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The Name Begins With The Letter S:
SIGRÚN  f  Ancient Scandinavian, Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Derived from the Old Norse elements sigr "victory" and rún "secret"...

SIGRUN  f  Scandinavian
Modern form of SIGRÚN

SIGURD  m  Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
From the Old Norse name Sigurðr, which was derived from the elements sigr "victory" and vörðr "guardian"...

SIGVARD  m  Swedish
Swedish form of SIGURD

SIIRI  f  Finnish
Finnish short form of SIGRID

SIKKE  m  Frisian
Frisian pet form of Germanic names beginning with the element sige which means "victory".

SILAS  m  English, Greek, Biblical
Short form of SILVANUS...

SÍLE  f  Irish
Irish form of CECILIA

SÌLEAS  f  Scottish
Scottish form of CECILIA

SILJA  f  Finnish
Finnish form of CECILIA

SILJE  f  Norwegian, Danish
Norwegian and Danish form of SILJA

SILKE  f  German
German pet form of CELIA

SILVA  f  Bulgarian
Short form of SILVIYA

SILVANA  f  Italian
Italian feminine form of SILVANUS

SILVANO  m  Italian
Italian form of SILVANUS

SILVANUS  m  Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology
Roman name derived from Latin silva "wood, forest"...

SILVER  m & f  English
Means simply "silver" from the English word for the precious metal or the colour, ultimately derived from Old English seolfor.

SILVESTER  m  English, German, Slovene
From a Roman name meaning "of the forest" from Latin silva "wood, forest"...

SILVESTRA  f  English, Italian
Feminine form of SILVESTER

SILVESTRE  m  Spanish
Spanish form of SILVESTER

SILVESTRO  m  Italian
Italian form of SILVESTER

SILVIA  f  Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, English, German, Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology
Feminine form of Silvius (see SILVIO)...

SILVIJA  f  Croatian
Croatian form of SILVIA

SILVIO  m  Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman name Silvius which was derived from Latin silva "wood, forest"...

SILVIU  m  Romanian
Romanian form of Silvius (see SILVIO).

SILVIYA  f  Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of SILVIA

SIMA  f  Indian
Means "boundary, limit" in Sanskrit.

SIMÃO  m  Portuguese
Portuguese form of SIMON

SIMBA  m  African
Means "lion" in Swahili.

SIMCHA  f & m  Jewish
Means "happiness, joy" in Hebrew.

SIMEN  m  Norwegian
Norwegian variant of SIMON

SIMEON  m  Biblical, Bulgarian
From the Hebrew name שִׁמְעוֹן (Shim'on) (see SIMON)...

SIMGE  f  Turkish
Means "symbol" in Turkish.

SIMIN  f  Iranian
Means "silvery" in Persian.

SIMISOLA  f  Yoruba
Means "rest in wealth" in Yoruba.

SIMO  m  Finnish
Finnish form of SIMON

ŠIMON  m  Czech
Czech form of SIMON

SIMON  m  English, French, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Slovene, Biblical
From the Greek form of the Hebrew name שִׁמְעוֹן (Shim'on) which meant "hearkening" or "listening"...

ŠIMONA  f  Czech
Czech variant of SIMONA

SIMONA  f  Italian, Czech, Romanian, Slovene
Feminine form of SIMON

SIMONE (1)  f  French
French feminine form of SIMON...

SIMONE (2)  m  Italian
Italian form of SIMON

SIMONETTA  f  Italian
Pet form of SIMONA

SIMONETTE  f  English
Pet form of SIMONE

SIMONIDES  m  Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek σιμος (simos) "flat-nosed" and ειδος (eidos) "kind, type"...

SINCLAIR  m  English
From a surname which was derived from a Norman French place name meaning "saint CLAIRE"...

SINDRE  m  Norwegian
Norwegian form of SINDRI

SINDRI  m  Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Possibly means either "small, trivial" or else "sparkling" in Old Norse...

SINDY  f  English (Modern)
Variant of CINDY

SÍNE  f  Irish
Irish form of JEANNE

SÌNE  f  Scottish
Scottish form of JEANNE

SINÉAD  f  Irish
Irish form of JEANNETTE

SÌNEAG  f  Scottish
Scottish form of JEANNETTE

SINGH  m  Indian (Sikh)
Means "lion" in Punjabi...

SINI  f  Finnish
Means "blue" in Finnish...

SINIKKA  f  Finnish
Elaborated form of SINI

SINJIN  m  English
Variant of the name St...

SINTA  f  Indonesian
Means "chastity" in Indonesian.

SIOBHAN  f  Irish
Irish form of Jehanne, a Norman French variant of JEANNE.

SIOFRA  f  Irish
Perhaps means "elf" in Irish Gaelic.

SÌOLTACH  m  Scottish
Means "sower" in Scottish Gaelic.

SÍOMHA  f  Irish
Variant of SÍTHMAITH

SIÔN  m  Welsh
Welsh form of JOHN, via Old French Jean.

SIONED  f  Welsh
Welsh form of JANET

SIÔR  m  Welsh
Welsh form of GEORGE

SIORS  m  Welsh
Welsh form of GEORGE

SIORUS  m  Welsh
Welsh form of GEORGE

SIOTHRÚN  m  Irish
Irish form of GEOFFREY

SIPHO  m  African
Means "gift" in Xhosa.

SIRAN  f  Armenian
Means "lovely" in Armenian.

SIRI  f  Scandinavian
Short form of SIGRID

SIRIUS  m  Astronomy
The name of a bright star in the constellation Canis Major, derived via Latin from Greek σειριος (seirios) "burning".

SIRPA  f  Finnish
Derived from Finnish sirpale "small piece, fragment".

SIRVART  f  Armenian
Means "love rose" in Armenian.

SISEL  f  Yiddish
Means "sweet" in Yiddish...

SISKO  f  Finnish
Means "sister" in Finnish.

SISSIE  f  English
Pet form of CECILIA

SISSINNGUAQ  f  Native American
Means "squirrel" in Greenlandic.

SISSY  f  English
Pet form of CECILIA

SISU  m & f  Finnish
Means "willpower, determination, strength" in Finnish.

SITA  f  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "furrow" in Sanskrit...

SITARA  f  Indian
Means "star" in Hindi.

SITHEMBILE  f & m  African
Means "we trust" in Zulu.

SÍTHMAITH  f  Irish
Means "good peace" from Irish síth "peace" and maith "good".

SIV  f  Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
Means "bride" in Old Norse. In Norse mythology Siv was the wife of Thor.

ŞIVAN  m  Kurdish
Means "shepherd" in Kurdish.

SIVE  f  Irish
Anglicized form of SADHBH

SIWAN  f  Welsh
Welsh form of JOAN

SIZWE  m  African
Means "nation" in Xhosa.

SJAAK  m  Dutch
Pet form of JACOB

SJEF  m  Dutch
Dutch pet form of JOZEF

SJOERD  m  Frisian, Dutch
Frisian form of SIGURD

SJORS  m  Dutch
Dutch pet form of GEORGE

SJURD  m  Norwegian
Norwegian form of SIGURD

SKAÐI  f  Norse Mythology
Possibly means "damage" in Old Norse...

SKULD  f  Norse Mythology
Means "future" in Old Norse...

SKY  f & m  English
Simply means "sky" from the English word, which was derived from Old Norse sky "cloud".

SKYE  f & m  English
Variant of SKY or from the name of the island off the west coast of Scotland.

SKYLAR  m & f  English
From the Dutch surname Schuyler which means "scholar".

SKYLER  m & f  English
Variant of SKYLAR

SLADE  m  English
From a surname which meant "valley" in Old English.

SLÁINE  f  Irish
Means "health" in Irish Gaelic.

SLÀINE  f  Scottish
Scottish form of SLÁINE

SLAMET  m  Indonesian
Means "saved" in Javanese.

SLAVA  m & f  Russian, Slovene
Short form of Slavic names beginning with the element slav "glory".

SLAVICA  f  Serbian
Derived from Slavic slav meaning "glory".

SLAVKO  m  Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Derived from Slavic slav meaning "glory".

SLAVOMÍR  m  Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of SŁAWOMIR

SŁAWOMIR  m  Polish
Means "glory and peace" from the Slavic elements slav "glory" and mir "peace".

SŁAWOMIRA  f  Polish
Polish feminine form of SŁAWOMIR

SLOAN  f & m  English
Variant of SLOANE

SLOANE  f & m  English
From an Irish surname which was derived from an Anglicized form of the name Sluaghadhán, composed of Irish sluaghadh "raid" combined with a diminutive suffix.

SLOBODAN  m  Serbian, Macedonian
From south Slavic sloboda meaning "freedom".

SLY  m  English
Short form of SILVESTER...

SMADAR  f  Jewish
Means "blossom" in Hebrew.

SMITH  m  English
From a common surname meaning "blacksmith", derived from Old English smitan "to smite, to hit".

SNEŽANA  f  Serbian
Serbian cognate of SNJEZANA

SNEZHANA  f  Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Russian, Bulgarian and Macedonian cognate of SNJEZANA

SNJEZANA  f  Croatian
Derived from Croatian snjeg "snow" and zena "woman".

SNORRE  m  Norwegian
Norwegian form of SNORRI

SNORRI  m  Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Derived from Old Norse snerra "attack, onslaught"...

SOBIESŁAW  m  Polish
From an old Slavic name which meant "usurp glory".

SOBIESŁAWA  f  Polish
Polish feminine form of SOBIESŁAW

SOCORRO  f  Spanish
Means "succour, help, relief" in Spanish...

SOCRATES  m  Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name Σωκρατης (Sokrates), which was derived from σως (sos) "whole, unwounded, safe" and κρατος (kratos) "power"...

SOFÍA  f  Spanish
Spanish form of SOPHIA

SOFIA  f  Norwegian, Swedish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Greek, Finnish
Variant of SOPHIA

SOFIE  f  German, Danish, Dutch
Variant of SOPHIE

SOFIJA  f  Serbian, Croatian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Cognate of SOPHIA

SOFIYA  f  Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian form of SOPHIA

SOFRONIO  m  Spanish
Spanish form of SOPHRONIUS

SOFYA  f  Russian
Russian form of SOPHIA

SOHAIL  m  Pakistani
Urdu form of SUHAYL

SOHRAB  m  Iranian
Means "illustrious, shining" in Persian...

SOHVI  f  Finnish
Finnish form of SOPHIA

SOINI  m  Finnish
Finnish form of SVEN

SOL (1)  f  Spanish, Portuguese
Means "the sun" in Spanish or Portuguese.

SOL (2)  m  Jewish
Short form of SOLOMON

SOLANGE  f  French
French form of the Late Latin name Sollemnia, which was derived from Latin sollemnis "religious"...

SOLEDAD  f  Spanish
Means "solitude" in Spanish...

SOLEIL  f  English
Means "sun" in French.

SOLÈNE  f  French
Variant of SOLANGE

SOLLY  m  Jewish
Pet form of SOLOMON

SOLOMON  m  Biblical, English
From the Hebrew name שְׁלֹמֹה (Shelomoh) which was derived from Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (shalom) "peace"...

SOLON  m  Ancient Greek
Means "wisdom" in Greek...

SOLVEIG  f  Norwegian
Derived from the Old Norse elements salr "house" and veig "strength"...

SOLVEJ  f  Danish
Danish form of SOLVEIG

SOLVIG  f  Swedish
Swedish form of SOLVEIG

SOMERLED  m  Scottish
Anglicized form of the Old Norse name Somarliðr meaning "summer traveller"...

SOMHAIRLE  m  Scottish, Irish
Gaelic form of Somarliðr (see SOMERLED).

SOMMER  f  English (Modern)
Variant of SUMMER, coinciding with the German word for summer.

SONAL  f  Indian
Means "golden" in Hindi.

SONDRA  f  English (Modern)
Variant of SANDRA

SONER  m  Turkish
Means "last man" in Turkish.

SONIA  f  English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian
Variant of SONYA

SONJA  f  German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene
German, Scandinavian, Finnish and Slovene form of SONYA

SONJE  f  German
German variant of SONJA

SONNIE  m & f  English
Variant of SONNY

SONNY  m & f  English
From the nickname which is commonly used to denote a young person.

SONYA  f  Russian, English
Russian pet form of SOPHIA

SOPHEAP  f & m  Khmer
Means "gentle, proper" in Khmer.

SOPHIA  f  English, Greek, German, Italian, Ancient Greek
Means "wisdom" in Greek... []

SOPHIE  f  French, English, German
French form of SOPHIA

SOPHOCLES  m  Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name Σοφοκλης (Sophokles), which was derived from Greek σοφος (sophos) "skilled, clever" and κλεος (kleos) "glory"...

SOPHRONIA  f  English, Ancient Greek
Feminine form of SOPHRONIUS

SOPHRONIUS  m  Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Σωφρονιος (Sophronios), which was derived from Greek σωφρων (sophron) "self-controlled, sensible"...

SOPHUS  m  Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name Σοφος (Sophos) which meant "skilled, clever".

SOPHY  f  English
Either a variant of SOPHIE or a short form of SOPHRONIA.

SORA  f & m  Japanese
From Japanese 空 or 昊 which both mean "sky".

SORAYA  f  Arabic
Variant transcription of THURAYYA

SORCHA  f  Irish, Scottish
Means "radiant" in Gaelic.

SÖREN  m  Swedish, German
Swedish and German form of SØREN

SØREN  m  Danish, Norwegian
Danish form of SEVERINO...

SORIN  m  Romanian
Possibly derived from Romanian soare meaning "sun".

SORINA  f  Romanian
Feminine form of SORIN

SORLEY  m  Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of SOMHAIRLE

SORNE  f  Basque
Means "conception" in Basque.

SORREL  f  English
From the name of the sour tasting plant, which may ultimately derive from Germanic sur "sour".

SOSIGENES  m  Ancient Greek
Means "born safely" from Greek σως (sos) "safe, whole, unwounded" and γενης (genes) "born"...

SOSIMO  m  Spanish
Spanish form of ZOSIMUS

SOSTRATE  f  Ancient Greek
Means "safe army" from Greek σως (sos) "safe, whole, unwounded" and στρατος (stratos) "army".

SOTIRIA  f  Greek
Feminine form of SOTIRIS

SOTIRIOS  m  Greek
Variant of SOTIRIS

SOTIRIS  m  Greek
Derived from Greek σωτηρια (soteria) meaning "salvation".

SOUTA  m  Japanese
From Japanese 颯 (sou) "suddenly, smoothly" and 太 (ta) "thick, big".

SPARROW  m & f  English
Means simply "sparrow" from the name of the bird, ultimately from Old English spearwa.

SPARTACUS  m  History
Means "from the city of Sparta" in Latin...

SPAS  m  Bulgarian
Derived from Bulgarian спасен (spasen) meaning "saved".

ŠPELA  f  Slovene
Pet form of ELIZABETA

SPENCER  m  English
From a surname which meant "dispenser of provisions" in Old French.

SPIKE  m  English
From a nickname which may have originally been given to a person with spiky hair.

SPIRIDON  m  Greek, Russian
Variant transcription of SPYRIDON

SPIRIT  f  English
Means simply "spirit" from the English word, ultimately from Latin spiritus "breath", a derivative of spirare "to blow".

SPIRO  m  Greek
Variant of SPYRO

SPIROS  m  Greek
Variant of SPYROS

SPRING  f  English
Means simply "spring" from the name of the season, ultimately from Old English springan "to leap, to burst forth".

SPRITA  f  Esperanto
Means "witty" in Esperanto.

SPURIUS  m  Ancient Roman
An old Roman praenomen, or given name, which meant "of illegitimate birth" in Latin.

SPYRIDON  m  Greek, Russian
Greek name deriving from Latin spiritus "spirit"...

SPYRIDOULA  f  Greek
Feminine form of SPYRIDON

SPYRO  m  Greek
Short form of SPYRIDON

SPYROS  m  Greek
Short form of SPYRIDON

SREČKO  m  Slovene
Derived from Slovene sreča meaning "luck".

SRECKO  m  Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian cognate of SREČKO

SRI  f  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Variant transcription of SHRI

SROEL  m  Yiddish
Yiddish form of ISRAEL

SSANYU  f  African
Means "joy" in Luganda.

STAAS  m  Dutch
Dutch pet form of ANASTASIUS

STACEE  f  English (Modern)
Feminine variant of STACEY

STACEY  f & m  English
Short form of ANASTASIA or EUSTACE

STACI  f  English (Modern)
Feminine variant of STACEY

STACIA  f  English
Short form of ANASTASIA or EUSTACIA

STACIE  f  English
Feminine variant of STACEY

STACY  f & m  English
Variant of STACEY

STAFFAN  m  Swedish
Swedish form of STEPHEN

STAFFORD  m  English
From a surname which was from a place name meaning "landing-place ford" in Old English.

STAMATIA  f  Greek
Feminine form of STAMATIOS

STAMATIOS  m  Greek
Derived from medieval Greek σταματω (stamato) meaning "stop".

STAMATIS  m  Greek
Variant of STAMATIOS

STAN  m  English
Short form of STANLEY

STANFORD  m  English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "stone ford" in Old English.

STANIMIR  m  Russian, Bulgarian
Means "peaceful government" from the Slavic elements stan "government" and mir "peace".

STANISLAS  m  History
Latinized form of STANISLAV

STANISLAV  m  Czech, Slovak, Russian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian
Means "camp glory" or "government glory" from the Slavic elements stan meaning "government" or "camp" combined with slav "glory".

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