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Saada f Arabic
Means "happiness, luck" in Arabic, a derivative of سعد (saʿida) meaning "to be happy, to be lucky".

Saadia f Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic سعدية or Urdu سعدیہ (see Sadia).

Sabeeha f Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic صبيحة or Urdu صبیحہ (see Sabiha).

Sabiha f Arabic, Turkish, Urdu, Bengali
Feminine form of Sabih.

Sabriyya f Arabic
Feminine form of Sabri.

Sa'dia f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic سعدية (see Sadia).

Sadia f Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Feminine form of Sadi.

Safia f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic صفيّة (see Safiyya).

Safiya f Hausa, Kazakh, Arabic
Hausa and Kazakh form of Safiyya. It is also an alternate transcription of the Arabic name.

Safiyya f Arabic
Feminine form of Safi. This was the name of one of the wives of the Prophet Muhammad.

Safiyyah f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic صفيّة (see Safiyya).

Sa'ida f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic سعيدة (see Saida).

Saida f Arabic
Feminine form of Said.

Saif al-Din m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic سيف الدين (see Sayf ad-Din).

Saifullah m Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic سيف الله or Urdu سیف اللہ (see Sayfullah).

Sakina f Arabic, Urdu
Means "calmness, peace" in Arabic.

Salama m & f Arabic
Means "safety" in Arabic, from the root سلم (salima) meaning "to be safe".

Saliha f Arabic, Turkish
Feminine form of Salih.

Salima f Arabic
Feminine form of Salim.

Sameera 1 f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic سميرة (see Samira 1).

Samia 1 f Arabic, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Arabic سامية (see Samiya), as well as the usual Bengali transcription.

Samiha f Arabic
Feminine form of Samih.

Samina f Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic ثمينة (see Thamina), as well as the usual Urdu transcription.

Samira 1 f Arabic, Persian
Feminine form of Samir 1.

Samiya f Arabic
Feminine form of Sami 2.

Saniyya f Arabic
Feminine form of Sani 1.

Sanya 1 f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic سنيّة (see Saniyya).

Sayf ad-Din m Arabic
Means "sword of the faith" from Arabic سيف (sayf) meaning "sword" and دين (dīn) meaning "religion, faith".

Sayfullah m Arabic, Urdu
Means "sword of Allah" from Arabic سيف (sayf) meaning "sword" combined with الله (Allah).

Sayyida f Arabic
Means "lady, mistress" in Arabic.

Selima f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic سليمة (see Salima).

Shadiya f Arabic
Feminine form of Shadi 1.

Shadya f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic شادية (see Shadiya).

Shafiqa f Arabic
Feminine form of Shafiq.

Shahida f Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Malay
Feminine form of Shahid 1.

Shahira f Arabic
Means "renowned" in Arabic.

Shahrazad f Persian (Rare), Arabic
Possibly means "noble lineage" from Persian چهر (chehr) meaning "lineage, origin" and آزاد (āzād) meaning "free, noble". Alternatively, it might mean "child of the city" from شهر (shahr) meaning "city, land" combined with the suffix زاد (zād) meaning "child of". This is the name of the fictional storyteller in The 1001 Nights. She tells a story to her husband the king every night for 1001 nights in order to delay her execution.

Shahrizad f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic شهرزاد (see Shahrazad).

Shakila f Arabic
Feminine form of Shakil.

Shakira f Arabic
Feminine form of Shakir. A famous bearer is the Colombian singer Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (1977-), known simply as Shakira.

Shakura f Arabic
Feminine form of Shakur.

Shams ad-Din m Arabic
Means "sun of the religion", from Arabic شمس (shams) meaning "sun" and دين (dīn) meaning "religion, faith". This was the given name of the 14th-century Berber explorer Ibn Battuta.

Shams al-Din m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic شمس الدين (see Shams ad-Din).

Shamsuddin m Arabic, Bengali, Malay
Alternate transcription of Arabic شمس الدين (see Shams ad-Din), as well as the usual Bengali and Malay form.

Sharia m Arabic (Rare)
Means "divine law, noble law" in Arabic, from the root شرع (sharaʿa) meaning "to go, to enact".

Shariah m Arabic (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Arabic شريعة (see Sharia).

Sharifa f Arabic
Feminine form of Sharif.

Sharifah f Arabic, Malay
Alternate transcription of Arabic شريفة (see Sharifa).

Shukriya f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic شكريّة (see Shukriyya).

Shukriyya f Arabic
Feminine form of Shukri.

Siddiqa f Arabic (Rare), Urdu
Feminine form of Siddiq.

Somaya f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic سميّة (see Sumayya).

Suhaila f Arabic, Malay
Feminine form of Suhail.

Sulaiman m Arabic, Indonesian, Malay
Alternate transcription of Arabic سليمان (see Sulayman), as well as the usual Indonesian and Malay form.

Sulayman m Arabic, Kyrgyz
Arabic form of Solomon. It appears in the Quran.

Sultana f Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Feminine form of Sultan.

Sumaya f Arabic, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Arabic سميّة (see Sumayya) or Bengali সুমাইয়া (see Sumaiya).

Sumayya f Arabic
Means "high, elevated, lofty" in Arabic, derived from سما (samā) meaning "to be high". This was the name of the first martyr for Islam.

Suraya f Arabic, Malay
Alternate transcription of Arabic ثريّا or ثريّة (see Thurayya), as well as the usual Malay form.

Surayya f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic ثريّا or ثريّة (see Thurayya).

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