SayanefJapanese From Japanese 彩 (sa) meaning "colour", 也 (ya) meaning "also" combined with 音 (ne) meaning "sound". Other kanji combinations are possible.
ScarmiglionemLiterature Scarmiglione is one of the twelve named Malebranche in the 8th Circle of Hell's 5th Gulf, where corrupt politicians are immersed in burning pitch, the Malebolge, from the Inferno of Dante's Divine Comedy.
SchapellefEnglish (Australian, Modern, Rare) A known bearer of this name is Schapelle Corby, an Australian woman convicted of drug smuggling in Indonesia in 2005. The 2014 TV movie Schapelle told her story.
SchnuppefGerman (Rare) Maybe related to the German word Sternschnuppe "shooting star, falling star".
SchönchefYiddish (Germanized, Archaic) Derived from German schön meaning "beautiful". This name was borne by Schönche Jeannette Rothschild (1771-1859), the oldest child of Mayer Rothschild, founder of the Rothschild banking family... [more]
SchönefYiddish Derived from Yiddish shein "beautiful". The name coincides with German Schöne "beautiful woman" (compare Beila and Shayna).
SchoysianefArthurian Cycle She married Kyot of Katelangen and died giving birth to her daughter Sigune. Prior to this, she raised Condwiramurs (Kondviramur), the hereditary Queen of Brabant, who became Perceval’s wife.
SchwertleitefTheatre Transferred from the name of an early form of accolade. Schwertleite is the name of one of the valkyries in Richard Wagner's opera 'Die Walküre'.
ScolacefMedieval English English vernacular form of Scholastica. In England it was used as a Christian name from the late 12th century until the Protestant Reformation.
ScottinefEnglish (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.
Sem & fChinese From Chinese 瑟 (sè) meaning "zither".
SeattlemDuwamish (Anglicized), Popular Culture Seattle is an anglicization of the modern Duwamish conventional spelling Si'ahl, equivalent to the modern Lushootseed (Chief Seattle's native language) publishing spelling Si'aɫ... [more]
SebilefArthurian Cycle, Folklore Variant of Sybil. In Arthurian legend and Italian folklore, Sebile is a queen or princess often portrayed as a fairy or enchantress.
SebillefArthurian Cycle A mythical medieval queen or princess who is frequently portrayed as a fairy or an enchantress in the Arthurian legend and Italian folklore. She appears in a variety of roles, from the most faithful and noble lady to a wicked seductress, often in relation with or substituting for the character of Morgan le Fay... [more]
Seefkef & mDutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare), Limburgish (Rare) Diminutive of Seef. This name is predominantly feminine, but has occasionally informally been used on men (especially in Limburg, because diminutives ending in -ke are common for both sexes there).
SeeremJudeo-Christian-Islamic Legend Possibly from Hebrew שְׁאָר (sh'ár) meaning "remnant, remainder, rest". According to the Lesser Key of Solomon, this is the name of the 70th spirit of the 72 demons summoned by King Solomon.
SeifefArthurian Cycle Arthur’s sister in Der Pleier’s Meleranz. She was the wife of King Lot and the mother of Gawain. Her sisters included Anthonje and Olimpia.... [more]
SeinosukemJapanese From Japanese 誠 (sei) meaning "sincerity", 之 (no), a possessive marker combined with 佑 (suke) meaning "to help, rescue, save". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
ŞekerparefOttoman Turkish From Ottoman Turkish Şekerpare or Şeker-pare meaning "a piece of sugar" (from words şeker - "sugar" and pare-"piece"), "like sugar", "very sweet".
SekheperenremAncient Egyptian From Egyptian sḫm-pr.n-rꜥ, possibly meaning "(the one) daring forth to Ra", from Egyptian sḫm "powerful" combined with prj "to come forth" combined with the Egyptian God Ra... [more]
SekhuuneefBuryat From the Buryat сэхэ (sekhe) meaning "directly, straight, frank, decisively" or "truth".
SelengefMongolian Derived from the Selenge (or Selenga) River, which runs through Mongolia and Russia. The name likely stems from the Mongolian verb сэлэх (seleh) meaning "to swim", though another theory suggests it originated with Evenki сэлэ (sele) "iron" and the possessive suffix -nge.
Selenitef & mPopular Culture Fictional inhabitant of the moon, from the story "The First Men in the Moon".
SelewinemAnglo-Saxon Derived from the Old English elements sele "hall, house, manor" (from saliz) and wine "friend". This name gave rise to both the given name and surname of Selwyn.
SelkefLow German Possibly a Low German diminutive of names containing the Old High German element salo "dark-coloured, dirty gray" (related to Old Norse sölr "sun-coloured, dirty yellow, sallow"), but this is not known for certain.
SelkiefCeltic Mythology A creature from Norse or Celtic mythology that is able to shapeshift between human and seal form. Origin as a name is unknown.
SelysefLiterature Used in GRR. Martin's "A song of ice and fire". Selyse Baratheon, born Selyse Florent, is Stannis Baratheon's wife and she is the mother of Shireen. ... [more]
SémaphoremLiterature Derived from the French noun sémaphore meaning "semaphore", which is a visual signalling system. The word is ultimately derived from the ancient Greek words σῆμα (sema) meaning "sign, mark, token" and φέρω (phero) meaning "to bear, to carry"... [more]
SememMedieval Basque Derived from Basque seme "son". It was recorded as a given name in the 13th and 14th centuries.
SeohyefKorean (Rare) From Sino-Korean 瑞 (seo) meaning "felicitous omen; auspicious" and 慧 (hye) meaning "bright, intelligent". Other hanja can be used.
Seol-naefKorean From Sino-Korean 雪 (seol) meaning "snow" combined with 乃 (nae) meaning "inside; mine". This name can be formed using other hanja combinations as well.
Seong-gyemKorean, History Meaning unknown. This was the personal name of Taejo of Joseon (1335-1408), founder and first king of the Joseon dynasty.
Seong-hyefKorean From Sino-Korean 成 (seong) meaning "completed, finished, succeeded" or 盛 (seong) meaning "abundant, flourishing" combined with 慧 (hye) meaning "bright, intelligent" or 惠 (hye) meaning "favour, benefit"... [more]
Seong-JaemKorean From Sino-Korean 成 (seong) meaning "completed, finished, succeeded", 誠 (seong) meaning "sincere, honest, true" or 星 (seong) meaning "star, planet" combined with 宰 (jae) meaning "kill, rule" or 材 (jae) meaning "material, talent"... [more]
Seon-yefKorean From Sino-Korean 先 "first, former, previous" and 藝 "art; talent, ability; craft".
SepedavlemGeorgian (Archaic), Literature Means "sword of the state", derived from the Arabic noun سيف (sayf) meaning "sword" (see Saif) combined with the Arabic noun دولة (dawla) meaning "state".... [more]
SeptimaniefFrench (?) Jeanne-Louise-Armande-Élisabeth-Sophie-Septimanie de Vignerot du Plessis (1740-1773), daughter of the 3rd Duke of Richelieu, was a salonnière of the French Ancien Régime. She was married to the Count of Egmont and also known as Septimanie d'Egmont.
SeraidefArthurian Cycle One of the maidens of Viviane, the French Damsel of the Lake, Seraide seems to have held a high place in the Damsel’s service. her grasp of magic, while doubtless far short of Viviane’s, Nimue’s, or Morgan’s, was practical and useful.
SergemYakut From the name of a ritual pole or tree in Buryat and Yakut culture, used to indicate that a place has an owner, ultimately from the Buryat word for "pole".
SergettefFrench (Rare) Feminine form of Serge. However, it could also be considered to be a diminutive of Sergine, as -ette is a French feminine diminutive suffix.
SerpentinefEnglish Vocabulary word meaning "sinuous, winding, curving". There are several places or features with this name, such as Lake Serpentine in London, and it's possible that people with this name may have been named for these locations.... [more]
SesemGeorgian (Rare) Meaning unknown. Georgian sources state that the name is of Kartvelian origin. However, there might possibly be a chance that the name was originally a short form of Ioseb (compare its diminutive Soso), in which case it is technically of Hebrew origin... [more]
SessilefEnglish English cognate of Cécile, influenced by the botanical term sessile, meaning "a leaf issuing directly from the stem of the plant, rather than by a petiole."
SessuemJapanese (雪洲, Sesshū), meaning "snowy field" (雪 means "snow" and 洲 means "north field")
SetepenrefAncient Egyptian Means "Chosen of Re" in Egyptian. This was the name of the sixth and youngest daughter of Pharaoh Akhenaten and his wife Nefertiti.
SethefLiterature Created by Toni Morrison for her Pulitzer prize-winning novel "Beloved." Sethe is the mother of the title character, whom she murders out of an extreme act of love: she would rather kill her child than give it up to the hands of slavery.... [more]
SetnemAncient Egyptian, Literature A name assigned to Prince Khaemwaset of Egypt, son of Ramses the Great, in Greco-Roman times. The name is a distortion of his official title setem "priest of Ptah".... [more]
Seung-hyefKorean From Sino-Korean 升 "arise, go up; advance" and 惠 "favor, benefit, confer kindness".
Seung-jaemKorean From Sino-Korean 勝 "victory; excel, be better than" and 宰 "to slaughter; to rule".
SeungtaemKorean From 勝 "victory; excel, be better than",勝 meaning "victory", "win", "exellent", "good", "better" or 承 "inherit, receive; succeed" (seung) and 泰 (tae) meaning "peaceful, calm, peace, easy."
SèvefBreton Allegedly from Breton seu "beautiful". She was a Breton saint of the 6th century, a sister of the renowned Saint Tugdual (one of the seven founder saints of Brittany). A commune in Brittany is named for her.
SewadjaremAncient Egyptian From Egyptian swḏꜣ-rꜥ, possibly meaning "(he) who has healed by Ra", from Egyptian swḏꜣ "to make sound, to heal" combined with the Egyptian god Ra... [more]
SganarellemTheatre Possibly from Italian sgannare "to disillusion" or derived from Italian Zannarello, a diminutive of Zanni. Molière used characters named Sganarelle in multiple plays, including his one-act comedy 'Sganarelle, or The Imaginary Cuckold' (1660).
Shadem & fEnglish From the English word shade or transferred use of the surname Shade, which may be a topographic name for someone who lived near a boundary (from the Old English scead "boundary") or a nickname for a thin man, (from the Middle English schade, "shadow", "wraith") or an Americanized spelling of the German and Dutch surname Schade.
ShadoemEnglish (American, Rare) Variant of Shadow. It was brought to limited public attention in 1988 by Shadoe Stevens (real name Terry Ingstad), who hosted the radio program American Top 40 from 1988 to 1995.
ShafiemMalay From Arabic شافعي (Shāfiʿī), the name of one of the four schools of thought (madhhab) in Sunni Islam, which was named in honour of its founder, Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i.
ShaivontemAfrican American (Modern, Rare) Variant of Shavonte. Shaivonte Aician Gilgeous-Alexander, also known as SGA, is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
ShakespearemEnglish Transferred use of the surname Shakespeare first borne as a forename of William Shakespeare’s grandson Shakespeare Quiney.
ShakopeemSioux Means "little six" in Dakota, from šákpe meaning "six". According to tribal histories, the first chief of this name was the sixth child of a set of sextuplets.
ShalemYiddish From the Hebrew name שָׁאוּל (Sha'ul) which meant "asked for" or "prayed for". This was the name of the first king of Israel who ruled just before King David, as told in the Old Testament.
ShamadavlemMedieval Georgian The first element of this name is uncertain; it might possibly be derived from Persian شام (sham) meaning "dusk" as well as "evening". The second element is most likely derived from Arabic دولة (dawla) meaning "state" (see Sepedavle).