Names starting with S

From the Old English name Swiðhun or Swiþhun, derived from swiþ "strong" and perhaps hun "bear cub". Saint Swithin was a 9th-century bishop of...

Variant of Swithin.

Alternate transcription of Belarusian Сяргей (see Siarhei).

Avestan form of Siavash.

Variant of Sibylla.

Variant of Sibyl. This spelling variation has existed since the Middle Ages.

Polish form and Latin variant of Sibylla.

German and French form of Sibyl.

Created by Shakespeare for a witch character in his play The Tempest (1611). The character has died by the time the play begins, so she is only...

Short form of Sydney.

Variant of Sydney.

Variant of Sydney.

Originates from a surname that was a variant of the surname Sidney. This is the name of the largest city in Australia, which was named for Thomas...

Variant of Sydney.

Kyrgyz form of Siddiq.

Urdu, Punjabi and Bengali form of Sayyid.

Urdu form of Sayyida.

Variant of Silas, as well as the form found in the Polish New Testament.

Either a variant of Silvia or a direct borrowing from Latin silva meaning "wood, forest". This is the name of the main character in the...

French form of Silvanus.

French feminine form of Silvanus.

Either a variant of Silvanus or directly from the Latin word silva meaning "wood, forest".

Variant of Silvana.

Variant of Silvanus.

Medieval variant of Silvester. This is currently the usual English spelling of the name. A famous bearer is the American actor Sylvester Stallone...

French form of Silvester.

Diminutive of Sylvie.

Norwegian and Swedish variant of Solveig. It is also used as a short form of Sylvia.

Variant of Silvia. This has been the most common English spelling since the 19th century.

Variant of Sylvaine.

Variant of Sylvaine.

French and Czech form of Silvia.

Polish form of Silvester.

Polish form of Silvia.

Means "appearance, stature, figure" in Kazakh.

Old Testament Greek (though occurring rarely in the New Testament) and Latin form of Simeon.

Greek form of Symmachus.

Latinized form of Greek Σύμμαχος (Symmachos) meaning "fighting along with, allied with". Famous bearers of this name include the 4th-century Roman...

Ukrainian form of Simon 1 (mostly ecclesiastical usage).

Simply from the English word, ultimately deriving from Greek σύμφωνος (symphonos) meaning "concordant in sound".

Short form of Synnøve.

Swedish form of Sunniva.

Norwegian variant of Sunniva.

Ancient Greek name derived from συντυχία (syntychia) meaning "occurrence, event". This is the name of a woman mentioned in Paul's epistle to the...

Variant of Siria.

Greek form of Syrus.

Means "a Syrian" in Greek. According to Greek mythology Syros was the eponymous founder of Assyria. This was also a Roman cognomen, as in the case of...

From the name of the province of Syunik in Armenia, derived from the Syunia dynasty, itself possibly derived from either Sisak, the name of a...

Armenian form of Susanna, as well as a Russian variant.

Diminutive of Syuzanna.

Hungarian form of Sabina.

Meaning unknown, possibly from a Slavic word meaning "marten". It was borne by a leader of the Magyars at the time of Árpád. This is now the name of...

Hungarian short form of Alexandra.

Polish form of Stephen.

Means "lucky, successful, happy" in Polish, a vernacular form of Felix.

Hungarian variant form of Sebastianus (see Sebastian).

Means "solid, firm" in Hungarian, also used as a Hungarian vernacular form of Constantine.

Hungarian form of Silvester.

Hungarian form of Silvia.

Hungarian form of Simonetta.