SatetfEgyptian Mythology Derived from the Egyptian word sṯ, meaning "eject", "shoot", "pour" or "throw". It is the name of an Egyptian goddess and her name can be translated as "she who shoots" or "she who pours". As a warrior goddess, she protected Egypt's southern frontier by killing the pharoah's enemies with arrows; as a fertility goddess, she granted the wishes of those who sought love.
Satpreetm & fIndian (Sikh) From Sanskrit सत्य (satya) meaning "true, real" combined with प्रीति (prīti) meaning "pleasure, joy, love".
SatsitafChechen Derived from Chechen сацо (satso) meaning "stop". It was traditionally given to girls when her parents wanted a son.
SatsutomJapanese From Japanese 颯 (satsu) meaning "the sound of the wind" combined with 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation. Other kanji combinations are also possible.
SattarmArabic, Persian Means "veiler, concealer, coverer" in Arabic, from the root ستر (sattara) meaning "to cover up, to hide, to enveil". In Islamic tradition الستار (as-Sattār) is an attribute of Allah.
ScarpettamMedieval Italian Derived from Italian scarpetta meaning "small shoe", which is a diminutive of Italian scarpa meaning "shoe". As such, this name is comparable to Latin Caligula.... [more]
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'.
ScottafGaulish Derived from Gaulish scota "mortise axe".
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.
Search-the-scripturesm & fEnglish (Puritan) Referring to John 5:39, "Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."
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]
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.
Serua-eteratfAncient Assyrian From Akkadian elements Šērū’a and ēṭirat, meaning "Šerua (a minor deity, possibly a consort of the god Ashur) is the one who saves". Name borne by a princess of the Sargonid dynasty, known from her letter (circa 670 BCE) to her sister-in-law Libbali-sharrat.
SétantamIrish Mythology “Given name of the folk hero, Cúchulainn”. This birth name was imparted by the deity, Lug, prior to the conception of the demigod child by the mortal mother, Deichtine.
SettelafRomani Meaning uncertain. A famous bearer of this given name was Settela Steinbach (1934-1944), a Dutch Sinti girl who lost her life in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. She posthumously became an icon of the Holocaust, due to her brief appearance in a video of the transit camp Westerbork, which had been made by fellow Holocaust victim Rudolf Breslauer (1903-1944 or 1945).
SetthamThai From Thai เศรษฐ (settha) meaning "excellent, best, supreme".
ShatiqatufSemitic Mythology, Ugaritic Mythology Means "she who causes evil to pass away", deriving from the Akkadian element šūtuqu ("averting evil, disease, misfortune"). Name borne by a minor Ugaritic deity mentioned only in the Epic of Kirsa.
Shepset-ipetfAncient Egyptian From Egyptian šps.t-jpt meaning "lady of the harem", derived from špst "noblewoman" (from šps "noble, august") combined with jpt "harem; inner sanctum (of a temple)".
SheretnebtyfAncient Egyptian From Egyptian šrt-nbtj meaning "nose of the Two Ladies", derived from šrt "nostril, nose" and nbtj, the plural form of nbt "lady, mistress", referring to the dual goddesses Wadjet and Nekhbet.
SigþrúðrfOld Norse Derived from the Old Norse elements sigr "victory" and *þrúðr, possibly from Proto-Norse *þrúþi "strength, power, force" (also appearing in myth as the name of the goddess Þrúðr, daughter of Þórr and Sif).
SimonettomItalian (Rare) Diminutive of Simone 2, as -etto is an Italian masculine diminutive suffix. Also compare Simonetta, which is the feminine equivalent of this name.
SinthguntfGermanic Mythology Sinthgunt is a figure in Germanic mythology, attested solely in the Old High German 9th- or 10th-century "horse cure" Merseburg Incantation. In the incantation, Sinthgunt is referred to as the sister of the personified sun, Sunna... [more]
SitatapatrafBuddhism Means "white umbrella" from Sanskrit सित (sita) meaning "white" and आतपत्र (ātapatra) meaning "umbrella, parasol". In Buddhist tradition this is the name of a bodhisattva who protects against supernatural danger.
SithathoriunetfAncient Egyptian Ancient Egyptian feminine name meaning “daughter of Hathor of Dendera". Dendera is a small, historic town in Egypt known to the Ancient Egyptians as Iunet.
SittfMedieval Arabic (Moorish) From Arabic ست (sitt) "woman, lady" or "grandmother, madam". One notable bearer was Sit al-Berain, mother of Anwar Sadat, 3rd President of Egypt... [more]
SitthimThai Means "entitlement, right, privilege" in Thai.
SitthichaimThai From Thai สิทธิ (sitthi) meaning "entitlement, right, privilege" and ชัย (chai) meaning "victory".
SitthiphonmThai From Thai สิทธิ (sitthi) meaning "entitlement, right, privilege" and พร (phon) meaning "blessing" or พล (phon) meaning "force, strength, power".
SitthiphongmThai From Thai สิทธิ (sitthi) meaning "entitlement, right, privilege" and พงศ์ or พงษ์ (phong) meaning "lineage, family".
SitthisakmThai From Thai สิทธิ (sitthi) meaning "entitlement, right, privilege" and ศักดิ์ (sak) meaning "power, honour".
SittişahfOttoman Turkish Derives most possibly from "sitti" which means "he, who protects" or "is kept safe (by) him" and "şah", which means "king, queen". This was the given name of Sittişah Hatun, consort of Mehmed II. and biological mother of Bayezid II... [more]
SkirtautasmLithuanian The first element of this name is derived from the Lithuanian verb skirti, which usually means "to give, to devote, to dedicate" but has also been found to mean "to divide, to separate" as well as "to determine, to establish, to identify"... [more]
SodontsetsegfMongolian Means "extraordinary flower" in Mongolian, from содон (sodon) meaning "extraordinary, unusual" and цэцэг (tsetseg) meaning "flower".
SodtsetsegfMongolian Means "splendid flower", in Mongolian, from сод (sod) meaning "splendid, remarkable, unique" and цэцэг (tsetseg) meaning "flower".
SosistratosmAncient Greek Derived from the Greek adjective σῶς (sos) meaning "safe, whole, unwounded" (see Sosigenes) combined with the Greek noun στρατός (stratos) meaning "army".
SostratosmAncient Greek, Greek Mythology Contracted form of Sosistratos. Notable ancient Greek bearers of this name include the famous merchant Sostratos of Aegina (6th century BC) and the sculptor Sostratos of Chios (5th century BC).
SpaghettifObscure The name Spaghetti '88 was given due to a desire to have a unique name. It originates after the popular pasta dish, Spaghetti.
Spenta ArmaitifPersian Mythology A Zoroastrian divinity, one of the six creative or divine manifestations of Wisdom and Ahura Mazda. Her name means "creative harmony", although she was later associated with religious devotion... [more]
StakupuntsisajfTotonac Mythology Means "morning star" in Totonac. From staku "star", pun "to be born" and tsisaj "at dawn", literally "star born at dawn". It was the name of a mythical Totonac princess, from whom the vanilla flower was born when she died.
StandfastmEnglish (Puritan) Transferred use of the English surname Standfast, or simply means "to stand firm, to stand one's ground"; compare the English word steadfast meaning "firm or unwavering in purpose, resolution or faith" and the name Stand-fast-on-high.
StarcbertmGermanic Derived from Anglo-Saxon starc "hard, firm, strong" (starh is the Old High German equivalent) and Old High German beraht "bright."
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.
StarlightfEnglish (Rare) Combination of Star, from Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra and light, from Middle English light, liht, leoht, from Old English lēoht (“light, daylight; power of vision; luminary; world”).
StasikratesmAncient Greek The first element of this name is derived from the Greek noun στάσις (stasis), which can mean "standing, placing, setting" as well as "a standing still". It basically refers to a state of standing (still)... [more]
StateirafOld Persian (Hellenized), History Allegedly means "creation of the stars", in which case it would be related to Persian sitareh "star". This was probably the usual name of Alexander the Great's second wife, a daughter of the Persian king Darius III, formally named Barsine... [more]
StatenmEnglish (American, Modern, Rare) From the name of Staten Island in New York City, itself after the legislature of the Netherlands, named the Staten-Generaal.
StatiliusmAncient Roman Roman nomen gentile which was derived from Statius. A known bearer of this name was Titus Statilius Taurus, a Roman general and two-time consul from the 1st century BC.
StatinafRoman Mythology The goddess who gives the baby fitness or "straightness," (i.e. the ability to live) and the father held it up to acknowledge his responsibility to raise it. Unwanted children might be abandoned at the Temple of Pietas or the Columna Lactaria... [more]
StatismAncient Oscan An Oscan praenomen mostly used by the Samnites. Statius Gellius was a Samnite General. Later it was a Roman cognomen, and is attested by the Roman poets Publius Papinius Statius and Caecilius Statius.
StatiusmAncient Roman Roman praenomen (which later also came to be used as a nomen gentile) of Oscan origin. The meaning is uncertain, but it may possibly have been derived from Oscan staít meaning "he stands", which would mean that it is closely related to Latin statuo "to set up, to erect, to cause to stand"... [more]
Steadfastm & fEnglish (Puritan) Meaning, "resolutely or dutifully firm and unwavering." Used in reference to God's steadfastness or in reference to one's steadfastness to faith.
StegathmAmerican (Rare) Transferred use of the surname Stegath, as in the case of American screenwriter, film actor and producer Stegath James Dorr (born 3 June 1973).
SteinbjartafFaroese Faroese combination of steinn "stone" and bjartr "light, shining".
StenettafNorwegian (Archaic) Elaborated form of Stena by way of adding the then-fashionable name suffix -etta. This name was recorded in the 18th century.
StephanettafAfrikaans (Rare) Feminine form of Stephan. Stephanetta Johanna Paulina (Nettie) Bredell (1877-1920) was a granddaughter of Paul Kruger (Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger), President of the South African Republic (or Transvaal) from 1883 to 1900.
SterpetafItalian (Rare) From an Italian title of the Virgin Mary, Madonna dello Sterpeto, meaning "Our Lady of Sterpeto". Sterpeto means "scrub, scrubland" in Italian, derived from sterpo "dry twig, bramble".
StesimbrotosmAncient Greek Derived from Greek ἵστημι (histemi) meaning "to make to stand, to stand, set" and βροτός (brotós), a poetic term meaning "mortal man, human being".
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".
StitchmPopular Culture From the English word "stitch" meaning a "thread or loop of yarn created by movement" or "to mend or make with thread".... [more]
StithmEnglish Derived from the Scottish surname Stith, of unknown meaning. This was the name of Stith Thompson (1885-1976), an American folklorist.
StratosmGreek Mythology, Greek Derived from the ancient Greek noun στρατός (stratos) meaning "army". In modern times, the name is often encountered as a diminutive or short form of Efstratios.... [more]
StrelitziafObscure From the name of the flower native to South Africa, also known as bird of paradise flower due to its resemblance to the animal. The genus was named by Joseph Banks in honour of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, queen consort of George III.
StrothermEnglish From Strother Martin Jr, an American actor (1919-1980).