Names starting with S
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From the English word for the large grassy plain, ultimately deriving from the Taíno (Native American) word sabana. It came into use as a given name...
Russian form of the Latin name Sabellius meaning "a Sabine". The Sabines were an ancient people who lived in central Italy.
Means "rouser, stimulator" in Sanskrit. This is the name of a Vedic Hindu sun god, sometimes identified with Surya.
Means "of the sun" in Sanskrit. This is the name of a hymn in the Rigveda dedicated to Savitr, a sun god. This is also the name of Savitr's daughter,...
Means "black" in Arabic. This was the name of a wife of the Prophet Muhammad. She was said to have lived for a time in Abyssinia (modern Ethiopia and...
Scots diminutive of Alexander.
From an English surname signifying "sawer of wood". Mark Twain used it for the hero in his novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876).
Very rare as an...From an English surname that was derived from the name of the Germanic tribe the Saxons, ultimately deriving from the Germanic word *sahsą meaning...
From Japanese 沙 (sa) meaning "sand" or 紗 (sa) meaning "thread, silk" with 也 (ya) meaning "also" or 耶 (ya), an interjection, combined with 香 (ka) meani...
Means "sword of the faith" from Arabic سيف (sayf) meaning "sword" and دين (dīn) meaning "religion, faith".
From an English surname that was derived from Old French sailleor signifying "acrobat, dancer". As a modern English given name, it could also derive...
From Japanese 小 (sa) meaning "small" and 百合 (yuri) meaning "lily". This name can also be composed of other kanji combinations.
Means "lord, master" in Arabic. A famous bearer was the Egyptian musician Sayyid Darwish (1892-1923).
Signifies "dew" in Azerbaijani, of Persian origin.
Either a variant of Scarlett or else from the English word for the red colour (both of the same origin, a type of cloth).
From an English surname that denoted a person who sold or made garments from scarlet (a type of cloth, possibly derived from Persian سقرلاط (saqrelāṭ)...
Means "shadowy" in Irish. In Irish legend this was the name of a warrior woman. She instructed Cúchulainn in the arts of war, and he in turn helped...
The Azerbaijani form of Sajjad.
Italian form of the Roman cognomen Scaevola, which was derived from Latin scaevus "left-handed". The first bearer of this name was Gaius Mucius...
Anglicized form of Shahrazad.
Means "snow white" in High German, thus a cognate of Low German Sneewittchen (see Snow White). This is the name of a peasant girl in the German...
German form of Snow White.
From a Late Latin name that was derived from scholasticus meaning "rhetorician, orator". Saint Scholastica was a 6th-century Benedictine abbess, the...
French form of Scholastica. It is more common in French-speaking Africa than France.
From a Dutch surname signifying "scholar". Dutch settlers brought the surname to America, where it was subsequently adopted as a given name in honour...
Variant of Swanhild.
Short form of Priscilla. This is also the Italian word for the squill flower (genus Scilla).
Roman cognomen derived from Latin scipio meaning "staff, walking stick". A famous bearer was the 3rd-century Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio...
Means "scorpion" in Latin, from Greek σκορπίος (skorpios). This is the name of the eighth sign of the zodiac, associated with the constellation Scorpi...
From a Latin variant of Scorpio. This is the name of a zodiacal constellation said to have the shape of a scorpion. According to Greek and Roman...
Derived from an English and Scottish surname that referred to a person from Scotland or someone who spoke Scottish Gaelic. It comes from Latin Scoti s...
Diminutive of Scott, also used as a feminine form.
Diminutive of Scott.