Names starting with S

An alternate transcription of Arabic سيف الدين (see Sayf ad-Din).

The first part of compound Arabic names beginning with سيف ال (Sayf al) signifying "sword of the" (such as Sayf ad-Din).

An alternate transcription of Arabic سيف الله or Urdu سیف اللہ (see Sayfullah).

A variant of Sage.

A diminutive of Sari 1.

Probably an invented name, inspired by names such as Aila, Laila 2 and Saima 2.

A variant of Saylor. This is the less common spelling.

From Arabic صائم (ṣāʾim) signifying "fasting" [1].

From Saimaa, the name of Finland's largest lake. The etymology of the lake's name is unknown.

A variant of Saima 2.

Possibly signifies "how good, very good", from Albanian sa "how much" and mirë "good".

From the English word, ultimately from Latin sanctus "holy, saintly".

Possibly signifies "traveller" in Arabic.

The Turkish form of Said.

An alternate transcription of Arabic ساجد (see Sajid).

Signifies "worshipping" in Arabic, from سجد (sajada) "to bow down, to prostrate".

The feminine form of Sajid.

Signifies "one who prays" in Arabic, from سجد (sajada) "to bow down, to prostrate".

The Bosnian form of Saira.

The Finnish form of Zacharias.

From Thai ศักดิ์ (sak) "power, strength, honour" and ชัย (chai) "victory".

Signifies "solid rock" in Arabic. This name appears in the poems of the 7th-century poetess Al-Khansa.

From Japanese 咲 (sa) "blossom" and 希 (ki) "hope", besides other kanji combinations.

From Japanese 咲 (saki) "blossom" and 子 (ko) "child", as well as other kanji combinations.

Signifies "calmness, peace" in Arabic.

The Turkish form of Sakina.

The Persian form of Sakina.

The Turkish form of Shakir.

A diminutive of Sakari.

From Sanskrit साक्षिन् (sākṣin) signifying "witness".

A diminutive form of Sakari.

From Japanese 桜 (sakura) "cherry blossom", though it is often written in hiragana. It can also come from 咲 (saku) "blossom" and 良 (ra) "good, virtuous...

From Japanese 桜 (sakura) "cherry blossom" and 子 (ko) "child". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

A short form of Sally, Salvador and other names beginning with Sal.

From Latin sal signifying "salt". This was the Roman goddess of salt water.

An Anglicized form of Salah ad-Din.

Signifies "righteousness" in Arabic.

A form of Shelach used in some English versions of the Old Testament.

Signifies "righteousness of the faith" from Arabic صلاح (ṣalāḥ) "righteousness" combined with دين (dīn) "religion, faith". A famous bearer was the...

An alternate transcription of Arabic صلاح الدين (see Salah ad-Din).

An alternate transcription of Arabic صلاح الدين (see Salah ad-Din), chiefly used in North Africa.

Signifies "safety" in Arabic, from the root سلم (salima) "to be safe".

The Urdu, Kazakh, Kyrgyz and Uzbek form of Salama.

A form of Salama used in West Africa.

From Arabic سلام (salām) "peace" combined with the Turkic military title beg "chieftain, master".

The Hungarian form of Solomon.

The Greek form of Shealtiel. This form is also used in some English Bible translations (including the King James Version).

The Latin form of Salathiel.

The Old Norse form of Solbjørg.

From the Old Norse elements salr "room, hall" and dís "goddess".

An alternate transcription of Arabic سليم or Urdu سلیم (see Salim).

An alternate transcription of the Arabic صالح (see Salih), as well as the usual Indonesian and Azerbaijani form.

An alternate transcription of Arabic سالم (see Salim).

From the name of a biblical town, שָׁלֵם (Shalem) in Hebrew, signifying "complete, safe, peaceful". In the Old Testament, this was the town of King...

Perhaps an invented name based on similar-sounding names like Selina.

The feminine form of Salih.

Signifies "virtuous" in Arabic, a derivative of صلح (ṣalaḥa) signifying "to be good, to be proper". According to the Quran, this was the name of an...

A feminine form of Salih.

The Hausa form of Salih.

Signifies "clean, wipe, scrape" in Greenlandic.