SemkemWest Frisian Short form of Semme, where the diminutive suffix ke has been added to the name.
SemkenfManchu Means "bracelet" in Manchu. This was the personal name of Concubine Muktu, who was a consort of the Shunzhi Emperor, and the mother of his eighth son Yonggan.
Šempatə̑rmMari Means "dark warrior, black warrior" in Mari.
SempermEnglish (Rare) Derived from Latin semper meaning "forever, always". It also coincides with a surname which derives from multiple distinct sources, including the French place name Saint-Pierre and the medieval Germanic personal name Sindperht (see Sindbert).... [more]
SemperbonafAncient Roman, Italian (Archaic) Derived from Latin semper meaning "always" and Latin bona meaning "good, kind, right, pleasant; valid, useful, healthy".
SenekerimmArmenian (Archaic) Armenian form of Sennacherib. Senekerim-Hovhannes Artsruni (-1025/1027) was the sixth and last King of Vaspurakan, from the Artsruni dynasty.
SenmifJapanese From Japanese 茜 (sen) meaning "deep red, dye from the rubia plant" or 千 (sen) meaning "thousand" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Seok-beommKorean From Sino-Korean 錫 "bestow, confer" and 範 "pattern, model, rule, law".
Seo-mifKorean From 瑞 (seo) meaning "felicitous omen, auspicious" combined with 媺 (mi) or 美 (mi) both meaning "beautiful". Other combinations are possible.
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.
SeptiminusmLate Roman Diminutive of Septimus. This name was borne by Lucius Fabius Cilo (it was one of his many names), a Roman senator from the 2nd century AD.
SesegmaafBuryat From the Mongolian Tsetseg combined with the Mongolian feminine suffix -маа (-maa).
SesemifLiterature Sesemi (real name Therese) Weichbrodt is a figure from the Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann.
SeshemetkafAncient Egyptian Ancient Egyptian feminine name meaning "(She) who led the Ka". Ka is the Ancient Egyptian concept of the vital essence, which distinguishes the living from the dead.
SesshoumarumPopular Culture From Japanese 殺 (sechi) meaning "to kill", 生 (sho) meaning "life", and 丸 (maru) meaning "whole, round, circle". This is the name of Inuyasha's older half-brother in the manga and anime series 'Inuyasha'.
Seung-manmKorean From Sino-Korean 承 (seung) "inherit, receive; succeed" and 晩 (man) "night". A famous bearer is the first president of South Korea, Syngman Rhee (1875-1965).
Seung-Minm & fKorean From Sino-Korean 承 (seung) meaning "inherit" or 昇 (seung) meaning "rise, ascend" combined with 民 (min) meaning "people, citizens", 敏 (min) meaning "quick, clever, sharp" or 旼 (min) meaning "gentle, affable"... [more]
SeungmukmKorean From 勝 "victory; excel, be better than" or 承 "inherit, receive; succeed" (seung) and 묵 meaning neck.
ShadimanmGeorgian Georgian form of the Persian name Šādmān (also Shādmān), of which the first element is derived from Middle Persian šād (also shād) meaning "happy, joyful" or from Middle Persian šādīh (also shādīh) meaning "happiness, joy"... [more]
Shadmanf & mMuslim Means “happy”, “joyous”, or "jubilant".
ShahrommMalay, Tajik, Uzbek (Rare) Malay, Tajik, and Uzbek form of Shahram. A notable bearer of this name is the Malaysian soccer player Shahrom Kalam (b. 1985).
ShaikhislammBashkir (Rare) From the Arabic title شَيْخ (šayḵ) meaning "chief, chieftain, head" combined with the name of the religion Islam.
Shalamarf & mEnglish (Rare), Filipino (Rare) Alternate transcription of Arabic / Urdu شالامار باغ (see Shalimar). Though the name began to be used (in very small numbers) in America in the 1950s and 1960s, it gained some recognition there in 1980 following the release of the song "Three for Love" by the R&B group of the same name.
ShalimarfAmerican (Modern, Rare) From the name of the Shalamar Gardens near what is now Lahore, Pakistan, which were created in the mid-17th century by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (who also built the Taj Mahal)... [more]
ShamamBiblical This name comes from שמע (shama'), meaning "to hear".... [more]
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).
ShamagulfMari From the Tatar чшэмэ (sheme) meaning "question mark" and гол (gol) meaning "flower".
ShambhumIndian, Hindi, Bengali Derived from Sanskrit शम्भु (shambhu) meaning "causing happiness, benevolent, beneficent". This is an epithet of the Hindu gods Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu.
ShamceyfFilipino (Rare) Borne by Filipino beauty pageant titleholder Shamcey Supsup (1986-), who has said that her name was invented by her mother 'from her reading of Mills & Boon romance novels.'
ShamhatfLiterature, Babylonian Means "the luscious one". Name borne by a prominent character in the Epic of Gilgamesh, responsible for bringing the wild man Enkidu to the city of Uruk.
ShamjahonfUzbek Meaning "light of the world" from sham meaning "light" and jahon meaning "the world".
ShamkhanmChechen Either from Arabic شمس (shams) meaning "sun" or شمال (shamal) meaning "north" combined with the Turkic title khan meaning "leader, ruler".
ShammuamBiblical Shammua, the son of Zaccur of the house of Reuben, was a scout sent to Canaan prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to Numbers 13:4.
ShamolboymUzbek Derived from the Uzbek shamol meaning "wind" and boy meaning "rich, wealthy".
Shams-al-DuhafHistory, Medieval Arabic Means "dawn light". This was the Arabic name taken by a Christian concubine of Muhammad II al-Faqih, who was the mother of his son Nasr.
ShamsetfCircassian Possibly derived from Arabic شَمْس (šams) meaning "sun".
Shamshadf & mUrdu Derived from Arabic شمشاد (shamshad) meaning "box" (a type of plant in the genus Buxus).
Shamsif & mArabic, Persian, Azerbaijani Means "solar" in Arabic, from شَمْس (šams) meaning "sun", also used as an alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Şəmsi. It is a solely feminine name in Iran and solely masculine in Azerbaijan.
ShaomeifChinese From Chinese 绍 (shào) meaning "continue, join" or 芍 (sháo) meaning "peony" and 美 (měi) meaning "beauty, beautiful" or 妹 (mèi) meaning "younger sister".
Shaominf & mJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 紗 (sha) meaning "silk gauze" combined with 尾 (o) meaning "tail" and 民 (min) meaning "people, citizens". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well.
SharifmirzamUzbek Derived from the Uzbek sharif meaning "sacred, holy" and mirza meaning "scribe, clerk, scholar" or "lord".
SharmaarkemSomali A name that means "see no evil" or "protect from evil." The prefix shar- means "evil."
ShaykhlislammArabic Means "the elder of islam, the scholar of islam, leader of islamic scholars" from Arabic شيخ (šīẖ) meaning "elder, leader" combined with الإسلام (al-islām) meaning "of Islam".
ShaynmanmYiddish This name was occasionally used as the male counterpart of the Yiddish Shayna among Eastern European Jews. It literally means "beautiful man" in Yiddish.
ShempmPopular Culture In the case of the Three Stooges member Shemp Howard (1895-1955) it was a pseudonym that arose from his Litvak (Lithuanian Yiddish) mother's pronunciation of Sam 1, a short form of his real name Samuel.