Names starting with S
98 Names found
The Persian and Turkish form of Safaa or Safaa', as well as an alternate Arabic transcription of either name.
A short form of Samuel, Samson, Samantha and other names beginning with Sam. A notable fictional bearer is Sam Spade, the detective in Dashiell...
Originally a diminutive of Alexander. As a feminine name it is a diminutive of Alexandra or Sandra. It can also refer to the colour.
From Sino-Korean 常 (sang) "common, frequent, regular" or other characters with a similar pronunciation. It usually occurs combined with another...
A diminutive of Aleksandr or Aleksandra.
A Croatian, Serbian and Slovene diminutive of Aleksander or Aleksandra.
A Russian and Ukrainian diminutive of Aleksandr or Aleksandra.
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 a Dutch surname signifying "scholar". Dutch settlers brought the surname to America, where it was subsequently adopted as a given name in honour...
Diminutive of Scott, also used as a feminine form.
From an English surname that originated from a place name signifying "willow farm" in Old Norse.
The name James spelled backwards.
From Sino-Korean 瑞 (seo) meaning "felicitous omen, auspicious" and 鎭 (jin) meaning "town, marketplace". Other hanja combinations can form this name...
From Sino-Korean 成 (seong) meaning "completed, finished, succeeded", as well as other hanja characters with the same pronunciation. Although it does...
From Sino-Korean 成 (seong) meaning "completed, finished, succeeded" combined with 鉉 (hyeon), which refers to a device used to lift a tripod cauldron....
From Sino-Korean 成 (seong) meaning "completed, finished, succeeded" combined with 元 (won) meaning "first, origin" or 源 (won) meaning "source,...
From Sino-Korean 善 (seon) meaning "good, virtuous" or 宣 (seon) meaning "declare, announce" combined with 宇 (u) meaning "house, universe" or 佑 (u) mean...
From Sino-Korean 昇 (seung) meaning "rise, ascend", 勝 (seung) meaning "victory" or 承 (seung) meaning "inherit", as well as other characters that are...
From Sino-Korean 承 (seung) meaning "inherit" combined with 炫 (hyeon) meaning "shine, glitter" or 鉉 (hyeon), which refers to a device used to lift a...
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 승현 (see Seung-hyeon).
From the English word for the number, derived from Old English seofon (from an Indo-European root shared by Latin septem and Greek ἑπτά (hepta)).
Either from Hebrew שַׁי (shai) meaning "gift" or else a Hebrew diminutive of Isaiah.
Traditional name for the moon, it literally means "having a hare" in Sanskrit. This is a transcription of both the masculine form शशि and the feminine...
Anglicized form of Seán, occasionally used as a feminine form. This is the most common spelling of this name in the United States and Canada, with Sha...
From an English surname, which was possibly a variant of Selby. Though previously in use as a rare masculine name, it was popularized as a feminine...
From Chinese 圣 (shèng) meaning "holy, sacred", 胜 (shèng) meaning "victory", or 盛 (shèng) meaning "abundant, flourishing". Other characters are also...
From an Irish surname (anglicized from Irish Gaelic Ó Sirideáin), which was derived from the given name Sirideán possibly signifying "searcher".
From Chinese 时 (shí) meaning "time, era, season", 实 (shí) meaning "real, honest", 史 (shǐ) meaning "history" or 石 (shí) meaning "stone". Other...
Means "feather" in Choctaw.
From an Old Testament place name possibly meaning "tranquil" in Hebrew. It is also used prophetically in the Old Testament to refer to a person,...
From Japanese 忍 (shinobu) meaning "endurance, patience", as well as other kanji or kanji combinations having the same pronunciation.
From Japanese 伸 (shin) meaning "extend, stretch, open" or 晋 (shin) meaning "advance, increase" combined with 三 (zō) meaning "three". Other...
From Chinese 帅 (shuài) meaning "to command, to lead, handsome" or other characters that are pronounced similarly.
From Chinese 水 (shuǐ) meaning "water", as well as other characters pronounced in a similar way.
Derived from Sanskrit श्याम (śyāma) meaning "dark, black, blue". This is a transcription of both the masculine form श्याम (another name of the Hindu...
From Zulu isibonakaliso meaning "sign, token, proof".
From the English surname Sidney. It was first used as a given name in honour of the executed politician Algernon Sidney (1622-1683). Another notable...
Diminutive of Siegfried, Sieglinde, and other Old German names beginning with the element sigu meaning "victory".
From the English word for the precious metal or the colour, ultimately derived from the Old English seolfor.
From a Scottish surname that traces back to a Norman French town called "Saint Clair". A notable bearer was the American author Sinclair Lewis...
Means "our gift" in Zulu and Xhosa.