This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is feminine; and a substring is ss.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Abbatissa f Medieval English (Latinized, Rare)From Latin
abbatissa meaning "abbess". While this was more usually found as a title, there are a handful of English occurrences of it used as a given name. Also compare the Old English masculine name
Abbud.
Abyssinia f English (American, Rare)Transferred used of the former name of Ethiopian Empire as a given name. Cited from Wiktionary, it is derived from New Latin
Abissini, of
Abissīnus (“Abyssinian, Ethiopian”), from Arabic الْحَبَشَة (al-ḥabaša), and from حَبَش (ḥabaš), means "to collect, to earn, to reap".
Adbugissa f GaulishDerived from Proto-Celtic
ad- "very" and Gaulish
*bugio- meaning "blue".
Agliss f English (Rare)Derived from the English-speaking words "a glistening," meaning shining or glittering.
Ahāssunu f BabylonianMeans "their sister", deriving from the Akkadian element
aḫātu ("sister") combined with the suffix
-(aš)šunu ("for them (masculine plural), to them, towards them"),
Aĸigsseĸ f GreenlandicMeans "Rock Ptarmigan" in Greenlandic. A Rock Ptarmigan is a type of bird.
Akissi f BaouléDerived from Baoulé
kisie "Monday", referring to the day of the week on which the child was born and hence to be understood as "born on Monday".
Alyssum f & m English (Rare)From the flowering plant native to the Mediterranean. The name alyssum actually comes from the Greek word 'lyssa', meaning “rage” or “madness” and the 'a', meaning “against” giving it its meaning today, “without madness”, since it was believed to cure madness.
Amphianassa f Greek Mythology (?)Apparently derived from Greek αμφι
(amphi) meaning "around, on both sides" (compare
Amphitrite) and ανασσα
(anassa) meaning "queen, lady" (used as a term of address for goddesses)... [
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Anassa f Ancient GreekDerived from the Greek noun ἄνασσα
(anassa) meaning "queen, lady". In other words, one could say that this name is the feminine form of
Anax.
Antissa f EnglishAntissa (Ancient Greek: Ἄντισσα) was a city of the island Lesbos (Lesvos).
Aqissiarsuk f GreenlandicMeans "little ptarmigan chick", derived from Greenlandic
aqisseq "rock ptarmigan" (cf.
Aqisseq) combined with a diminutive suffix.
Archeanassa f Ancient GreekArcheanassa was a hetaera living in Athens in the late 5th century BC, with whom
Plato the philosopher was deeply in love with as a young man.
Arnarquagssaq f Inuit MythologyThe Inuit goddess of the sea. According to most versions of the legend Arnarquagssaq, commonly known as
Sedna, was once a beautiful mortal woman who became the ruler of Adlivun (the Inuit underworld at the bottom of the sea) after her father threw her out of his kayak into the ocean... [
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Assata f AfricanUnknown Country- West African- adopted by Revolutionary Black activist Assata Shakur. Assata means "she who struggles", Shakur means "thankful one"
Assomption f French (Rare)Derived from French
assomption "assumption". This name is given in reference to the assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven (compare
Asunción).
Ássuma m & f BandialMeans "the nice one" or "the unselfish one" in Bandial.
Baroness f English (Rare)Perhaps from Celtic or from Frankish *baro* "freeman, man" or another Germanic source. In England, the word merged with (probably) cognate Old English *beorn* "nobleman."
Bessille f Arthurian CycleIn the Prose Tristan, a Cornish woman who loved Tristan. When Tristan rejected her, she became the paramour of Andred, Tristan’s enemy, and conspired to reveal his affair with Isolde to King Mark.
Bissāya f BabylonianOf as yet unknown etymology, this name is attested several times in various Babylonian legal records from the Late Assyrian period.
Bless f & m English, FilipinoFrom the English word
bless meaning "to consecrate or confer divine favor upon".
Blessed f & m English (Puritan), AfricanFrom the English word "blessed" meaning "having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing; held in veneration; revered", ultimately from Old English
blētsian,
blēdsian "to consecrate (with blood)".
Bulissa f Jewish, Judeo-Spanish, Judeo-GreekFrom the Hebrew
baalat bayit ("mistress of the house"), which became
baalas bayis /
balabuste in Yiddish, and then was transformed into a Judeo-Spanish and Judeo-Greek name.
Caïssa f LiteratureInvented by the Italian writer Marco Girolamo Vida as a goddess of chess in 1527. It was reused in the poem Caïssa (1763) by William Jones. Since then, the name was sporadically given to girls. It is also a popular name for chess clubs.
Carabosse f LiteratureDerived from Latin
cara, meaning "face", and Old French
bosse meaning "inflammation". This describes a bubo gotten through pox. This name was first used on the wicked fairy godmother in Madame d'Aulnoy's fairy tale The Princess Mayblossom (1697), though nowadays it is more famous as the name given to the wicked fairy godmother in Tchaikovsky's ballet The Sleeping Beauty (1890).
Caresse f English (Rare)From the French word
caresse meaning "caress", ultimately from Latin
carus "dear, beloved". This name was borne by Caresse Crosby (1892-1970), original name Mary 'Polly' Phelps Jacob, an American socialite and the inventor of the modern bra... [
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Cassette f English (Rare)Possibly a diminutive of
Cass. It also coincides with the word cassette, which refers to a kind of tape formerly used to record audio.
Cassima f Popular CultureThis name was created for a character in
King's Quest, a computer-based adventure game series developed by Sierra Entertainment.... [
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Cerissa f English (Rare)From the brand of perfume called Cerissa, which was introduced by Charles Revson in 1974. The name itself might possibly be a variant of
Cerise. It was also used by Barbara Cartland for the heroine of her historical romance novel
The Heart Triumphant (1976).
Cessair f Irish, Irish MythologyAllegedly means "affliction, sorrow". According to Irish legend Cessair was a granddaughter of Noah who died in the great flood. The name also belonged to a Gaulish princess who married the Irish high king Úgaine Mór in the 5th or 6th century BC.