoria f Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Elaboration of Sandora.

Sandrena f English
Variant of Sandrina.

Sandrene f English (Rare), Jamaican Patois
Variant of Sandrine.

Sandrien f Dutch
Dutch form of Sandrine.

Sandrijn f Dutch
Dutch form of Sandrine.

Sandrilene f Literature
Likely an elaboration of Sandrine, used in Tamora Pierce's 'Circle of Magic' series.

Sandrina f Portuguese, Provençal, Lengadocian, Gascon, Niçard
Cognate of Sandrine.

Sandro m Spanish
Diminutive of Alejandro.

Sandroula f Greek
Diminutive of Sandra.

Sands m American
Transferred use of the surname Sands.

Sanduru m Basque
Basque form of Santos.

Såne m Swedish (Rare)
Swedish variant of Sune.

Sang m & f Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 創 (sang) meaning "start, do, create, establish".

Sanga f Pashto
Means "branch" in Pashto.

Sangawaka f & m Tumbuka
Means "to easily find" in Tumbuka.

Sangeeta f Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Telugu
Alternate transcription of Sangita.

Sang-eun m & f Korean
Combination of Sang and Eun. Meaning varies depending on characters used.

Sangha m Khmer
Means "handsome" in Khmer.

Sangred f Obscure
Variant of Sangrid.

Sangri f Obscure
Variant of Sangrid.

Sangrid f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of Sangríðr.

Sangwani m & f Tumbuka
Derived from Tumbuka sangwa, meaning "rejoice".

Sani m Navajo
Means "the old one" in Navajo.

Sani f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Sunny.

Sania f Arabic (Gallicized), Pakistani
Variant transliteration of Saniyya.

Sania f & m Russian
Variant transcription of Sanya 2.

Sanii f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Sanaa.

Sanija f Indian (Modern)
Derived from Sanskrit sani "gift" and ja "born".

Sanije f Albanian
Albanian form of Saniyya.

Sanité f Haitian Creole, Louisiana Creole
Means "health, sanity" in French, ultimately from Latin sanus (via sanitas). This was the nickname of the Haitian revolutionary Suzanne Bélair (1781-1805). It was also borne by the first Voodoo Queen in New Orleans, Sanité Dédé, who was born a slave in Haiti.

Saniya f English, Arabic
Variant of Saniyah.

Šan'ka m Veps
Veps form of Alexander.

Sanka m Khanty, Mansi
Khanty and Mansi diminutive of Aleksandr.

Sann m Khmer
Means "peaceful, quiet, comfortable" in Khmer.

Sánná f Sami
Sami form of Sanna.

Sanna f Inuit Mythology
Inuktitut form of Sedna.

Sånne m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Sune.

Sanngisooq m Greenlandic
Younger form of Sángisôĸ.

Sanný f Faroese
Faroese form of Sanny.

Sanobar f & m Uzbek, Tajik, Urdu
Derived from Arabic صنوبر (sanawbar) meaning "pine tree". It is solely used as a feminine name in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan while it is unisex in Pakistan.

Sanoe f Hawaiian
Based off the Hawaiian word noe, meaning "mist". It is the name of a famous song by Queen Liliuokalani.

Sansão m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Samson.

Santara f American (Hispanic, Rare)
Meaning unknown.

Sante m Old Swedish
Medieval Swedish form of Alexander.

Santía f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Santia.

Santia f Italian, English
Diminutive of Santina.

Santiaga f Spanish
Feminine form of Santiago.

Santilla f Neapolitan
Diminutive of Santa 1.

Santippe f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Xanthippe.

Santora f Italian (Archaic)
Feminine form of Santoro.

Santuzzo m Medieval Italian
Medieval diminutive of Santo.

Santxo m Medieval Basque
Basque form of Sancho.

Santyago m Brazilian (Modern), Spanish (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Santiago.

Sanvitu m Corsican
Contraction of San Vitu "Saint Vitus".

Sanyok m Russian
Diminutive of Alexander.

Saofa'i f Samoan
Samoan form of Sophie.

Saowakhon f Thai
Means "fragrance, scent, aroma" in Thai.

Saowatharn f Thai
Means "perfume" in Thai.

Saoyi'kitstaki f & m Siksika
Means "offerings in the water" in Siksika.

Sapangaaraq f Greenlandic
Younger form of Sapangâraĸ.

Sapangaĸ f Greenlandic
Means "glass bead" in Greenlandic.

Sapangaq f Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Sapangaĸ.

Sapangisaq m Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Sapangisaĸ.

Sapar m Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkmen
Kazakh, Kyrgyz and Turkmen form of Safar. A notable bearer of this name is the Kyrgyz former prime minister Sapar Isakov (b. 1977).

Sapha f Arabic
Variant transcription of Safa.

Saphia f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant transliteration of صفية (see Safiyyah). Saphia Azzeddine (*1979) is a French naturalized Moroccan writer, actress, and screenwriter.

Saphidah f Persian
Means "dawn" in Persian.

Saphir f & m Swedish (Modern, Rare), English
Variant of Sapphira.

Saphira f English, Judeo-Anglo-Norman, Literature
English variant and Judeo-Anglo-Norman form of Sapphira. This is the name of Eragon's dragon in Christopher Paolini's 'Inheritance Cycle' series of books.

Saphire f English (Modern), Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Variant of Saphira.

Saphora f English (Rare)
Variant of Sephora.

Saphrona f English (Rare)
Variant of Sophronia.

Saphronia f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Sophronia.

Saphyre f English (Modern)
Variant of Sapphire.

Sapi f Chuvash
Chuvash form of Safia.

Sapîna f Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Sabina.

Sapphy f English
Variant of Saffy more often used for names beginning with Saph.

Sapphyre f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Sapphire.

Sapsar f Uzbek
Variant of Safsar.

Saqqilaarteq f & m Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Sarĸilârteĸ.

Sâra f Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Sara.

Sara f Japanese
From Japanese 幸 (sa) meaning "happiness" or 紗 (sa) meaning "gauze" combined with 楽 (ra) meaning "music" or 羅 (ra) meaning "silk". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [more]

Saraa f Sanskrit
Means "moving" or "wandering about" in Sanskrit.

Sarabeth f English (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Sara and Beth.

Sarabi f Swahili, Popular Culture
Means "mirage" in Swahili. This is the name of the mother of Simba and mate of Mufasa and in the Disney movie The Lion King (1994).

Sarae f English (Rare)
Variant of Sarai.

Sarafroz f Uzbek
Means "joyful" in Uzbek.

Sarahbeth f English (American, Rare)
Combination of Sarah and Beth.

Sarahi f Spanish (Mexican, Rare)
Most likely a variant of Sarai.

Sarahjane f English (Rare)
Combination of Sarah and Jane.

Saraï f Biblical French, French (Modern, Rare)
French form of Sarai.

Saraia f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Saraya.

Saraja f Bosnian, Slovene (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Cognate of Sarai.

Sâraĸ f Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Sara.

Saralyn f English
Combination of Sara and Lyn.

Saran f Western African, Manding, Jula
Means "joy" in Jula.

Saran f Hindi
Means "refuge, sanctuary" in Hindi.

Sarana f Japanese
From Japanese 新 (sara) meaning "new" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Sarann f English (Rare)
Variant of Saranna.

Saranne f English (Rare)
Variant of Saranna.

Saranyu m Thai
Means "defender, protector, guardian" in Thai.

Saraphina f English (Rare)
Variant of Seraphina.

Sarathoon m Thai
Means "tiger" in Thai.

Saratu f Hausa
Hausa form of Sara.

Sarbast m Kurdish
Variant transcription of Serbest.

Sarcia f Polish
Polish diminutive of Sara.

Sarê f Kurdish
Kurdish form of Sarah.

Sarena f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Serena.

Sarette f English (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare)
Diminutive of Sarah.

Sarfak m Greenlandic
Meaning unknown.

Sarig f Armenian
Means "blackbird" or "little mountain" in Armenian.

Şarik m Turkish
Means "yellow, pale" in Turkish.

Šarika f Croatian, Slovene
Croatian and Slovene borrowing of Sárika.

Sarína f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Sarina.

Saris f Medieval Jewish, Jewish (Archaic)
Diminutive of Sarah.

Sarishta f Uzbek
Means "neat, tidy" in Uzbek.

Saritza f Spanish (Latin American)
Diminutive of Sara used primarily in Latin America.

Sariyah f English
Variant of Sariah.

Sarjoun m Coptic
Arabic form of Sergius.

Sarĸilârteĸ f & m Greenlandic
Meaning unknown.

Sarlotta f Finnish
Variant of Charlotta.

Sarmed m Arabic
Means "eternal" or "everlasting" in Arabic.

Sarnin m Lengadocian
Languedocian form of Saturninus.

Saro m Ogoni
Means "first son" in Khana.

Sarobidy f Malagasy
Means "precious" in Malagasy.

Sarojini f Indian, Odia, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada
Derived from Sanskrit सरोजिनी (sarojini) meaning "pond of lotuses".

Sarolf m Germanic
Variant of Sarulf.

Saron m & f Swedish (?)
Swedish form of Sharon.

Sarotte f Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Diminutive of Sara.

Sárra m Sami
Meaning unknown.

Sarrah f English
Variant of Sarah.

Sárrajuoksa m Sami (Archaic)
Combination of Sárra and Juoksa.

Sarri f Finnish (Rare)
Variant of Sari 1.

Sarukh m Arabic
Means "rocket" in Arabic.

Sârumût m Greenlandic
Variant of Sâlumût.

Sarusia f Polish
Polish diminutive of Sara.

Sarut m Thai
Means "famous, well-known, renowned" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit श्रुत (shruta).

Saruta f Thai
Feminine form of Sarut.

Sarvaturi m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Salvatore.

Sarvinoz f Uzbek
Means "beautiful like a cypress" in Uzbek.

Sarvqad f Uzbek
Means "graceful in stature" in Uzbek.

Saryn f English (Rare)
Variant of Seren.

Säschu m German (Swiss)
Bernese German form of Sasha.

Sascia m & f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Sasha.

Sashko m Bulgarian, Ukrainian
Cognate of Saško.

Sasi m & f Indian, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Nepali, Thai, Javanese
Southern Indian, Nepali, Thai and Javanese form of Shashi. It is used as a unisex name in India and Nepal while it is only feminine in Thailand and Indonesia.

Sasikan f Thai
From Thai ศศิ (sasi) meaning "moon" and กานต์ (kan) meaning "dear, beloved".

Sasikarn f Thai
Alternate transcription of Sasikan.

Säsil f Estonian (Rare)
Variant of Cecilia, reflecting the pronunciation of Cécile.

Sasje f Dutch
Dutch feminine form of Sasso.

Saska m Finnish
Diminutive of Sakari.

Saskija f American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Saskia.

Sasobek m Ancient Egyptian
Means "Son of Sobek" in Egyptian.

Sason m Jewish
Variant of Sasson.

Sasona f Jewish (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Sason.

Sasso m Dutch, Low German, Medieval Italian, Germanic
Derived from Proto-Germanic *Sahsô meaning "Saxon", ultimately deriving from the word *sahsą "knife".

Sassuma-arnaa f Mythology
Means "mother of the sea". This is the name of a character in Greenlandic mythology.

Sasu m Finnish
Finnish dialectal variant of Saska and diminutive of Salomon.

Saswaypew m Cree
Means "cut nose" in Cree.

Satara f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "one who covers" in Arabic.

Satayu m Thai
Means "one hundred years old" in Thai.

Sathish m Indian, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam
South Indian form of Satish.

Sathishkumar m Indian, Tamil
Combination of Satish and Kumar.

Satilmiş m Turkish
Means "sold" in Turkish.

Satorana f Greenlandic
Meaning unknown.

Satorina f & m Greenlandic
Meaning unknown.