All Elements

sim Turkish
Turkish word meaning "silver, glitter".

sīma सीम Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "boundary, limit".

sīmā سیما Persian
Persian word meaning "face, visage".

siṃha सिंह Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "lion".

simi Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "rest".

simos σιμός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "flat-nosed".

sin 申, 신 Korean
Korean reading of shēn.

sind Old High German
Old High German word meaning "path, journey".

sindisa Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to rescue, to save".

singan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to sing, to chant".

sinþs 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "time, instance".

sittian Old Saxon
Old Saxon word meaning "to sit".

šĭvĭcĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "tailor, shoemaker, cobbler".

skala скала Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "rock".

skáli Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "hut, shed".

skalkaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "servant".

skankjaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to pour out".

skauniz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "beautiful".

skenken Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "to pour out".

skeran Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "to cut, to shear".

skeraną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to cut, to shear".

skirmen Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "to defend".

skirmjan Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
West Germanic word meaning "to defend".

skógr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "forest, wood".

skoltheti Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "arbiter, debt settler".

skorpios σκορπίος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "scorpion".

skrini Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "box, container" (of Latin origin).

skuldihaitijô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "debt settler".

sky English
Phonetic element /skaɪ/ in English names.

ský Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "cloud".

slán Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "health, safety" and also "challenge, defiance".

slava слава Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "glory, fame".

šlm Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "to be safe, to be whole, peace".

sloboda слобода South Slavic
South Slavic word meaning "freedom".

slot Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old Dutch word meaning "lock".

slovák Slovak, Czech
Slovak form of Old Church Slavic slověne.

slověne Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word referring to the tribe of the Slavs (plural of slověninŭ).

sloz Old High German
Old High German word meaning "lock".

slūtą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "lock, bar for a door".

smæl Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "small".

smaragdos σμάραγδος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "emerald", of Semitic origin.

smaraṇa स्मरण Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "recollection".

smid Old High German
Old High German word meaning "craftsman, smith".

smiľŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "everlasting (flower)".

smith Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "craftsman, smith".

smiþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "craftsman, smith".

smiþuz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "craftsman, smith".

smola Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "pitch, resin".

šmš Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "the sun".

snær Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "snow".

snaiwaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "snow".

snaw Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "snow".

sněgŭ снѣгъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "snow".

sneha स्नेह Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "love, tenderness, oiliness".

snel Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "quick, fast".

snellaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "quick, fast".

sneo Old High German, Old Saxon
Old High German and Old Saxon word meaning "snow".

snidan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to cut".

sniþan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to cut".

snithan Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "to cut".

snīþaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to cut".

snuor Old High German
Old High German word meaning "rope, cord".

sò Igbo
Igbo word meaning "follow, accompany".

sō 颯 Japanese
Japanese on reading of sà.

śobhā शोभा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "brilliance".

sobolĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "sable, marten".

sóer Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "free".

śokā शोका Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "sorrow, grief".

sokolŭ соколъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "falcon".

sól Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "sun".

sol 1 Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "sun".

sol 2 Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "to fade, to wilt".

soldŭkŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "sweet".

solos σόλος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "lump of iron".

sǫlr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "sallow, yellow, pale".

solum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "ground, floor".

solvĭjĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "nightingale".

som สม Thai
Thai word meaning "worthy, suitable", of Sanskrit origin.

soma सोम Sanskrit
Sanskrit word used in the Vedas to refer to a ritual drink.

sơn 山 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of shān.

son 1 English
Phonetic element /sʌn/ in English names (often in an unstressed final position, as /sən/).

son 2 孫, 손 Korean
Korean reading of sūn.

sòng 宋 Chinese
Chinese character referring to the Song dynasty, which ruled in China from the 10th to 13th centuries.

sōng 松 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

song 1 宋, 송 Korean
Korean reading of sòng.

song 2 Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "end, rear".

soomaali Somali
Somali word for the Somali people.

sophia σοφία Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "wisdom, cleverness".

sophos σοφός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "skilled, clever".

sophron σώφρων Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "self-controlled, sensible".

sör Hungarian
Hungarian word meaning "beer".

sora 1 空 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of kōng.

sora 2 昊 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of hào.

sorga Old High German
Old High German word meaning "worry, care".

sos σῶς Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "safe, whole, unwounded".

soter σωτήρ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "saviour".

sōwelō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "sun".

speht Old High German
Old High German word meaning "woodpecker".

spense Medieval English
Middle English word meaning "larder, pantry".

spere Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "spear, lance".

spina Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "thorn, spine".

spiritus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "breath, energy".

ṣpn 𐤑𐤐𐤍 Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical), Phoenician
Semitic root meaning "to hide, to conceal".

šps 𓈙𓊪𓋴 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "noble".

śreyas श्रेयस् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "better, superior".

śrī श्री Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty", also used as an honorific meaning "holy, sacred".

śrr Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "to rule".

stabaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "staff, stick".

stachys στάχυς Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "ear of corn".

stafr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "staff".

stainaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "stone".

stakkr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "haystack".

stamen стамен South Slavic
South Slavic word meaning "firm".

stān ستان Persian
Persian suffix meaning "land of, home of".

stan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "stone".

stark Old High German
Old High German word meaning "strong".

starkaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "stone".

starŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "old".

stasis στάσις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "standing, stature, position".

staðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "town, city, place".

stati стани Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to stand, to become".

status Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "state, condition, position".

stearc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "rigid, strong".

stein Old High German
Old High German word meaning "stone".

steinn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "stone".

stella Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "star".

stellen Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to set, to place".

steorra Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "star".

stergo στέργω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to love, to be content".

sterno Old High German
Old High German word meaning "star".

sternǭ Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "star".

sthenos σθένος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "vigour, strength".

sthira स्थिर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "firm, steady".

stigel Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "stile, set of steps".

stigweard Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "steward".

stinþaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "hard, stiff".

stiþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hard, stiff, cruel".

stoc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "place, dwelling" (occurring mostly in place names).

stod Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "stallion, stud".

stojati стоꙗти Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to stand".

stoma στόμα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "mouth".

storm Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "storm".

stormr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "storm".

strata Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "street, paved road".

stratos στρατός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "army".

straumr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "stream".

strĭnadŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "bunting, yellowhammer".

stro Old High German
Old High German word meaning "straw".

strod Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "marshy ground overgrown with brushwood".

strǫnd Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "edge, shore, beach".

strub Old High German
Old High German word meaning "rough, unkempt".

struna Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "string, cord".

stuba Old High German
Old High German word meaning "room".

stubbe Medieval Low German
Middle Low German word meaning "stub".

stucki Old High German
Old High German word meaning "piece, part".

sturm Old High German
Old High German word meaning "storm".

sturmaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "storm".

su 1 壽, 수 Korean
Korean reading of shòu.

su 2 秀, 수 Korean
Korean reading of xiù.

su 3 洙, 수 Korean
Korean reading of zhū.

su 4 收, 수 Korean
Korean reading of shōu.

su 5 सु Sanskrit
Sanskrit prefix meaning "good" or "very".

su 6 Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "water".

su 7 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sow, female pig".

sù 1 素 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "plain, simple".

sù 2 肃, 肅 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "respectful".

sū 苏, 蘇 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "perilla".

śubha शुभ Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "splendid, bright, auspicious".

subhāṣita सुभाषित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "eloquent".

submoneo Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to advise, to remind".

sudarśana सुदर्शन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "beautiful, good-looking".

śuddha शुद्ध Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "purified, pure, clear".

sudhīra सुधीर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "very considerate, very wise".

sŭdorvŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "healthy".

sugi 杉 Japanese
Japanese word meaning "cedar", a kun reading of shān.

sui 水 Japanese
Japanese on reading of shuǐ.

suì 穂 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "grain".

suiones Ancient Roman
Latin form of svíar, mentioned in Tacitus' 1st-century book Germania.

sujāta सुजात Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "well-born".

sujaya सुजय Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "great victory".

suk 淑, 숙 Korean
Korean reading of shū.

suke 1 輔 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of fǔ.

suke 2 介 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of jiè.

suke 3 右 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of yòu.

sukha सुख Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "pleasant, happy".

sulěi Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "better" or "promise".

sŭlnĭce Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "sun".

sulṭān سلطان Arabic
Arabic word meaning "sultan, ruler".

sumanas सुमनस् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "well-disposed, good mind".

sumantra सुमन्त्र Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "following good advice".

sumar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "summer".

sumarą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "summer".

sumi 澄 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of chéng.

sumire 菫 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of jǐn.

sumita सुमित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "well-measured".

sumor Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "summer".

sumun 𒄢 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "wild cow".

sǔn 隼 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "falcon".

sūn 孙, 孫 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "grandchild, descendant".

suna Turkish
Turkish word meaning "shelduck".

sund Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "strait".

sunīla सुनील Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "very blue, very black".

sunīta सुनीत Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "well-conducted, wise".

sunīti सुनीति Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "good conduct".

sunna Old High German
Old High German word meaning "sun".

sunne Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sun".

sunnǭ Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "sun".

sunt Old High German
Old High German word meaning "south".

sunþeraz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "south".

sŭnŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "dream".

suozi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "sweet".

sura सुर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "god".

surdus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "deaf".

sŭręťa Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "luck".

sūrya सूर्य Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "sun".

suśīla सुशील Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "good-tempered, well-disposed".

susumu 進 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of jìn.

suth Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "south".

suþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "south".

suðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "south".

sutor Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "sewer, cobbler".

suvarṇa सुवर्ण Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "good colour, bright, gold".

suxŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "dry".

suzu 鈴 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of líng.

suzume 雀 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of què.

svanr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "swan".

svapna स्वप्न Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "sleep, dream".

svara स्वर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "sound, tone".

svāti स्वाति Sanskrit
Sanskrit word referring to the star called Arcturus in the western world.

sveinn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "boy, servant".

śveta श्वेत Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "white".

světŭ свѣтъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "light, world".

svętŭ свѧтъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "sacred, holy".

svíar Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "Swede".

svoboda Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "freedom".

swan Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old English, Old Saxon, Old Dutch and Frankish word meaning "swan".

swanaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "swan".

swar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "heavy, serious".

swarz Old High German
Old High German word meaning "black".

swenþaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "strong".

swēraz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "heavy, serious".

swete Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sweet".

swind Old High German (Hypothetical)
Old High German word meaning "strong".

swinþs 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "strong".

swith Old Saxon
Old Saxon word meaning "strong".

swiþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "strong".

swōtuz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "sweet".

śyāma श्याम Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "dark, black, blue".

sykora Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "tit (bird)".

synŭ сꙑнъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "son".

ta 1 太 Japanese
Means "thick, big, great", from a Japanese kan'yoon reading of tài.

ta 2 田 Japanese
Means "field, rice paddy", from a Japanese kun reading of tián.

ta 3 多 Japanese
Japanese goon reading of duō.

ta 4 大 Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of dà.

ta 5 English
Phonetic element /tɑ/ in English names (often in an unstressed final position or, in African-American names, an unstressed initial position, as /tə/).

tà 拓 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "expand, open, support".

tāb تاب Persian
Persian word meaning "heat, glow, radiance".

tachibana 橘 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of jú.

tadashi 1 正 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of zhèng.

tadashi 2 忠 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of zhōng.

tag Old High German
Old High German word meaning "day".

tagc Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "peace".

tähti Medieval Finnic
Finnic word meaning "star".

tài 1 太 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "very, extreme".

tài 2 泰 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "peaceful".

tai 1 大 Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of dà.

tai 2 Polynesian
Polynesian word meaning "sea".

tailleur Medieval French
Old French word meaning "tailor".

taimi Medieval Finnic
Finnic word meaning "sapling".

tāj تاج Persian
Persian word meaning "crown".

tajiti Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to hide, to conceal".

taka 1 貴 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of guì.

taka 2 孝 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of xiào.

taka 3 高 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of gāo.

takara 宝, 寶 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of bǎo.

takashi 1 孝 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of xiào.

takashi 2 隆 Japanese
Means "noble, prosperous", from a Japanese nanori reading of lóng.

takashi 3 崇 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of chóng.

takashi 4 尊 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of zūn.

take 1 武 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of wǔ.

take 2 竹 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of zhú.

takeshi 1 武 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of wǔ.

takeshi 2 健 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of jiàn.

taku 拓 Japanese
Japanese on reading of tà.

takumi 1 匠 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of jiàng.

takumi 2 巧 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of qiǎo.

ṭal טַל Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "dew".

tal 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "valley".

tal 2 Old Welsh, Medieval Breton
Old Welsh and Breton word meaning "forehead, brow, front, extremity, end".

tal 3 Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "branch, line of descent".

talitha ταλιθά Biblical Greek
Greek form of an Aramaic word meaning "little girl".

talvi Medieval Finnic
Finnic word meaning "winter".

tam תָּם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "perfect, complete, upright".

tama 1 तम Sanskrit
Sanskrit affix meaning "best".

tama 2 Tahitian
Tahitian word meaning "child".

tamannā تمنّا Persian
Persian word meaning "wish, desire".

tamar תָּמָר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "date palm".

tamm Old High German (Hypothetical)
Old High German word (unattested) meaning "dam".

tǎn 坦 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "flat, smooth, level".

tan تن Persian
Persian word meaning "body, skin".