Names starting with S
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Signifies "safe, sound, intact" in Arabic, derived from the root سلم (salima) signifying "to be safe". This transcription represents two related yet...
From Arabic ثالث (thālith) signifying "third" [1], sometimes added to a shared given name to indicate the third sibling bearing it.
Possibly a diminutive of Sara [1].
From the Roman family name Sallustius, of uncertain origin. Gaius Sallustius Crispus, commonly known as Sallust, was a 1st-century BC Roman historian.
The Latin form of Sallust.
A diminutive of Sarah, often used independently.
From Estonian salm signifying "poem, verse". In the Estonian national epic Kalevipoeg (1857) by Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, this is a beautiful...
The Portuguese form of Solomon.
From an Aramaic name related to Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (shalom) signifying "peace". According to the historian Josephus, this was the daughter of Herodias (co...
The French, Spanish and Portuguese form of Salome.
The French and Polish form of Solomon. This form also occurs in the Greek and Latin Old Testament (with the forms Σολομών and Solomon in the New Testa...
The Filipino form of Spanish salvación signifying "salvation". It refers to a title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de Salvación, "Our Lady of...
The Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan form of the Late Latin name Salvator, which signified "saviour", referring to Jesus. A notable bearer of this...
The Latin form of Salvador.
From Salvatrix, the feminine form of Salvator (see Salvador).
The feminine form of Salvator.
A Roman family name from Latin salvus signifying "safe". This was the family name of the short-lived Roman emperor Otho. Several early saints also...
A short form of Samuel, Samson, Samantha and other names beginning with Sam. A notable fictional bearer is Sam Spade, the detective in Dashiell...
Signifies "fire" in Persian (from an earlier Iranian root meaning "black"). This is a hero in the 10th-century Persian epic the Shahnameh.
Signifies "venom of God" in Hebrew. In Jewish tradition, this is an archangel described as a destructive angel of death.
A variant of Samantha used in several languages.
Perhaps intended as a feminine form of Samuel, using the suffix antha (possibly inspired by Greek ἄνθος (anthos) "flower"). It originated in...
Possibly from the name of the city of Samarra (Iraq) or Samara (Russia). The former appears in the title of John O'Hara's novel Appointment in Samarra...