Names Matching Pattern s*ia

This is a list of names in which the pattern is s*ia.
gender
usage
pattern
Saadia f Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic سعدية or Urdu سعدیہ (see Sadia).
Sabia f Irish Mythology
Latinized form of Sadb.
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).
Salacia f Roman Mythology
Derived from Latin sal meaning "salt". This was the name of the Roman goddess of salt water.
Samia 1 f Arabic, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Arabic سامية (see Samiya), as well as the usual Bengali transcription.
Samia 2 f Urdu
Feminine form of Sami 3.
Saskia f Dutch, German
From the Old German element sahso meaning "a Saxon". The Saxons were a Germanic tribe, their name ultimately deriving from the Germanic word *sahsą meaning "knife". Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612-1642) was the wife of the Dutch painter Rembrandt.
Saveria f Italian
Italian feminine form of Xavier.
Scovia f Eastern African
Short form of Proscovia, mainly used in Uganda.
Selvaggia f Italian (Rare)
Means "wild" in Italian.
Sequoia f & m English (Rare)
From the name of huge trees that grow in California. The tree got its name from the 19th-century Cherokee scholar Sequoyah (also known as George Guess), the inventor of the Cherokee writing system.
Shania f English (Modern)
In the case of singer Shania Twain (1965-), who chose it as her stage name, it was apparently based on an Ojibwe phrase meaning "on my way".
Sharia m Arabic (Rare)
Means "divine law, noble law" in Arabic, from the root شرع (sharaʿa) meaning "to go, to enact".
Shazia f Urdu
Meaning unknown, possibly of Arabic origin meaning "rare, unusual".
Shelia f English
Variant of Sheila.
Sidónia f Slovak
Slovak form of Sidonia.
Sidonia f Late Roman, Georgian
Feminine form of Sidonius. This is the name of a legendary saint from Georgia. She and her father Abiathar were supposedly converted by Saint Nino from Judaism to Christianity.
Sílvia f Portuguese, Catalan
Portuguese and Catalan form of Silvia.
Silvia f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, German, Dutch, English, Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Feminine form of Silvius. Rhea Silvia was the mother of Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome. This was also the name of a 6th-century saint, the mother of the pope Gregory the Great. It has been a common name in Italy since the Middle Ages. It was introduced to England by Shakespeare, who used it for a character in his play The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1594). It is now more commonly spelled Sylvia in the English-speaking world.
Siria f Italian
Italian feminine form of Sirius. It also coincides with the Italian name for the country of Syria.
Soffía f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Sophia.
Sofía f Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Sophia.
Sollemnia f Late Roman
Latin form of Solange.
Sònia f Catalan
Catalan form of Sonya.
Sophia f English, Greek, German, Ancient Greek
Means "wisdom" in Greek. This was the name of an early, probably mythical, saint who died of grief after her three daughters were martyred during the reign of the emperor Hadrian. Legends about her probably arose as a result of a medieval misunderstanding of the phrase Hagia Sophia "Holy Wisdom", which is the name of a large basilica in Constantinople.... [more]
Sophronia f Literature, Late Greek
Feminine form of Sophronius. Torquato Tasso used it in his epic poem Jerusalem Delivered (1580), in which it is borne by the lover of Olindo.
Soraia f Portuguese
Portuguese variant of Soraya.
Sotiria f Greek
Feminine form of Sotirios.
Stacia f English
Short form of Anastasia or Eustacia.
Stamatia f Greek
Feminine form of Stamatios.
Stasia f Polish
Diminutive of Stanisława or Anastazja.
Štefánia f Slovak
Slovak feminine form of Štefan (see Stephen).
Ștefania f Romanian
Romanian feminine form of Ștefan (see Stephen).
Stefánia f Hungarian
Hungarian feminine form of Stephen.
Stefania f Italian, Polish, Greek
Italian, Polish and Greek feminine form of Stephen.
Stefcia f Polish
Diminutive of Stefania.
Stephania f English
Latinate feminine form of Stephen.
Sylvia f English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Variant of Silvia. This has been the most common English spelling since the 19th century.
Sylwia f Polish
Polish form of Silvia.
Szilvia f Hungarian
Hungarian form of Silvia.