Se-rifKorean Derived from the Korean Hangul 세 (se) meaning "three" or Korean Hanja 世 (se) meaning "world, lineage, generation" combined with Korean Hangul 리 (ri) coming from Korean Hanja 理 (ri) meaning "reason, sense, logic" or 里 (ri) meaning "village; ri a unit of distance" or 裏 / 裡 (ri) meaning "inside, within, inner".... [more]
SerifJapanese From Japanese 芹 (seri) meaning "water dropwort, Oenanthe javanica" or a combination of 世 (se) meaning "world" and 理 (ri) meaning "logic, reason". Other kanji which are pronounced the same way.
SerinfJapanese From Japanese 星 (se) meaning "star" combined with 林 (rin) meaning "woods; grove; forest; copse", 鈴 (rin) meaning "bell, chime" or 凛 (rin) meaning "dignified, severe, cold". Other kanji combinations are possible.
SertabfTurkish Means "the main light, radiance". Sertab Erener is a famous singer with the name. Her name was chosen from a classical Turkish song called "Ey Şûh-i Sertab".
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."
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]
Setsum & fJapanese From Japanese 節 (setsu) meaning "section, period, verse, melody", though it is often written せつ using the hiragana writing system. It can also come from せ (se) meaning "world" combined with 津 (tsu), a place name, such as Tsu city in Mie prefecture... [more]
SetthamThai From Thai เศรษฐ (settha) meaning "excellent, best, supreme".
SetyomJavanese From Javanese sêtya meaning "loyal, faithful, obedient", ultimately from Sanskrit सत्य (satya).
Seulgif & mKorean (Modern) From native Korean 슬기 (seulgi) meaning "wisdom, intelligence." It can also be written with hanja, combining a seul hanja, like 璱 meaning "blue jewel" or 瑟, referring to the pipa instrument, with a gi hanja, such as 基 meaning "foundation, base," 起 meaning "rise, stand up; go up; begin," 璣 meaning "jewel; star" or 伎 meaning "talent, skill, gift."
Seung-afKorean From Sino-Korean 承 "inherit, receive; succeed" and 雅 "elegant, graceful, refined".
Seung-anmKorean, Chinese From the Sino-Korean seung meaning "rise, ascend" and Chinese an, meaning "peace, quiet". Other combinations are also possible.
Seung-binmKorean From Sino-Korean 承 "inherit, receive; succeed" and 彬 "cultivated, well-bred".
Seung-CheolmKorean From Sino-Korean 承 (seung) meaning "inherit", 勝 (seung) meaning "victory, success" or 昇 (seung) meaning "rise, ascend" combined with 哲 (cheol) meaning "wise, sage"... [more]
Seung-heonmKorean Seung-heon, alternatively spelled Seung-hun, 承憲 in Hanja, is a male Korean given name.... [more]
Seung-homKorean From Sino-Korean 勝 (seung) "victory; excel, be better than" and 浩 (ho) "great, numerous, vast, abundant".
Seung-huif & mKorean From Sino-Korean 承 "inherit, receive; succeed", 丞 "assist, aid, rescue" or 勝 "victory; excel, be better than" (seung), and 熙 "bright, splendid, glorious", 喜 "like, love, enjoy; joyful thing", 希 "rare; hope, expect, strive for" or 姬 "beauty; imperial concubine" (hui).
Seung-hunmKorean From Sino-Korean 承 "inherit, receive; succeed" and 勳 "meritorious deed".
Seung-hwanmKorean From Sino-Korean 承 "inherit, receive; succeed" and 桓 "variety of tree (Chinese soapberry)".
Seung-hyefKorean From Sino-Korean 升 "arise, go up; advance" and 惠 "favor, benefit, confer kindness".
Seung-Hyeonm & fKorean From Sino-Korean 承 (seung) meaning "inherit", 昇 (seung) meaning "rise, ascend" or 勝 (seung) meaning "victory, success" combined with 炫 (hyeon) meaning "shine, glitter", 鉉 (hyeon) referring to a device used to lift a ritual tripod cauldron or 賢 (hyeon) meaning "virtuous, worthy, wise"... [more]
Seung-hyeopmKorean From Sino-Korean 承 "inherit, receive; succeed" and 協 "be united; cooperate".
Seung-ilmKorean From Sino-Korean 勝 (seung) meaning "victory" combined with 一 (il) meaning "one" or 日 (il) meaning "day". Other hanja combinations can form this name as well.
Seung-jaemKorean From Sino-Korean 勝 "victory; excel, be better than" and 宰 "to slaughter; to rule".
Seung-jinmKorean From Sino-Korean 昇 "rise, ascent; peaceful; peace" and 辰 "early morning".
Seung-JunmKorean From Sino-Korean 承 (seung) meaning "inherit", 勝 (seung) meaning "victory, success" or 昇 (seung) meaning "rise, ascend" combined with 俊 (jun) meaning "talented, handsome", 埈 (jun) meaning "high, steep, towering", 準 (jun) meaning "rule, guideline, standard" or 准 (jun) meaning "approve, permit"... [more]
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]
Seung-yeonf & mKorean From Sino-Korean 升 "arise, go up; hoist; advance", 丞 "assist, aid, rescue" or 昇 "rise, ascent; peaceful; peace" (seung), and 淵 "gulf, abyss, deep", 涓 "brook, stream; select; pure" or 延 "delay, postpone, defer" (yeon).
Seung-yeopmKorean From Sino-Korean 承 "inherit, receive; succeed" and 燁 "bright, glorious, splendid, flame".
Seung-yunmKorean From Sino-Korean 承 "inherit, receive; succeed" and 潤 "soft, sleek".
SevalfTurkish From Turkish sev meaning "love" and al meaning "take".
SevcanfTurkish From Turkish sev meaning "love" and can meaning "soul, life".
SevedmSwedish A more modern variant of the old Norse name Sigvid consisting of the Old Norse elements 'sig' meaning victory and 'vidh' meaning forest. It is also possible that Seved is a Swedish spelling change of the Latin name Severinus.
SevernfEnglish, English (Canadian) English form of Habren, the original Welsh name of the longest river in Great Britain, which is of unknown meaning (perhaps "boundary"). Its use as a given name may be inspired by the name Sabrina, which was the Roman name of the river... [more]
SevinfOttoman Turkish Sevin is Kurdish and Turkish for "lovely", "love her", or "rejoice". It is from Ottoman Turkey, but since the Persians or Iranians use it a lot too, it is written in Arabic characters as well.
Sewarf & mArabic Alternate transcription of Arabic سوار (see Siwar).
Sextansm & fAstronomy Sextans is one of the constellations introduced by the Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius. It represents the astronomical sextant. Hevelius named the constellation after the sextant he used to measure star positions... [more]
Seyranm & fArmenian, Kurdish, Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Turkish Derived from Arabic سيران (sayrān) meaning "pleasure walk, country trip". This name is feminine in Kurdish and Turkish, and masculine in Armenian, Azerbaijani and Crimean Tatar.
Sezenf & mTurkish Means "sensing, one who senses" in Turkish.
Sezerm & fTurkish Means "understand, sense, feel" in Turkish.
SezginmTurkish Means "insightful, sagacious, intuitive" in Turkish.
ShaddixmAmerican Transferred from the surname Shaddix, which is an altered form of Chadwick. Notable bearer of the surname is Jacoby Shaddix, lead singer of the band Papa Roach.
ShadmehrmPersian From Persian شاد (shād) meaning "happy, glad" and مهر (mehr) meaning "sun" or "friendship, love, kindness".
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.
ShadoomEdisto, Indigenous American Shadoo is a surviving personal name in the Edisto language of South Carolina. This was the name of a captain or chief of the Edisto Nation encountered by Robert Sandford in 1666. The name is alternatively written in historical documents as Sheedou.... [more]
Shai-Elm & fHebrew (Modern, Rare), Hebrew Hebrew combination of Shai - "gift" and El - "God". When combined, it takes up the meaning of "Gift of God" or "Gift from God". Alternate spelling of Shaiel... [more]
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.'
ShamkhanmChechen Either from Arabic شمس (shams) meaning "sun" or شمال (shamal) meaning "north" combined with the Turkic title khan meaning "leader, ruler".
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.
ShanafJapanese From Japanese 沙 (sha) meaning "sand" combined with 夏 (na) meaning "summer". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Shanshanf & mChinese From Chinese 珊 (shān) meaning "coral", 睒 (shǎn) meaning "glittering, shining", 杉 (shān) meaning "pine, fir" or 姗 (shān) meaning "glorious" all combined with themselves... [more]
ShanyemChinese Means "flash night", from Chinese 閃 (shǎn) meaning "flash, sparkle" and 夜 (yè) meaning "night, evening".
ShanygnefAfrican American (Rare) Variant of Shanene influenced by the word cygne ("swan" in French). Kellie Shanygne Williams (1976-) is an American actress.
Shaofengm & fChinese From Chinese 绍 (shào) meaning "continue, carry on" combined with 峰 (fēng) meaning "peak, summit". Other character combinations can form this name as well.
Shaohuam & fChinese From Chinese 少 (shǎo) meaning "few, little" or (shào) meaning "young, youthful", 绍 (shào) meaning "continue, carry on" or 劭 (shào) meaning "excellent, admirable, respectable" combined with 华 (huá) meaning "splendid, illustrious, flowery, Chinese"... [more]
Shaopingm & fChinese From Chinese 少 (shǎo) meaning "few, little" combined with 平 (píng) meaning "level, even, peaceful". Other character combinations can form this name as well.
ShaoqimChinese Means "little wonder", from Chinese 少 (shǎo) meaning "few, small, son of a rich family" and 奇 (qí) meaning "odd, strange, wonder".
Shaoqingm & fChinese From Chinese 少 (shǎo) meaning "few, little" or 绍 (shào) meaning "continue, carry on" combined with 卿 (qīng) meaning "high official, minister" or 青 (qīng) meaning "blue, green, young"... [more]
Shaoweim & fChinese From Chinese 绍 (shào) meaning "continue, carry on" or 少 (shǎo) meaning "few, little" combined with 伟 (wěi) meaning "great, robust, extraordinary" or 威 (wēi) meaning "power, pomp"... [more]
ShapimAvar Derived from Arabic شافي (shafi) meaning "healing, curing".
ShardafIndian (Sikh) The Sharda temple has a special significance in the evolution of the people of Kashmir as an intellectual identity and it was an ancient site of learning in the subcontinent. The indigenous script of Kashmir has been named after the presiding deity i.e the Goddess Sharda.
SharpayfPopular Culture From Shar-pei, the name of a dog breed, ultimately from Chinese 沙皮 (shā pí) "sand skin". This is the antagonist in the film 'High School Musical' (2006).
ShastafEnglish (Modern, Rare), Literature 20th-century adoption of the name of Mount Shasta in Northern California (or the Shasta daisy, named after the mountain), which comes from the name of a Native American tribe that lived in the area; its origin and meaning is lost to time.... [more]