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Stellamaris f English (African)
From the Latin title of the Virgin Mary, Stella Maris, meaning "star of the sea".

Stellana f English (American, Rare)
Elaboration of Stella 1.

Stellaria f English (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Probably an elaboration of Stella 1. A genus of small flowers also known as chickweed, after the star-like shape of the flowers.

Stelle f English
Short form of Estelle.

Stenya f English (American, Rare)

Steorra f English
From the Old English word for star. See Star

Steorrena f English
Elaboration of Steorra meaning “of the stars.”

Stepfanie f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Stephanie.

Stephaine f English (American, Rare)
Variation of Stephanie.

Stephana f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Stephania, Stephanie or Stefana.

Stephaney f English (Rare)
Variant of Stephanie.

Stephanina f English (Rare, ?)
Possibly an elaboration or diminutive of Stephanie.

Stephanni f English
Variant of Stephanie.

Stephena f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Stephen (compare Stevena).

Stepheni f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Stephanie.

Stephenie f English
Variant of Stephanie.

Stepheny f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Stephanie.

Stephi f English
Diminutive of Stephanie.

Stephie f English
Diminutive of Stephanie.

Stephine f English (American)
Likely a feminine form of Stephen.

Stephini f English (Rare)
Variant of Stephanie.

Stephinie f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Stephanie.

Stephy f English

Sterlyn m & f English (American)
Variant of Sterling, using the popular name suffix lyn.

Steveana f English (American, Rare)
Feminine elaboration of Steven or its short form Steve.

Stevei m & f English
Variant of Stevie.

Stevelle f English (American, Rare)
Feminine form of Steven using the diminutive suffix elle.

Stevena f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Steven (compare Stephena).

Stevette f English (American, Rare)
Feminine form of Steven using the French diminutive suffix ette.

Stevi f & m English
Variant of Stevie.

Stevonne f English (Modern)
Feminine variant of Steven.

Stevonnie f English (Modern, Rare), Popular Culture
A variant of Stephanie, also the name of the fusion of Steven and Connie from the show Steven Universe.

Stevye f English
Variant of Stevie.

Steward m & f English

Stiana f Irish (Rare), English (Rare)

Stockard m & f English (Rare)
Transferred use from the surname Stockard.... [more]

Storie f English (Rare)
Variant of Story.

Storii f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Story

Storme m & f Greenlandic, English
Greenlandic form of Storm, as well as an English variant.

Stormee f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Stormy.

Stormey f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Stormy.

Stormie f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Stormy.

Story f & m English (Modern)
From Middle English storie, storye, from Anglo-Norman estorie, from Late Latin storia meaning "history."

Strawberry f & m English
From the widely grown hybrid species of the genus Fragaria. A bright red fruit known for its sweetness and texture. The most well-known namesake is Strawberry Shortcake.

Stroma f English (British), Scottish, Literature
From the name of a Scottish island off Caithness, uninhabited since 1961, which derives from the Norse Straumey meaning "island in the stream" or "current". This was the name of a character in the British children's novel Broken Soup (2008) by Jenny Valentine.

Stuartt f English
Feminine form of Stuart.

Stue m & f English
Variant of Stu.

Su f English
Variant spelling of Sue, thus making it a diminutive of Susanna and other variants and forms.

Suann f English (Australian)
Transferred use of the surname Suann.

Sublime f & m English (African, Rare)
Taken from the English word sublime.

Submit f & m English (American), English (Puritan)

Success f & m English (Puritan)
From the English word "success" referring to the "achievement of one's aim or goal, or getting or achieving wealth, respect, or fame".

Sudie f English (American, Archaic)
Diminutive of Susannah and Susanna.

Sueann f English (Rare)
Combination of Sue and Ann.

Suede m & f English
The word comes from the French Suède, which literally means "Sweden".

Suella f English (British)
Contraction of Sue-Ellen 1... [more]

Suesan f English (American)
Variant of Susan incorporating the diminutive Sue.

Sufficient f & m English (African)
Name given in reference to 2 Corinthians 12:19, “ But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.”... [more]

Sugar m & f English
Nickname derived from the English word, usually referring to someone with a sweet personality.

Sugma m & f English
From Kenya

Sukey f English
Variant of Sukie.

Sula f English (American, Archaic), Literature
Truncated form of Ursula. This was the name of the titular character in Toni Morrison's 1973 novel Sula.

Sullens m & f English (American)
is a surname

Summerleigh f English (American)
Variant of Summerley.

Summerley f English (Modern)
Combination of the names Summer and Lee

Summerlin f English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Summerlin, or else a variant of Summerlyn.

Summerlyn f English (Modern)
Combination of Summer and Lyn.

Summerlynn f English (Modern)
Variant of Summerlyn.

Sun m & f English (Rare)
Directly taken from the English word sun which is ultimately derived from Middle English sunne. From Old English sunne (“sun; the Sun”), from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from the heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh̥₂uén (“sun; the Sun”), oblique form of *sóh₂wl̥.... [more]

Sundae f English (Modern)
Variation of Sunday.

Sundance m & f English (American, Rare)
The Sundance Kid was the nickname of American outlaw Harry Longabaugh (1867-1908), in whose case it was taken from Sundance, Wyoming, the only town that ever jailed him, where he was incarcerated for eighteen months for horse thievery at the age of 15... [more]

Sundown f & m English (American, Rare)
From the English word meaning "sunset". The 1974 song Sundown by Canadian folk singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot caused this name to be given to 13 babies (7 girls and 6 boys) born in the United States in 1974, as well as 5 US-born girls in 1976.

Sundra f English (American)
A famous bearer of this name is American actress Sundra Oakley (1975-).

Sunette f English (American, Rare), Afrikaans, Dutch (Rare)
Meaning uncertain. In the English-speaking world, the name might perhaps be a combination of the English word sun with the French feminine diminutive suffix -ette, which would essentially give the name the meaning of "little sun"... [more]

Sunnie f English
Variant of Sunny.

Sunrise m & f English (Rare)
From the English word sunrise, referring to a time in the morning when the sun appears.

Sunset f & m English
From the English word "sunset" referring to the setting of the sun at the end of the day.

Suranne f English (Rare)

Surelda f English (American, Archaic)
Variant of Serelda.

Suria f English, Celtic Mythology
Suria, also Syria, is the female deification of supposedly good flowing water, conceived as a weaning Mother goddess, in ancient Celtic polytheism.

Suriah f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Soraya.

Surilda f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Serilda.

Susetta f English (Modern)
Variant of Suzetta.

Susette f English (Rare), Dutch (Rare), German (Rare)
Variant of Suzette.

Susiana f Indonesian, English

Susibelle f English (Rare)
Combination of Susi and Belle.

Susseigh f & m English (African)
Variant of Susie.

Sussy f English (American, Rare)
Diminutive of Susan.

Sustina f English (Archaic)

Sutherland m & f Scottish (Rare), English (Rare)
Scottish regional name that described a person who came from the former county by this name, which got its name from Old Norse suðroen "southern" and land "land". It was called the South Land because it was south of Scandinavia and south of the Norse colonies of Orkney and Shetland Islands.

Sutherlyn f English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Sutherland, with the -land ending replaced with -lyn. It means "southern land".

Suza f Croatian, Serbian, English
Short form of Suzana. It also means "a tear" in Croatian and Serbian.

Suzane f English (Rare), Brazilian
Variant of Suzanne.

Suzani f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), English (African, Rare)
Variant of Suzana and Suzanne.

Suzann f English (Rare)
Variant of Susan.

Suzannah f English (Rare)
Variant of Susannah.

Suzetta f English (American, Rare)
Latinate form of Suzette.

Swannie f English (American)
Diminutive of Swan.

Swayze f & m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Swayze as a given name. Usage of the name is likely due to popular American actor Patrick Swayze (1952-2009).

Sweden f English (American, Modern, Rare)
From the name of the European country.

Sweet f & m English (Rare, Archaic)
Originally a transferred use of the surname Sweet, it is found as a given name from the 1600s onwards.

Sweetheart f & m Filipino (Rare), English
From the English word sweetheart, an affectionate term for a beloved person, or a person who is always kind.

Sweetie f English (American, Rare)
From the term of endearment, meaning "sweet".

Sy m & f English
Variant of Si.

Syanne f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Cyan.

Sybbie f English
Diminutive of Sybil, used for the daughter of Lady Sybil Branson (née Crawley) on the ITV/PBS series Downton Abbey.

Sybelle f English (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Variant of Sibyl.

Sybill f English (Rare)
Variant of Sibyl. Sybill Trelawney is a character in the Harry Potter series.

Syble f English (Rare)
Variant of Sibyl.

Sybrina f English
Variant of Sabrina.

Syda f English (Anglicized, Rare)
Possibly a variant of Sida.

Sydalg f Spanish (Caribbean, Rare), English (American, Rare)
Gladys spelled backwards.

Sydell f English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Sydell.

Sydelle f English (Rare)

Sydnei f & m English (American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Variant of Sydney (English) or Sidney/Sidnei (Brazilian Portuguese). While a feminine name in the USA, in Brazil it's a masculine name.... [more]

Sydni f English
Variant of Sydney.

Sydonia f Polish (Rare), English (Rare)
Polish form and English variant of Sidonia.

Syenna f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Sienna.

Syerra f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Sierra.

Syla f English (Rare)
Possibly a feminine form of Silas.

Syleena f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Modern, yet rare variant of either Selena or Silena.... [more]

Sylette f English (Rare)

Sylia f Greek (Rare), English (Rare), French (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Xylia.

Sylina f English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Xylina.

Syllen m & f English (American, Americanized, Rare)

Sylph f & m English (Rare)
From the English word, sylph, an imaginary spirit of the air, ultimately from the Latin sylvestris "of the woods" and nymph "nymph".

Sylvanna f English (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Variant of Silvana.

Sylvannah f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Sylvana, possibly influenced by Susannah.

Sylvelie f English (Modern, Rare), French (Modern, Rare)
A variant or English form of Sylvélie.

Sylvestia f English (Rare)

Sylvestra f English (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Sylvester.

Sylviah f English (African)
Variant of Sylvia.

Sylvy f English
Variant of Sylvie.

Symerah f English (American)
Possibly originates from Samara.

Symmone f English (Australian)
Variant of Simone 1.

Symona f English (Rare, ?)
Feminine form of Symon.

Symone f English (American)
Variant of Simone 1.

Symonne f English

Symphoriana f Late Roman, Dutch (Archaic), English (Archaic), German (Archaic)
Feminine form of Symphorianus.

Symphorosa f Late Roman, English (Rare), German (Bessarabian)
Either a latinate variant of Symphora that was created by adding the Latin feminine augmentative suffix -osa to it, or a corruption of Sympherusa, which is the proper Latin form of the Greek name Sympherousa.... [more]

Syndel f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Sindel.

Syndi f English (Rare)
Variant of Cyndi.

Syndra f English (Rare)
Possibly an altered form of Sandra. (See also Cindra.)

Synovia f English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Sunniva via its variant Synnöve.

Synthia f English
Variant of Cynthia.

Syrah f English (Modern, Rare), Dutch (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Sarah.... [more]

Syrai f English (American), African American
Variant of Sarai or Sarah used by Brandy Norwood for her daughter, Sy'Rai Smith (2002—).

Syrana f English (Rare)

Syreeta f English (Rare), African American
Variant of Syrita. This name was borne by Syreeta Wright (1946-2004), an American singer-songwriter and the first wife of Stevie Wonder.

Syrena f English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Sirena or Serena.

Syrene f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Syrena and Syrenne.

Syria f English (Rare), Italian (Modern)
Variant of Siria.

Syriah f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Possibly a variation of the name Sariah or derived from the name of the country in the Middle East Syria.

Syrie f English (Rare)
This name is best known for being the name of the British interior decorator Syrie Maugham (1879-1955), who was born as Gwendoline Maud Syrie Barnardo. She was given the name in honour of her mother, whose name was Sarah Louise "Syrie" Elmslie.

Syrita f English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Syritha.

Syritha f English
From Syrith, an Anglo-Scandinavian form of Sigríðr.

Syzygy f & m English (Rare)
From the English word, ultimately from Ancient Greek σύζυγος (súzugos) "yolked together". In astronomy, this term refers to the alignment of three celestial bodies, such as what occurs during an eclipse.

Tab f & m English (Rare)
Short for Tabitha. For males, it is used as a nickname such as is the case with Tab Hunter.

Tabbie f English
Variant of Tabby.

Tabbitha f English (Rare)
Variant of Tabitha.

Tabetha f English (Rare)
Variant of Tabitha.

Tabi f English
Variant of Tabby.

Tabithah f English (African, Rare)
Variant of Tabitha.

Taborah f English (American)
Famous bearer is Taborah Johnson (born March 21, 1953), also known as Tabby Johnson, a Canadian singer and actress.

Tabraea f English (American, Modern, Rare)

Tabrett f English (Australian)
From Tabrett Bethell, an Australian actress and former model

Tace f English (Puritan)
Derived directly from Latin tace meaning "be silent". Also compare Tacey and Silence.

Tacie f English
Variant of Tacey.

Tacy f English (Rare)
Variant of Tacey. In the Betsy-Tacy series of children's books by American writer Maud Hart Lovelace (1892-1980), it is a diminutive of Anastacia.

Taddy m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Teddy and diminutive of Thaddeus and Thaddea

Taelah f English (Modern, Rare)

Taeler f & m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Taylor.

Taelin f English (American, Modern)
variation of names like Taylor or Tayla

Taelyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Taylynn.

Taelynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Taylynn.

Taffy f English (American, Rare), Popular Culture
From the character Taffy Tucker introduced in 1942 in the comic strip 'Terry and the pirates'.... [more]

Taggy f English
Diminutive of Agnes.

Tahitia f English
Derived from the word Tahiti, itself from Proto-Polynesian tafiti, meaning “distant, remote.”

Tahlah f English (Australian)
Origin uncertain; may be a variant of Tahlia.

Tahlea f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Talia.

Tahlee f English (Australian)

Tahleyah f English (Modern, Rare)

Tahli f English (Australian)
Perhaps a variant of Tahlia influenced by Zali. This is borne by Tahli Gill (1999-), an Australian curler who competed at 2022 Winter Olympics.

Tahliah f English (Rare)
Variant of Tahlia.

Tahliya f English (Australian)
Variant of Tahlia ?

Tahlulah f English (Australian, Americanized, Rare)

Tahnia f Bengali, English (Australian, Modern, Rare)

Tahnie f English (Dutchified, Rare)
Variant of Tawny

Taiana f English (American)

Taige f English (Rare)
A diminutive of Paige.

Tailer m & f English (Rare)
Rare variant of Tyler or Taylor.

Tailyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Taylynn.

Tailynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Taylynn.

Taisie f English (Rare)

Taissa f Russian (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Extremely rare Russian variant of Taisa as well as an anglicized form (or variant transcription) of the name.... [more]

Taisy f English (American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant form of Daisy. Also see Taísy.

Taitum f & m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Tatum.

Takaisha f English (American)

Talana f South African, English
Use of this name in South Africa probably owes something to the Battle of Talana Hill in 1899.

Talara f English

Taleah f English (Modern)
Variant of Talia 1 or Talia 2 (also see Talia, Talía), or an invented name combining the phonetic elements ta, lee and a.

Taleela f English (Rare)

Taleesha f English (Modern)
Variant of Talisha.

Talesha f English (Modern)
Variant of Talisha.

Talethia f English
Variant of Talitha.

Taliah f English (Modern)
Variant of Talia.

Talice f Indigenous American (Modern), English, American (Hispanic)
Talice is a Muscogee (Creek) name meaning Beautiful Water. It is also an English name as well with Irish Gaelic roots. Talice is also an American Hispanic name for a Varient of the name Talicia

Talicia f English (Rare)
Variant of Talisha.

Talinda f English (American, Rare)

Talisa f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Talisha.

Talise f English (Modern)

Talisia f English (Rare)
From the name of the genus of flowering plants in the soapberry family.

Talitha-Cumi f English (Puritan)
Means "little girl arise" in Aramaic, from the phrase spoken by Jesus in Mark 5:41 in order to restore a young girl to life (see also Talitha, Cumi).

Tallia f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Talia.

Tallie f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Tally, a diminutive of Natalie.... [more]

Tallis f & m English (Rare), Popular Culture
Transferred use of the surname Tallis, which comes from the Old French taillis, referring to a clearing of woodland.

Tallula f English
Variant of Tallulah.

Tally f Hebrew, English
Diminutive of Tallulah, Talia 1 and other names that begin with or contain the element "Tal-".

Tallynn f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Talyn

Tallyssa f English
Variant form of the English Talisa.... [more]

Talonna f English

Talor m & f English, Hebrew
Combination of the word "טל" (Tal), "dew", and the word אור (Or), "light", also used as a variant of Taylor.

Talula f English (Rare)
Variant of Tallulah.

Talulah f English (British, Rare)
Variant of Tallulah. A known bearer is Talulah Riley (1985-), an English actress who was formerly married to business magnate Elon Musk.

Talullah f English (Rare)
Variant of Tallulah, influenced by the similar Irish name Talulla.

Talyn f & m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Talon.

Talynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Talyn.

Tam f English
Shortened form of Tammy, somewhat influenced by Pam.

Tamala f English
Variant of Tamela.

Tamalia f Indonesian, English (Modern, Rare)

Tamanqueiro f English

Tamantha f English (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the popular name element Tam (see Tammy) and Samantha (see also Tamela).

Tamarah f English (Rare), Popular Culture
Variant of Tamara. Tamarah was a character played by actress Fern Andra in the film Lotus Lady (1930).

Tamarin f English (British, Rare), South African (Rare)

Tamarl f English (Rare)

Tamarra f English (Rare)
Variant of Tamara.

Tamaryn f English (Rare), South African (Rare)

Tamasin f English (British), English (Australian)
Variant of Thomasin.

Tamasyn f English

Tamatha f English (American, Rare)

Tamberlyn f English (American, Modern, Rare)

Tamblyn f & m English (British)
Transferred use of the surname Tamblyn.

Tambra f English (American)
Altered form of Tamra, perhaps influenced by Debra.

Tambrey f English (American)
Variant of Tambry

Tambry f English (American, Modern, Rare)

Tamelia f English (American, Modern, Rare)

Tameria f English (American)

Tamerine f English (Rare, Archaic)

Tameron f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Probably created from Cameron by replacing the initial C with a T or an elaboration of Tamara.

Tamesia f English (Rare)
Elaborated form of Tamesa and variant of Tamesis, the two names of the river Thames in Roman times.

Tamia f English
Diminutive of Tamara or Tamina. Means "chipmunk" in French. Also in the case of French composer Tamia Valmont (1947-).

Tamica f English
Variant of Tamika.

Tamie f English (American)
Variant of Tammy.

Tamisen f English (Archaic)
Variant of Thomasin. Tamisen Brike was the wife of John Mayo, a Puritan minister in pre-revolutionary Boston, Massachusetts and the first minister of Old North Church.

Tamisin f English (British, Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Tamsin.

Tamlyn f English
Transferred use of the surname Tamlyn.

Tammeron f & m English
Variant of Tameron.

Tammika f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Tamika.

Tamminya f English (Australian, Rare)

Tammye f English
Alternative spelling of Tammy.

Tammylynn f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Combination of Tammy and Lynn.

Tamren f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tameron.

Tamsy f English
Variant of Tamsyn.

Tamula f English (American)

Tamworth f English

Tamya f English (Modern), African American (Modern)
Likely an invented name combining the popular phonetic elements ta, my and ya, and sharing a sound with other popular names such as Amaya, Kamiyah, Shamya and Jamya.

Tamyka f English
Variant of Tamika.

Tamzene f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tamsin.

Tamzin f English (British), English (Australian)
Variant of Tamsin.

Tana m & f English (American, Rare)

Tanami f English (Australian, Rare)
Transferred use of the name of the Tanami Desert, a desert in northern Australia, situated in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. The name itself is an Anglicized form of Warlpiri Chanamee "never die", referring to certain rock holes in the desert which were said never to run dry.

Tanara f Portuguese, English (American)

Tandi f English (Anglicized, Rare)

Tandia f English (Modern)

Tandice f English (Modern, Rare)

Tandra f Indian, English (American, Modern, Rare)

Tandy f & m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Tandy.

Tanee f English (Rare)
Diminutive of various names starting with Tan-, such as Tanya and Tanisha.

Taneishia f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tanisha.

Tanelle f English (Modern, Rare)

Tangelene f English (Rare)

Tango f & m English
Vocabulary name referring to a South American dance style that utilises an embracing hold. Its name may come from the Latin tangere, meaning "touch".... [more]

Tanielle f English (Rare), Brazilian (Rare)
Variant of Tenille modelled on Danielle.

Tanitha f Dutch (Rare), English (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare)
Variant of Tanith.

Taniyah f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tania.

Tanjil f & m English (Australian, Rare)
A clan name of the historic indigenous inhabitants of the area (Gippsland, Victoria, Australia), subsequently given to several natural features (rivers, mountains) and towns in the region.

Tankerville f English

Tannah f & m English
Variant of Tana or Tanna.

Tannar m & f English (Modern), English (American, Modern)
Variant of Tanner

Tannen m & f English
Means "fir tree" in German.

Tannia f English, Danish, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Tanja.

Tannie f & m English (American)

Tannis f English (Rare)
Variant of Tanis. This was used by Canadian author L. M. Montgomery in her short story 'Tannis of the Flats' (1920), where it belongs to a Métis girl of Cree descent... [more]

Tanny f & m Brazilian (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Either a diminutive of Tanaquil or a variant of Danny.

Tannyn m & f English (Rare)

Tanyetta f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Tanya.

Tanyth f English (African)
The name Tanyth means the worker of god/word of god. With this name comes a pure heart and a desire to do good.

Tanzy f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Tansy.

Tapia f English

Taralyn f English (Modern, Rare), Popular Culture
An elaboration of Tara 1 using the popular name suffix lyn. Taralyn was a minor character on the TV show "Legend of the Seeker."