SABIA (f) "sweet" (Gaelic)

SABINA (f) "Sabine woman" (Latin).

SABINE (f) French and German form of SABINA

SABRINA (f) Meaning unknown (Celtic), from a river name.

SACHA (m) French form of SASHA

SADIE (f) Pet form of SARAH

SAHAR (f) "dawn" (Arabic)

SALAL (f, m) "salal" (English). From the plant name.

SALLY (f) Short form of SARAH

SALOME (f) Feminine form of SOLOMON.

SALVADOR (m) "saviour" (Latin). A famous bearer of this name was the Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali.

SALVALUS (m) "one who saves" (Latin)

SAM (m,f) Short form of SAMSON, SAMUEL, or SAMANTHA

SAMANTHA (f) Perhaps a feminine form of SAMUEL

SAMIR (m) "companion in evening talk" (Arabic)

SAMSON (m) "sun" or perhaps "his ministry" from the Hebrew name Shimshon.

SAMUEL (m) "asked of God" from Hebrew sha'ul me'el or perhaps "God hears" or "God listens" (Hebrew).

SANDRA (f) Short form of ALESSANDRA

SANDRINE (f) Elaborated form of SANDRA

SANDRO (m) Short form of ALESSANDRO.

SANTIAGO (m) "Saint JAMES" (Spanish).

SANYA (f) "radiant" (Arabic)

SAPPHIRE (f) From the Greek name Sapphira, which is from the Hebrew word sappir, which means "sapphire" or "lapis lazuli".

SARA (f) Spanish and Hungarian form of SARAH

SARAH (f) "lady" or "princess" (Hebrew).

SARITA (f) Spanish pet form of SARAH

SAROSH (m) "prayer" (Persian)

SASHA (m, f) Russian pet form of ALEXANDER or ALEXANDRA

SASKIA (f,m) Possibly "Saxon" (Teutonic) or a Dutch feminine form of ALEXANDER

SAUL (m) "asked for" or "prayed for" (Hebrew).

SAVALUS (m) Form of SALVALUS

SAVANNAH (f) "savannah" (English), from the word for the large grassy plain.

SAVAS (m) "old man" from Hebrew saba.

SCARLET (f) Form of SCARLETT or "scarlet" (English) from the name of the colour.

SCARLETT (f) From a surname which indicated a person who sold or made clothes made of scarlet (a kind of cloth).

SCHWANHILD (f) "swan battle" (Teutonic)

SCOTT (m) "a Scot" (Old English). The original meaning of the word Scot is debated, but it may mean "tattoo", so given because Scotsmen often had tattoos.

SEAMUS (m) Irish form of JAMES

SEAN (m) Irish form of JOHN.

SEBASTIAN (m) "revered" (Greek).

SELBY (m) "willow farm" (Old English).

SELENA (f) Latinized form of SELENE

SELENE (f) "moon" (Greek).

SELINA (f) Variant of SELENA

SELMA (f) Form of THELM

SEPP (m) German form of JOSEPH

SEPPEL (m) German pet form of JOSEPH

SERENA (f) "tranquil" from Latin serenus.

SERENITY (f) "serenity" (English)

SERGE (m) French form of SERGIO

SERGIO (m) Possibly "servant" (Latin), from the Roman family name Sergius.

SETH (m) "placed" or "appointed" (Hebrew).

SEVERINO (m) "severe" (Latin) from the old Roman family name Severus.

SHAINA (f) Form of SHAYNAH

SHAKTI (f) "power" (Sanskrit).

SHAMUS (m) Irish form of JAMES

SHAN (f) Form of SIAN

SHANA (f) Irish form of JANE

SHANDAR (m) "proud" (Sanskrit)

SHANE (m) Irish form of JOHN

SHANIA (f) Variant of SIANI

SHANNA (f) Form of SHANNON

SHANNON (f,m) From the name of the Shannon River, which is the longest river in Ireland. It is composed of the Gaelic elements sean "old" or "wise" and abhann "river".

SHANTAE (f) Pet form of CHANTAL

SHANTI (f) "quiet", "peace" or "tranquility" (Sanskrit). It can refer to the mental state acquired in meditation.

SHAQUILLE (m) "handsome" (Arabic)

SHARI (f) Pet form of SHARON

SHARON (f) "plain" (Hebrew).

SHAUN (m) Anglicized form of SEAN

SHAUNA (f) Feminine form of SHAUN

SHAWN (m) Anglicized form of SEAN

SHAWNA (f) Feminine form of SHAWN, or perhaps a form of SHAWNEE

SHAWNDA (f) Perhaps an elaborated feminine form of SHAWN

SHAWNEE (f) "southern people" (North American Indian).

SHAYLA (f) Form of SHEILA

SHAYNAH (f) "beautiful" (Hebrew or Yiddish)

SHEA (f) "majestic" (Gaelic)

SHEARD (m) "gap between hills" (Old English).

SHEENA (f) Scottish Gaelic form of JANE

SHEHREVAR (m) "desirable power" (Persian)

SHEILA (f) Irish form of CECILIA

SHELAGH (f) Irish form of CECILIA

SHELBY (m) Variant of SELBY

SHELDON (m) "valley with steep sides" (Old English).

SHELENA (f) Variant of SELENA

SHELLEY (f) "clearing on a bank" (Old English).

SHEREEN (f) Variant form of SHIRIN

SHERI (f) Variant of CHERIE

SHERIDAN (m) From the Irish surname Ó Sirideain, which means "descendent of Siridean". Siridean means "searcher" in Gaelic.

SHERMAN (m) "shear man" (Old English).

SHERRY (f) Form of CHERIE

SHERYL (f) Form of CHERYL

SHEVON (f) Form of SIOBHAN

SHIMSHON (m) Ancient and modern Hebrew form of SAMSON

SHIN (m) "faith" or "trust" (Korean)

SHIRA (f) "song" (Hebrew)

SHIREEN (f) Variant form of SHIRIN

SHIRIN (f) "sweet" (Persian). The name of a character in Persian and Turkish legend.

SHIRLEY (f) "bright clearing" (Old English).

SHIRRAL (f) Meaning unknown. Possibly a form of SHERYL or from a surname.

SHIVA (m) "benign" from Sanskrit siva. Shiva was the Hindu god of destruction, the husband of the mother goddess Parvati. His aspect is usually terrifying, but it can also be gentle. He rides upon a bull.

SHLOMO (m) Ancient and modern Hebrew form of SOLOMON

SHONA (f) Scottish form of JANE.

SHOSHANA (f) Original Hebrew form of SUSANNA

SHOSHANNAH (f) Variant of SHOSHANA

SIAN (f) Welsh form of JANE.

SIANI (f) Welsh form of JANE

SIBYL (f) "prophetess" (Greek). This was the name of a group of female prophets who worshipped the Greek god Apollo.

SIDNEY (m,f) A contraction of "Saint DENIS" from a French place name, or "wide island" from an Old English surname.

SIDONIUS (m) "of Sidon" (Latin). Sidon was an ancient Phoenician city corresponding to modern-day Saida in Lebanon.

SIDONY (f) Feminine form of SIDONIUS

SIEGFRIED (m) "victory peace" (Teutonic).

SIEGHARD (m) "victory brave" from Teutonic sige "victory" and hard "brave, hardy".

SIEGHILD (f) "victory battle" (Teutonic)

SIEGMUND (m) German form of SIGMUND

SIERRA (f) "mountain range" (Spanish).

SIGMUND (m) "victory shield" or "victory protector" (Teutonic).

SIGRID (f) "victory beautiful" (Old Norse)

SIGRUN (f) "victory secret" (Old Norse)

SIGURD (m) "victory guardian" from Old Norse sigr "victory" and vorthr "guardian".

SILAS (m) Short form of SILVANUS. This is the name of a companion of Saint Paul in Acts in the New Testament.

SILKE (f) German pet form of CELIA

SILVANA (f) Feminine form of SILVANUS

SILVANO (m) Form of SILVANUS

SILVANUS (m) "forest dweller" from Latin silva "wood".

SILVESTER (m) "of the forest" (Latin).

SILVIA (f) "wood" (Latin).

SILVIO (m) Masculine form of SILVIA.

SIMEON (m) Older form of SIMON.

SIMON (m) "hearkening" or "listening" from Hebrew shim'on.

SIMONE (f) French feminine form of SIMON.

SIMONETTE (f) Pet form of SIMONE

SINEAD (f) Irish form of JANET

SIOBHAN (f) Gaelic form of the Norman form of JANE

SIRI (f) Short form of SIGRID

SITA (f) "furrow" (Sanskrit). Sita is the Hindu goddess of the harvest. Also the name of the wife of Rama in Hindu legend.

SIV (f) "bride" (Old Norse). In Norse mythology Siv was the wife of Thor.

SKYE (f,m) "sky" (English) or from the name of the island off the west coast of Scotland.

SLAWOMIR (m) "glory great" or "glory peace" (Slavic).

SLY (m) Short form of SILVESTER

SOBIESLAW (m) "usurp glory" (Slavic)

SOCRATES (m) "self control" (Greek).

SOFRONIO (m) Italian form of SOPHRONIO

SOL (m) "the sun" (Latin) or short form of SOLOMON

SOLANGE (f) "religious" (Latin).

SOLOMON (m) "peace" from the Hebrew name Shlomo.

SOLON (m) "wisdom" (Greek).

SOMMER (f) Possibly the German form of SUMMER

SONAL (f) "golden" (Sanskrit)

SONIA (f) Russian form of SOPHIA

SONJA (f) Scandinavian form of SONIA

SOPHIA (f) "wisdom" (Greek)

SOPHIE (f) French form of SOPHIA

SOPHRONIO (m) "self-controlled" (Greek)

SOREN (m) Scandinavian form of SEVERINO

SORREL (f) From the name of the sour tasting plant.

SOSIMO (m) "full of life" from Greek zoe "life" and simos "full".

SPENCER (m) "dispenser of provisions" (French)

SPIRIDION (m) "spirit" from Latin spiritus.

SPRING (f) "spring" (English). From the name of the season.

STACEY (f,m) Short form of ANASTASIA or EUSTACE

STACIA (f) Short form of ANASTASIA

STACY (f,m) Variant of STACEY

STAFFORD (m) "landing place - ford" (Old English).

STANISLAW (m) "tent glory" or "to become famous" (Polish). It is also taken as a Polish form of STANLEY

STANLEY (m) "stone clearing" (Old English).

STAR (f) English; From the name of the heavenly body.

STEFAN (m) German form of STEPHEN

STEFFEN (m) Low German form of STEPHEN

STELLA (f) "star" (Latin)

STEPHAN (m) German form of STEPHEN

STEPHANIE (f) Feminine form of STEPHEN

STEPHEN (m) "crown" from Greek stephanos.

STERLING (m) "little star" (Middle English).

STEVE (m) Short form of STEVEN

STEVEN (m) Form of STEPHEN.

STEWART (m) "keeper of the estate" (Teutonic). Originally a surname.

STORM (m,f) "storm" (English)

STUART (m) French form of STEWART

SUBIRA (f) "patience" (Swahili)

SUE (f) Short form of SUSANNAH

SULISLAW (m) "better fame" (Slavic)

SUMAN (m) "good mind" or "wise" (Sanskrit)

SUMIKO (f) "charcoal" from Japanese sumi

SUMMER (f) "summer" (English). From the name of the season.

SUNSHINE (f) "sunshine" (English)

SURAJ (m) "good king" from the Sanskrit prefix su- "good" and raja "king".

SURAYA (f) Form of THURAYYA

SUSAN (f) Short form of SUSANNA.

SUSANNA (f) "lily" from Hebrew shoshan.

SUSANNAH (f) Form of SUSANNA

SUSANNE (f) German form of SUSANNA

SUSE (f) German short form of SUSANNA

SUZANNA (f) Form of SUSANNA

SUZIE (f) Short form of SUSANNA

SUZUME (f) "sparrow" (Japanese)

SVANA (f) Short form of SVANHILDUR

SVANHILDUR (f) Icelandic form of SWANHILDA

SVETA (f) Short form of SVETLANA

SVETLANA (f) "light" from Slavic svet. This is a Russian translation of the Greek name PHOTINE

SWANHILDA (f) "swan battle" from Teutonic swan and hild "battle".

SYBIL (f) Form of SIBYL

SYDNEY (m,f) Variant of SIDNEY. A

SYLVAIN (m) French form of SILVANUS

SYLVAINE (f) French feminine form of SILVANUS

SYLVESTER (m) Variant form of SILVESTER.

SYLVESTRE (m) French form of SILVESTER

SYLVIA (f) Form of SILVIA

SYLVIANNE (f) Elaborated form of SYLVIA

SYLVIE (f) French form of SILVIA

SZCZEPAN (m) Polish form of STEPHEN

SZCZESNY (m) Polish form of FELIX