This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is feminine; and the usage is rare.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Samaire f English (Modern, Rare)In the case of American actress Samaire Armstrong (1980-) it is most likely an invented name, though she has claimed it means "dawning sun" in Gaelic: 'My first name is Gaelic and means "dawning sun"... [
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Samanthe f English (Rare)Samanthe and its variant spellings, including its most common variant Semanthe, are relatives and possibly predecessors of the name
Samantha, which were at their peak use in the 1700s and 1800s in the United States, mainly in New England, though there is also some evidence of Semanthe being used in 1700s England.... [
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Samarra f English (Rare)Variation of
Samara used by bibliophiles in reference to the novel
Appointment in Samarra in which Samarra refers to the location in Samarra, Egypt.
Samee m & f Urdu, English (Rare)As an Urdu masculine name, means "one who hears." It is a convention to use either a prefix
Abdus or a suffix
Ullah along the name, which gives meanings of the servant of All Hearing or hearer of God respectively.... [
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Samhain m & f English (Modern, Rare), Scottish (Modern, Rare)From Irish and Scottish Gaelic
Samhain, referring to the Gaelic festival, marking the end of the harvest season and beginning of winter, which is celebrated on the evening of 31st October and 1st November.
Sanatsu f Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 咲 (
sa) meaning "blossom" combined with 夏 (
natsu) meaning "summer". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Sancho Abarca f Spanish (European, Rare)From Spanish
Virgen de Sancho Abarca ("Virgin of Sancho Abarca"), an obscure title of the Virgin
Mary venerated in the town of Tauste (Spain). This Marian devotion stems from a wooden sculpture of Mary found in the 16th century in the castle ruins of Navarrese king Sancho II of Pamplona, also known as
Sancho Abarca.
Sandara f Korean (Rare)Means "grow up brightly and healthily" in Korean. A famous bearer is South Korean singer Sandara Park (1984-). Her name comes from the childhood nickname of general Kim Yu-shin (595 – 673).
Saoriko f Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 沙 (
sa) meaning "sand" or 早 (
sa) meaning "already, now" combined with 織 (
ori) meaning "weaving" and 子 (
ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.
Sapphirine f English (Rare)From the rare mineral, named for its sapphire-like colour. It is occasionally cut into gemstones.
Saroya f American (Modern, Rare)Possible spelling of Soraya. It is also used as a form of the Hebrew name Sarah, meaning "princess." Saroya was/is a character in the series StarCrossed.
Sārta f Latvian (Rare)Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from the Latvian adjective
sārts, sārta "pink, rosy" and the Latvian noun
sārts "bonfire".
Sasaha f Japanese (Rare)This name is used as 笹葉 with 笹 (sasa - kokuji) meaning "bamboo grass" and 葉 (you, ha) meaning "leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece."... [
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Sasami f Japanese (Rare)This name can be used as 笹美 or 砂沙美 with 笹 (sasa - kokuji) meaning "bamboo grass", 砂 (sa, sha, suna) meaning "sand", 沙 (sa, sha, suna, yonageru) with the same meaning and 美 (bi, mi, utsuku.shii) meaning "beautiful, beauty."... [
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Sassafras f American (Modern, Rare)From the English word for the type of deciduous tree native to North America and East Asia. The name comes from Spanish
sasafrás, possibly derived from the Latin
saxifragus, meaning "stone-breaking", from the habit of certain plants of this species growing in cracks in boulders... [
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Sativa f American (Rare)Derived from the Latin
sativa, meaning "sown, cultivated". This name can be given in reference to
Cannabis sativa, a plant which produces the drug cannabis.
Satomiko f Japanese (Rare)From 聡 (
sato) meaning "intelligent, clever, bright" combined with 美 (
mi) meaning "beautiful", and 子 (
ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Satoshiko f Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 啓 (
satoshi) meaning "disclose, say, open, begin" combined with 子 (
ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Satyana f Indian (Rare)From Sanskrit
satya meaning "truth" (compare
Sati). American actress Alyson Hannigan gave the name to her daughter in 2009.
Savanh m & f Lao (Rare)Means "heaven, paradise" in Lao, ultimately from Sanskrit स्वर्ग
(svarga).
Saviël m & f Dutch (Rare)Dutch form of
Saviel. It is predominantly a masculine name in the Netherlands, but occasionally the name is also bestowed upon females. Saviël as a feminine name is slightly less common than its proper feminine counterpart
Saviëlle.
Savion f & m Hebrew (Modern, Rare)Means "groundsel, senecio" in Hebrew, from the word
savyon which is related to a genus of the daisy family.
Sayaha f Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 咲 (
sa) meaning "blossom", 也 (
ya) meaning "also" combined with 葉 (
ha) meaning "leaf". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Schöntraud f German (Modern, Rare)20th century coinage from the usual German word
schön "beautiful" and the name element
traud (related to the Old High German name element
drud "strength").... [
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Scottine f English (Rare)Variant form of
Scottina. A known bearer of this name is the American actress Brett Rossi (b. 1989), who was born as Scottine Ross.
Season f English (Rare)Either derived from the English word
season, and thus ultimately from Latin
satio "sowing; planting" (which later came to be understood as "time of planting"), or a transferred use of the surname
Season... [
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Seawillow f American (South, Rare)Seawillow Margaret Ann Wells was named Seawillow after the unusual circumstances of her birth. The community Seawillow in Texas is named after her.
Secret f English (Rare)From the English word
secret, which is ultimately from Latin
secretus "set apart, hidden, private".
Seena f English (Rare)In the case of Danish-American silent film actress Seena Owen (1894-1966), it was an Anglicized form of
Signe, her birth name. It could also be a short form of
Thomasina and other names featuring this sound.