SkúmrmOld Norse From Old Norse skúmr meaning "louring man, scary man".
SkyldfrifDanish (Archaic) From the Danish word skyldfri meaning "innocent, guiltless", derived from skyld "guilt" (cf. Old Norse Skuld, name of one of the Norns, possibly meaning "debt") and fri "free"... [more]
SǽlafrmOld Norse Old Norse combination of sær "sea" and leifr "heir", "descendant".
SleipnirmNorse Mythology Derived from Old Norse sleipr "slippery" (in relation to "bog, marsh"). In Norse mythology, Loki's son Sleipnir was Odin's eight-legged horse.
SnæfríðrfOld Norse Derived from the Old Norse elements snær meaning "snow" and fríðr meaning "beautiful, fair". According to medieval tradition, this was the name of a wife of the Norwegian king Harald Fairhair.
SnjólaugfOld Norse, Icelandic Derived from the Old Norse elements snjór meaning "snow" (an alternative form of snær) and laug possibly meaning "vowed, promised, bound in oath".
SnotrafNorse Mythology Derived from Old Norse snotr "clever; smart". In Norse mythology, Snotra is a goddess associated with wisdom. Snotra is solely attested in the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson and may be an invention of Snorri's... [more]
SoknimNorse Mythology Possibly derived from the Old Norse verb sœkja "to seek". In Norse mythology he was king of what is now Norway. Nórr killed him and took possession of his kingdom.
SólbjǫrtfNorse Mythology Means "bright as the sun", composed of Old Norse sól "sun" and bjǫrt "bright, shining" (from bjartr). This name occurs in medieval Icelandic literature; there are characters by this name in Úlfhams saga (extant in 14th-century rímur or metrical romance) and Ála flekks saga (thought to be composed around the early 15th century).
SolborgfNorwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare) From an Old Norse name derived from the elements sól meaning "the sun" (or sölr "sun-coloured, yellow, sallow"; according to NordicNames.de, this name element's original meaning of "house with one room, big room, hall" (compare Salabert) has been displaced by the later interpretation "sun") and björg "protection, help".
SólbráfIcelandic Derived from Old Norse sól "sun" and brá "eyelash" (or "to shine" or "to blink").
SolrunfDanish, Norwegian The first element of this name is derived from either Old Norse sól "sun", Old Norse salr "house, living room" (see also Salabert) or Old Norse sölr "yellow, sallow." The second element of this name is derived from Old Norse rún "secret lore."
Solstrålef & mSwedish (Modern, Rare) Means "ray of sunshine" in Swedish (a combination of Swedish sol "sun" and stråle "ray, beam"). It's also used as an affectionate term for a happy person, often a child.
SolunnfNorwegian (Rare) Combination of Norwegian sol "sun" and unnr "to wave, to billow" or unna "to love".
SǫrlimOld Norse, Norse Mythology Old Norse form of Sarilo. This is the name of the main character in the story Sǫrla þáttr, found in the Flateyjarbók manuscript.
SpjutemOld Norse Modern transcription of Spiuti, originally a byname derived from Old Norse spjót "spear". It appears on several runestones in Sweden as sbiuti and sbiut.
SprotafHistory, Medieval Scandinavian (?) Sprota (born c. 910) was a woman who William I, Duke of Normandy took as a wife in the Viking fashion (more danico) and was the mother of his successor, Richard I, Duke of Normandy. After the death of her husband William, she married Esperleng and had Rodulf of Ivry.
SprotimFaroese Based on Old Norse word sproti meaning 'sprout'.
StarimOld Norse From Old Norse stari meaning "starling (bird)".
StarkaðrmOld Norse, Norse Mythology Derived from the Old Norse elements sterkr "stark, sturdy" and hǫð "battle" (cognate with Old High German hadu). This was the name of a hero in Norse legends.
StenettafNorwegian (Archaic) Elaborated form of Stena by way of adding the then-fashionable name suffix -etta. This name was recorded in the 18th century.
StenfinnmOld Swedish Combination of Sten and Finn 2. This is the name of a medieval missionary from Hälsingland (Sweden), more known by the name Staffan.
SǽþórrmOld Norse Derived from the Germanic name elements sær "sea" and þórr "thunder" or a combination of sær "sea" and Þórir.
StiegmSwedish (Rare) Variant of Stig. A known bearer was the Swedish writer Stieg Larsson (1954-2004), author of the 'Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' trilogy, born Karl Stig-Erland Larsson.
StígheiðurfIcelandic (Rare) Possibly means "clear path" or "bright path", from Old Norse stígr "path" and heiðr "bright, clear". Alternatively the second element may be derived from Old Norse heiðr "heath".
StígrúnfIcelandic Derived from Old Norse stíga "to wander, to step" (see also Stig) combined with Old Norse rún "secret lore".
StjarneyfIcelandic (Modern, Rare) Combination of Old Norse stjarna "star" and ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").
StúfrmOld Norse Old Norse name and byname, from Old Norse stúfr meaning "stump, stub".
SturlamOld Norse, Norwegian, Icelandic Old Norse byname meaning "the loon", from sturla "to derange, disturb". Sturla Sigvatsson was a powerful Icelandic chieftain and the nephew of Snorri Sturluson, the author of the Prose Edda.