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Sabbatha f English (Rare), Literature
Derived from English sabbath, the name of the holy day of the week in Judeo-Christian tradition, which derives from Hebrew shabbath, properly "day of rest", from shabath "he rested"... [more]

Sadella f English (Rare)

Sadessa f English (Rare)

Sahara f English
From the name of the world's largest hot desert, which is derived from Arabic صَحَارَى‎ (ṣaḥārā) meaning "deserts" (see Sahara).

Sallyann f English
Combination of Sally and Ann.

Sallyanne f English
Combination of Sally and Anne 1.

Salomae f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Salome.

Salomey f English (Archaic), English (African)
Variant of Salome.

Salvia f Medieval French, English (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare), Italian (Rare)
From the genus name of sage, an herb formerly used as medicine, which comes from Latin salvus "healthy, safe" (related to salvere "to save, to be saved"), referring to the plant's supposed healing properties... [more]

Samadhi f Indian (?), Mexican (Modern, Rare), English (American, Modern, Rare), Various
From the Sanskrit word समाधि (samādhi) meaning "placing together", from सम (sama) "together" combined with the prefix आ (ā) and धा (dhā) "to place"... [more]

Samaire f English (Modern, Rare)
In the case of American actress Samaire Armstrong (1980-) it is most likely an invented name, though she has claimed it means "dawning sun" in Gaelic: 'My first name is Gaelic and means "dawning sun"... [more]

Samanthe f English (Rare)
Samanthe and its variant spellings, including its most common variant Semanthe, are relatives and possibly predecessors of the name Samantha, which were at their peak use in the 1700s and 1800s in the United States, mainly in New England, though there is also some evidence of Semanthe being used in 1700s England.... [more]

Samela f Literature, English
Likely coined by the English poet Robert Greene in the late sixteenth century for his poem "Samela", Samela is most likely a reworking of Semele.

Sammyjo f English
Combination of Sammy and Jo.

Samual m English
Variant of Samuel.

Samya f English (Modern), Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Samiyah.

Santanna f & m Spanish (Latin American), English
From a contraction of the surname Santa Anna meaning "Saint Anne", derived from Spanish santa "saint" combined with Anna, the name traditionally assigned to the mother of the Virgin Mary (see also Santana)... [more]

Saphira f English, Judeo-Anglo-Norman, Literature, Various
English variant and Judeo-Anglo-Norman form of Sapphira. This is the name of Eragon's dragon in Christopher Paolini's 'Inheritance Cycle' series of books.

Saphrona f English (Rare)
Variant of Sophronia.

Saphyra f English (Modern)
Variant of Saphira. Also see Sapphira.

Sarahjane f English (Rare)
Combination of Sarah and Jane.

Saraia f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Saraya.

Saraya f English (Modern, Rare)
Modern name, possibly based on Saray (see Sarai), Sariah or Soraya.

Sarinah f Dutch (Rare), English (Modern)
Variant spelling of Sarina.

Sariyah f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Sariah. Its increase in popularity in the late 2010s and 2020s may be due to influencer Sariyah Panton.

Saturday m & f English (African), Afro-American (Slavery-era)
From the English word for the day of the week, which derives from Old English sæterdæġ, meaning "Saturn's day".

Savana f English (Modern, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Variant of Savannah.

Savanah f English
Variant of Savannah.

Saveah f English (Canadian, ?)

Secily f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Cecily.

Sedona f English (American)
In the United States, this name is usually given in honour of the city of Sedona in Arizona. The city itself had been named after Sedona Arabella Schnebly (née Miller), who was the wife of Theodore Carlton Schnebly, the city's first postmaster... [more]

Selenda f English (American, Rare)
Possibly a variant of Selena or Celinda.

Selyna f English (Modern, Rare)
Modern form of Selena.

Senaca m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Seneca.

Seneka f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Seneca.

Senekah f English (American)
Variant of Seneca

Senica m & f English (American, Rare)
Variant and feminine form of Seneca.

Senika f English (American, Rare)
Feminine variant of Seneca.

Seniqua f English (American, Rare)
Feminine variant of Seneca.

Senneca m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Seneca.

Seraphim m & f Greek, English (Puritan), English (Modern, Rare), History (Ecclesiastical)
Directly from the biblical word seraphim which meant "fiery ones", from Hebrew שרף (saraf) meaning "to burn", referring to an order of angels described in the Book of Isaiah (see Seraphina)... [more]

Seraphin m English (Rare), German (Rare), Medieval German
English and German form of Seraphinus (see Seraphina).

Seraphine f English (Anglicized, Modern)
Anglicized form of Séraphine.

Serilda f English (American, Archaic), American (South, Archaic)
Of uncertain origin and meaning; theories include a derivation from Sarahild. It was regionally popular in the Midwestern and Southern United States in the 19th century (see also Zerelda).

Serpentine f English
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]

Sesily f English (Rare)
Variant of Cecily.

Sessily f English (Modern)
Variant of Cecily, influenced by the botanical term sessile, meaning "a leaf issuing directly from the stem of the plant, rather than by a petiole."

Shakeena f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Shakina.

Shalamar f & m English (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.

Shalandra f English (American)
Elaborated form of Sandra.

Shalaya f English (American, Modern, Rare)

Shaleah f English (American, Modern, Rare), African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the phonetic elements sha, lee and ya.

Shalissa f English (Modern, Rare)

Shamera f English (American)

Shanaia f English (American, Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Variant of Shania.

Shanessa f English
Feminine form of Shane, perhaps influenced by Vanessa

Shaniah f English (Modern)
Variant of Shania.

Shannoa f English (Modern, Rare)

Shanya f English (Modern)
Variant of Shania.

Sharina f English (Rare)
Combination of the phonetic elements sha, ree and na.

Sharion f English (American)
Variant of Sherian.

Sharissa f English
Variant of Charissa.

Sharlynda f English (American, Modern, Rare)

Sharrona f English (Rare)
Variant of Sharona.

Shaughnessy f & m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Shaughnessy. The name Shaughnessy was given to 5 girls born in the United States in 2000, according to the U.S. Social Security Administration.

Shaunetta f English (American)
Feminine form of Shaun.

Shavonna f English (American, Rare)
Elaboration of Shavonne.

Shawnacy m English
Transferred use of the surname Shawnacy.... [more]

Shawnella f English
Feminine form of Shawn.

Shelvia f English (American)
Elaboration of Shelva.

Shenoa f English (Modern)
Variant of Chenoa.

Sherrilyn f English (Rare)
Variant of Cherilyn.

Sherrinford m English
Original name of Sherlock Holmes. Sherringford was originally paired with the last name 'Hope'. It was then changed to Sherrinford Holmes, this was then discarded for Sherlock Holmes. It is now used to refer to the proposed elder brother of Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes.

Shirleyann f English (American)
Combination of Shirley and Ann.

Shiseido f English (American, Rare)
This rare name originates from the name of the Japanese company, Shiseido (also spelled as Shiseidō). The brand name is written as 資生堂 with 資 (shi) meaning "assets, be conductive to, capital, contribute to, data, funds, resources", 生 (shou, sei, i.kiru, i.keru, -u, u.mare, o.u, ki, na.ru, ha.eru) meaning "birth, genuine, life" and 堂 (dou) meaning "hall, public chamber."... [more]

Shunammite f English (African)
Hebrew for "woman of Shunaam." Associated with the prophet Elisha according to 2 Kings 4:8, although not used as the real name in the Bible.

Shyanna f English (Modern, Rare)
Elaborated form of Shyanne.

Sikena f English (American, Rare), African
Transferred use of the surname Sikena.

Silene f English (Rare)
After a large genus of flowering plants that contains almost 900 species. It's commonly known as the campion or catchfly. It's also the feminine form of Silenus.

Sincerely f English (Modern, Rare)
From the English word sincerely meaning "in a sincere manner".

Siren f English (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Greek Σειρῆνες (Seirenes), the name of a type of sea nymphs who lured mariners with their enchanting voices.

Sirena f English (Rare)
Derived from Spanish sirena "mermaid". The Spanish dramatist Jacinto Benavente used this name in his play 'Los intereses creados' (1907), where it belongs to a poor widow and matchmaker called Doña Sirena.

Sirina f English (Rare), Scandinavian (Rare)
English variant of Serena and Scandinavian variant of Sirin.

Sivannah f English
Modern variant of Savannah

Sofianne f English
Variant of Sophianne and Sophiane.

Sojourner f English (Rare)
From the English word meaning "one who stays temporarily (sojourns)", which is ultimately derived from the Latin elements sub "under, until" and diurnus "of a day" (from diurnum "day"), via the vulgar Latin subdiurnare "to spend the day"... [more]

Solaya f English (Rare)
From the Spanish "sol" which means "sun" and "aya", which is another word for governess.

Solomie f English

Somerlee f English (Rare)
Transferred use of a very rare surname Sommerlee, which is a variant of Summerlee (originating from Old English sumer meaning "summer" and leah meaning "clearing, meadow.")

Somerset m English (British)
The name of an English county used as a personal name. It is derived from Old English and may mean “the people of the summer settlement” or “settlers by the sea-lakes”. It is often translated as "the land of the summer people".

Sonata f Lithuanian, English (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Filipino (Rare)
From a musical term for a musical composition for one or a few instruments (piano frequently being one of them) in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo, derived from the feminine past participle of Italian verb sonare (modern suonare) meaning "to play (an instrument); to sound."

Sonietta f English (Modern, Rare), Italian (Rare), Literature
Likely a diminutive of Sonia. This name was used by Anthony Burgess for a female character in his novel A Clockwork Orange.

Sonora f English (American, Rare)
Of uncertain origin and meaning. It might be inspired by the name of the north-western Mexican state Sonora or possibly be derived from Latin sonorus "resounding; sonorous".

Sophiah f English (Modern)
Variant spelling of Sophia.

Sophnia f English (Rare)
Possibly an elaboration of Sophia.

Sopias m English (American)

Sovereign f & m English (Modern)
From the English word, both a noun meaning "monarch" and an adjective meaning "predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount" or "having supreme power", which is derived from Vulgar Latin *superanus "chief" (ultimately from Latin super "over") via Old French... [more]

Spiritual f English (American, Rare)
Taken from the English word spiritual.

Staciana f English (American, Rare)
Elaboration of Stacia in the style of Eliana 1 or a combination of Staci/Stacy with Ana/Anna (Compare Stacyann/Stacyanna).... [more]

Stephanni f English
Variant of Stephanie.

Stephini f English (Rare)
Variant of Stephanie.

Stevanie f English (Rare)
The Feminine form of Steven and a variant of Stephanie.

Stevenson m English
Transferred use of the surname Stevenson.

Strawberry f English (Rare)
From the widely grown hybrid species of the genus Fragaria.

Summerlad m English
Folk etymologically altered form of Somerled.

Summerlee f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Combination of the names Summer and Lee.

Summerlin f English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Summerlin, or else a variant of Summerlyn.

Summerlyn f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Elaboration of Summer using the popular name suffix lyn.

Summerlynn f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Summerlyn.

Susetta f English (Modern)
Variant of Suzetta.

Sutherland m & f Scottish (Rare), English (Rare)
Scottish regional name that described a person who came from the former county by this name, which got its name from Old Norse suðroen "southern" and land "land". It was called the South Land because it was south of Scandinavia and south of the Norse colonies of Orkney and Shetland Islands.

Sycamore m English (Rare)
From the English word sycamore for various types of trees, ultimately from Greek συκόμορος (sūkomoros) meaning "fig-mulberry".

Sylvannah f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Sylvana, possibly influenced by Savannah and/or Susannah.

Sylvestra f English (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Sylvester.

Sylvius m English (British), French (Rare), German (Rare)
Variant of Silvius. ... [more]

Symantha f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Samantha.

Symerah f English (American)
Possibly originates from Samara.

Synthia f English
Variant of Cynthia.

Syria f English (Rare), Italian (Modern)
Variant of Siria. As an English name, it can be derived from the name of the country in western Asia.

Syzygy f & m English (Rare)
From the English word, ultimately from Ancient Greek σύζυγος (súzugos) "yolked together". In astronomy, this term refers to the alignment of three celestial bodies, such as what occurs during an eclipse.