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The Name Begins With The Letter S:
STANISLAVA  f  Czech, Slovak, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian
Feminine form of STANISLAV

STANISŁAW  m  Polish
Polish form of STANISLAV...

STANISŁAWA  f  Polish
Feminine form of STANISŁAW

STANKA  f  Slovene, Croatian, Bulgarian
Feminine pet form of STANISLAV

STANKO  m  Slovene, Croatian, Bulgarian
Pet form of STANISLAV

STANLEY  m  English
From a surname meaning "stone clearing" in Old English...

STAR  f  English
Means simply "star" from the English word for the celestial body, ultimately from Old English steorra.

STARLA  f  English
Elaborated form of STAR

STAS  m  Russian
Russian pet form of STANISLAV or ANASTAS

STASYA  f  Russian
Pet form of ANASTASIYA

STATHIS  m  Greek
Short form of EUSTATHIOS

STAVROS  m  Greek
Means "cross" in Greek, referring to the cross of the crucifixion.

STE  m  English
Short form of STEPHEN

STEAFAN  m  Scottish
Scottish form of STEPHEN

STEAPHAN  m  Scottish
Scottish form of STEPHEN

STEEN  m  Danish
Danish cognate of STEN

STEENIE  m  Scottish
Scottish pet form of STEPHEN

STEF  f & m  English
Short form of STEPHEN or STEPHANIE

ŞTEFAN  m  Romanian
Romanian form of STEPHEN

ŠTEFAN  m  Slovene
Slovene form of STEPHEN

STEFAN  m  German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Polish, Bulgarian, Serbian, Romanian
Cognate of STEPHEN, and a Romanian variant of ŞTEFAN

STEFANA  f  Dutch
Dutch feminine form of STEPHEN

STEFANIA  f  Italian, Polish, Romanian
Italian, Polish and Romanian feminine form of STEPHEN

STEFANIE  f  German, Dutch, English
Variant of STEPHANIE

STEFANO  m  Italian
Italian form of STEPHEN

STEFANOS  m  Greek
Greek form of STEPHEN

STEFANS  m  Latvian
Latvian form of STEPHEN

STEFANUS  m  Dutch
Dutch form of STEPHEN

STEFCIA  f  Polish
Pet form of STEFANIA

STEFFAN  m  Welsh
Welsh form of STEPHEN

STEFFEN  m  German, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch
Low German form of STEPHEN

STEFFIE  f  English
Pet form of STEPHANIE

STEIN  m  Norwegian
Norwegian cognate of STEN

STELA  f  Romanian
Derived from Latin stella meaning "star".

STELARA  f  Esperanto
Means "like a constellation" in Esperanto.

STELIAN  m  Romanian
Romanian form of STYLIANOS

STELIOS  m  Greek
Variant of STYLIANOS

STELLA  f  English
Medieval name meaning "star", derived from the Latin title of the Virgin Mary stella maris, meaning "star of the sea"... 

STELLAN  m  Swedish
Meaning unknown, perhaps related to Old Norse stilling "calm".

STEN  m  Swedish
Derived from Old Norse steinn meaning "stone".

ŠTĚPÁN  m  Czech
Czech form of STEPHEN

STEPAN  m  Russian
Russian form of STEPHEN

ŠTĚPÁNKA  f  Czech
Czech feminine form of STEPHEN

STEPH  f & m  English
Short form of STEPHEN or STEPHANIE

STEPHAN  m  German
German form of STEPHEN

STÉPHANE  m  French
French form of STEPHEN

STEPHANI  f  English (Modern)
Feminine form of STEPHEN

STEPHANIA  f  English
Feminine form of STEPHEN

STÉPHANIE  f  French
French feminine form of STEPHEN

STEPHANIE  f  English, German
Feminine form of STEPHEN

STEPHANOS  m  Ancient Greek, Greek
Ancient and modern Greek form of STEPHEN

STEPHANY  f  English
Feminine form of STEPHEN

STEPHEN  m  English, Biblical
From the Greek name Στεφανος (Stephanos) meaning "crown"...

STEPONAS  m  Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of STEPHEN

STEREN  f  Cornish
Means "star" in Cornish.

STERLING  m  English
Means "little star" in Middle English, taken from the name of the emblem that some Norman coins bore.

STERRE  f  Dutch
Derived from Dutch ster meaning "star".

STEVAN  m  Serbian
Serbian form of STEPHEN

STEVE  m  English
Short form of STEVEN

STEVEN  m  English
Usual English form of STEPHEN...

STEVIE  f & m  English
Pet form of STEPHEN or STEPHANIE

STEW  m  English
Short form of STEWART

STEWART  m  English
From an occupational surname originally belong to a person who was a steward...

STIAN  m  Scandinavian
Modern form of STÍGANDR

STIG  m  Scandinavian
From Stígr, a short form of STÍGANDR

STÍGANDR  m  Ancient Scandinavian
Means "wanderer" in Old Norse.

STIINA  f  Finnish
Finnish short form of CHRISTINA

STIJN  m  Dutch
Short form of CONSTANTIJN or AUGUSTIJN

STINA  f  Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of CHRISTINA

STIOFÁN  m  Irish
Irish form of STEPHEN

STIRLING  m  English
Variant of STERLING

STJEPAN  m  Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian form of STEPHEN

STOJAN  m  Macedonian
Macedonian form of STOYAN

STORM  m & f  English
Means simply "storm" from the English word (ultimately from Old English).

STOYAN  m  Bulgarian
Derived from Bulgarian стоя (stoya) "to stand, to stay".

STOYANKA  f  Bulgarian
Feminine form of STOYAN

STRATON  m  Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek στρατος (stratos) meaning "army"...

STRIBOG  m  Slavic Mythology
Possibly means "flowing god" in Slavic...

STU  m  English
Short form of STUART

STUART  m  English, Scottish
From a surname which was a variant of STEWART...

STURE  m  Swedish
Derived from Old Norse stura "to be contrary"...

STYLIANOS  m  Greek
Derived from Greek στυλος (stylos) meaning "pillar"...

SU (1)  f  Turkish
Means "water" in Turkish.

SU (2)  f  English
Short form of SUSANNA

SUBHASH  m  Indian
Means "eloquent", derived from the Sanskrit prefix (su) "good" combined with (bhasha) "speech".

SUBIRA  f  African
Means "patience" in Swahili.

SUDARSHAN  m  Indian
Means "beautiful, good-looking" in Sanskrit, derived from the Sanskrit prefix सु (su) "good" combined with (darshana) "showing, seeing".

SUDARSHANA  f  Indian
Feminine form of SUDARSHAN

SUDHIR  m  Indian
Derived from the Sanskrit prefix (su) "very" combined with (dhira) "wise, considerate".

SUE  f  English
Short form of SUSANNA

SUELLEN  f  English
Contraction of SUSAN and ELINOR...

SUHA  f  Arabic
Means "forgotten, overlooked" in Arabic...

SUHAIL  m  Arabic
Variant transcription of SUHAYL

SUHARTO  m  Indonesian
Means "good treasure" in Javanese...

SUHAYL  m  Arabic
From the Arabic name of the second brightest star in the sky, known in the western world as Canopus.

SUIBHNE  m  Irish, Scottish
Means "well-going" in Gaelic...

SUIBNE  m  Irish
Variant of SUIBHNE

SUKARNO  m  Indonesian
Means "good and gentlemanly" in Javanese...

SUKHON  f  Thai
Means "pleasant smell" in Thai.

SUKIE  f  English
Pet form of SUSANNA

SULABHA  f  Indian
Means "easy, simple, natural" in Sanskrit.

SULAIMAN  m  Arabic
Variant transcription of SULAYMAN

SULAYMAN  m  Arabic
Arabic cognate of SÜLEYMAN

SÜLEIMAN  m  Turkish
Variant of SÜLEYMAN

SÜLEYMAN  m  Turkish
Turkish form of SOLOMON...

SULISŁAW  m  Polish
From an old Slavic name which meant "better fame".

SULLIVAN  m  English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Súileabháin meaning "descendent of Súileabhán"...

SULO  m  Finnish
Means "charm, grace" in Finnish.

SULTAN  m  Arabic
Means "ruler, king, sultan" in Arabic.

SULTANA  f  Arabic
Feminine form of SULTAN

SUMAN  m  Indian
Means "well-disposed, good mind", derived from the Sanskrit prefix (su) "good" and (manas) "mind".

SUMANTRA  m  Indian
Means "good advice" from the Sanskrit prefix सु (su) "good" combined with (mantra) "advice".

SUMATI  f  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "wise, good mind", derived from Sanskrit सु (su) "good" and (mati) "mind, thought"...

SUMAYYA  f  Arabic
Means "high above" in Arabic. This was the name of the first martyr for Islam.

SUMIKO  f  Japanese
From Japanese 澄 (sumi) "clear" and 子 (ko) "child".

SUMMANUS  m  Roman Mythology
Means "before the morning", derived from Latin sub "under, before" and mane "morning"...

SUMMER  f  English
Simply means "summer" from the name of the season, ultimately from Old English sumor.

SUNAN  m  Thai
Means "good word" in Thai.

SUNDAR  m  Indian
Modern transcription of SUNDARA

SUNDARA  m  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Derived from Sanskrit (sundara) meaning "beautiful"...

SUNDAY  f  English
From the name of the day of the week, which ultimately derives from Old English sunnandćg, which was composed of the elements sunne "sun" and dćg "day".

SUNDER  m  Indian
Variant of SUNDARA

SUNIL  m  Indian
Means "very blue" from Sanskrit सु (su) "very" combined with (nila) "dark blue".

SUNITA  f  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "well conducted, polite", derived from the Sanskrit prefix सु (su) "good" combined with (nita) "conducted"...

SUNITHA  f  Indian
Means "good guidance, righteous" from the Sanskrit prefix सु (su) "good" combined with (nitha) "way, mode".

SUNITI  f  Indian
Means "good conduct" from the Sanskrit prefix सु (su) "good" combined with (niti) "conduct, guidance".

SUNNIVA  f  Norwegian
Scandinavian form of the Old English name Sunngifu, which meant "sun gift" from the Old English elements sunne "sun" and giefu "gift"...

SUNNY  m & f  English
Means "sunny, cheerful" from the English word.

SUNSHINE  f  English
Means simply "sunshine" from the English word, ultimately from Old English sunne "sun" and scinan "shine".

SUOMA  f  Finnish
Derived from Finnish Suomi meaning "Finland".

SURAJ  m  Indian
Means "born of the gods" in Sanskrit.

SURAYA  f  Arabic
Variant transcription of THURAYYA

SURAYYA  f  Arabic
Variant transcription of THURAYYA

SURENDRA  m  Indian
Means "lord of gods" from Sanskrit (sura) "god" combined with the name of the Hindu god INDRA, used here to mean "lord".

SURESH  m  Indian
Modern transcription of SURESHA

SURESHA  m  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "ruler of the gods" from Sanskrit सुर (sura) "god" and (isha) "ruler, lord"...

SURI  f  Yiddish
Yiddish form of SARAH

SURINDER  m  Indian (Sikh)
Variant of SURENDRA

SURYA  m  Indian, Indonesian, Hindu Mythology
Means "sun" in Sanskrit. This is the name of the Hindu god of the sun.

SUSAN  f  English
Short form of SUSANNA...

SUSANA  f  Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of SUSANNA

SUSANITA  f  Spanish
Spanish pet form of SUSANNA

SUSANN  f  German, Swedish
German and Swedish variant of SUSANNA

SUSANNA  f  English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Dutch, Biblical
From Σουσαννα (Sousanna), the Greek form of the Hebrew name שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (Shoshannah)...

SUSANNAH  f  English, Biblical (Variant)
Form of SUSANNA found in some versions of the Old Testament.

SUSANNE  f  German, Scandinavian
German form of SUSANNA

SUSE  f  German
German short form of SUSANNA

SUSHEELA  f  Indian
Variant transcription of SUSHILA

SUSHIL  m  Indian
Means "good-tempered, well-disposed", derived from the Sanskrit prefix सु (su) "good" combined with (shila) "conduct".

SUSHILA  f  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Feminine form of SUSHIL...

SUSIE  f  English
Pet form of SUSANNA

SUSILA  m  Indonesian
Means "good character" in Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit.

SUSUMU  m  Japanese
Means "advance, proceed" in Japanese.

SUVI  f  Finnish
Means "summer" in Finnish.

SUZAN  f  English
Variant of SUSAN

SUZANA  f  Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Croatian, Serbian, Slovene and Portuguese form of SUSAN

SUZANNA  f  English
Variant of SUSANNA

SUZANNE  f  French
French form of SUSANNA

SUZETTE  f  French
French pet form of SUSANNA

SUZIE  f  English
Pet form of SUSANNA

SUZU  f  Japanese
Means "bell" in Japanese.

SUZUME  f  Japanese
Means "sparrow" in Japanese.

SUZY  f  English
Pet form of SUSANNA

SVAJONE  f  Lithuanian
Means "dream" in Lithuanian.

SVANA  f  Icelandic
Short form of SVANHILDUR

SVANHILD  f  Norwegian, Norse Mythology
Scandinavian cognate of SWANHILD...

SVANHILDUR  f  Icelandic
Icelandic form of SVANHILD

SVAROG  m  Slavic Mythology
Derived from Slavic svar "bright, clear"...

SVEA  f  Swedish
Means "Sweden" in Swedish...

SVEIN  m  Norwegian
Norwegian variant of SVEN

SVEN  m  Swedish, German
From the Old Norse name Sveinn which meant "boy".

SVEND  m  Danish
Danish variant of SVEN

SVENJA  f  German
German feminine form of SVEN...

SVERRE  m  Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Sverrir which meant "wild, swinging, spinning".

SVETA  f  Russian
Short form of SVETLANA

SVĚTLANA  f  Czech
Czech form of SVETLANA

SVETLANA  f  Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Serbian
Derived from Slavic svet meaning "light".

SVJETLANA  f  Croatian
Croatian form of SVETLANA

SVYATOPOLK  m  Russian
Means "blessed people" from the Slavic elements svyanto "blessed, holy, bright" and polk "people".

SVYATOSLAV  m  Russian
Derived from the Slavic elements svyanto "blessed, holy, bright" and slav "glory".

SWANHILD  f  German
Derived from the Germanic elements swan and hild "battle".

SWANHILDA  f  German
Variant of SWANHILD

SWANHILDE  f  German
Variant of SWANHILD

SWAPAN  m  Indian
Derived from Sanskrit (svapana) "dreaming, sleeping".

SWAPNA  m & f  Indian
Means "dream, sleep" in Sanskrit...

SWAPNIL  m  Indian
Means "dreamlike" in Sanskrit.

SWARAN  m  Indian
Variant of SWARNA

SWARNA  m & f  Indian
Means "good colour" or "golden", a contraction of the Sanskrit prefix सु (su) "good" and (varna) "colour"... 

SWEENEY  m  Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of SUIBHNE

ŚWIĘTOMIERZ  m  Polish
Means "blessed and peaceful" from Slavic svyanto "blessed, holy, bright" and mir "peace".

ŚWIĘTOPEŁK  m  Polish
Polish form of SVYATOPOLK

ŚWIĘTOSŁAW  m  Polish
Polish form of SVYATOSLAV

SWITHIN  m  History
Derived from Old English swith meaning "strong"...

SWITHUN  m  History
Variant of SWITHIN

SYBELLA  f  English
Variant of SIBYLLA

SYBIL  f  English
Early variant of SIBYL

SYBILLA  f  English, German
Latinate form of SIBYL

SYBILLE  f  German, French
German and French form of SIBYL

SYD  m  English
Short form of SIDNEY

SYDNE  f  English (Modern)
Feminine variant of SIDNEY

SYDNEY  f & m  English
Variant of SIDNEY...

SYDNIE  f  English (Modern)
Feminine variant of SIDNEY

SYLVAIN  m  French
French form of SILVANUS

SYLVAINE  f  French
French feminine form of SILVANUS

SYLVANA  f  English
Variant of SILVANA

SYLVESTER  m  English
Variant of SILVESTER... 

SYLVESTRE  m  French
French form of SILVESTER

SYLVI  f  Finnish
Finnish form of SILVIA

SYLVIA  f  English, Scandinavian, German
Variant of SILVIA

SYLVIANE  f  French
Variant of SYLVAINE

SYLVIANNE  f  French
Variant of SYLVAINE

SYLVIE  f  French
French form of SILVIA

SYLWESTER  m  Polish
Polish form of SILVESTER

SYLWIA  f  Polish
Polish form of SILVIA

SYMON  m  Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of SIMON

SYMPHONY  f  English
Simply means "symphony" from the English word, ultimately deriving from Greek συμφωνος (symphonos) "concordant in sound".

SYNNÖVE  f  Swedish
Swedish form of SUNNIVA

SYNNŘVE  f  Norwegian
Variant of SUNNIVA

SYNTYCHE  f  Biblical, Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek name meaning "common fate"...

SYUZANNA  f  Russian
Russian variant of SUSANNA

SZABINA  f  Hungarian
Hungarian form of SABINA

SZABOLCS  m  Hungarian
Meaning unknown. This is the name of a region in Hungary.

SZCZEPAN  m  Polish
Polish form of STEPHEN

SZCZĘSNY  m  Polish
Means "lucky, successful, happy" in Polish, a vernacular form of FELIX.

SZILÁRD  m  Hungarian
Means "solid, firm" in Hungarian, also used as a Hungarian vernacular form of CONSTANTINE.

SZILVESZTER  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of SILVESTER

SZILVIA  f  Hungarian
Hungarian form of SILVIA

SZYMON  m  Polish
Polish form of SIMON

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