Browse Names

Priita f Finnish (Rare)
Finnish form of Brita.

Primrose f English (Rare)
From the English word for the flower, ultimately deriving from Latin prima rosa "first rose".

Primula f English (Rare), Italian (Rare)
From the name of a genus of several species of flowers, including the primrose. It is derived from the Latin word primulus meaning "very first".

Próspero m Spanish (Rare)
Spanish form of Prosper.

Prudence f & m English, French
Medieval English form of Prudentia, the feminine form of Prudentius. In France it is both the feminine form and a rare masculine form. In England it was used during the Middle Ages and was revived in the 17th century by the Puritans, in part from the English word prudence, ultimately of the same source.

Prudenzio m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Prudentius.

Prunella f English (Rare)
From the English word for the type of flower, also called self-heal, ultimately a derivative of the Latin word pruna "plum".

Przemysł m Polish (Rare)
Polish form of Přemysl. This was the name of a 13th-century king of Poland.

Purdie m & f English (Rare)
From an English surname that was derived from the Norman French expression pur die "by God". It was perhaps originally a nickname for a person who used the oath frequently.

Quanna f African American (Rare)
Elaboration of the phonetic element quan.

Quianna f African American (Rare)
Variant of Qiana.

Quido m Czech (Rare)
Czech form of Wido.

Quin m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Quinn.

Quincey m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Quincy.

Quinlan m & f English (Rare)
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Caoindealbháin, itself from the given name Caoindealbhán (Old Irish Caíndelbán).

Quintella f English (Rare)
Feminine diminutive of Quintus.

Quirijn m Dutch (Rare)
Dutch form of Quirinus.

Quiteria f Spanish (Rare), Late Roman
Meaning uncertain, possibly a form of Kythereia. Saint Quiteria was a semi-legendary 2nd-century Iberian martyr.

Rachyl f English (Rare)
Variant of Rachel.

Radboud m Dutch (Rare)
Derived from the Old German elements rat meaning "counsel, advice" and bot meaning "command, order". This was the name of a 7th-century king of the Frisians.

Radcliff m English (Rare)
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "red cliff" in Old English.

Radclyffe m English (Rare)
From a surname, a variant of Radcliff.

Radomił m Polish (Rare)
Polish form of Radomil.

Radomiła f Polish (Rare)
Polish feminine form of Radomil.

Radomila f Czech (Rare)
Feminine form of Radomil.

Radosława f Polish (Rare)
Feminine form of Radosław.

Radovana f Czech (Rare)
Feminine form of Radovan.

Radúz m Czech (Rare)
Derived from Czech rád meaning "happy, glad". The Czech author Julius Zeyer probably created it for a character in his play Radúz and Mahulena (1898).

Raeburn m English (Rare)
From a Scottish surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "stream where deer drink" (from Scots rae "roe deer" and burn "stream"). A famous bearer of the surname was Scottish portrait painter Henry Raeburn (1756-1823).

Raelene f English (Rare)
Combination of Rae and the popular name suffix lene.

Raffael m German (Rare)
German variant of Raphael.

Raffaela f German (Rare)
German feminine form of Raphael.

Raimunde f German (Rare)
German feminine form of Raymond.

Rain 1 f & m English (Rare)
Simply from the English word rain, derived from Old English regn.

Rainbow f English (Rare)
From the English word for the arc of multicoloured light that can appear in a misty sky.

Raine f & m English (Rare)
From a surname derived from the Old French nickname reine meaning "queen". A famous bearer was the British socialite Raine Spencer (1929-2016), the stepmother of Princess Diana. In modern times it is also considered a variant of Rain 1.

Rainerio m Spanish (Rare)
Spanish form of Rayner.

Rainier m French (Rare)
French form of Rayner.

Raisel f Yiddish (Rare)
Diminutive of Raisa 2.

Ralf m German, Swedish, Danish, English (Rare)
Variant of Ralph.

Ransu m Finnish (Rare)
Finnish form of Franciscus (see Francis).

Ranulph m English (Rare)
Variant of Ranulf.

Raschelle f English (Rare)
Variant of Rachelle.

Rastus m English (Rare)
Short form of Erastus.

Rathnait f Irish (Rare)
Derived from Old Irish rath "grace, prosperity" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of an early Irish saint.

Ratislav m Serbian (Rare)
Derived from the Slavic elements ortĭ (Serbo-Croatian rat) meaning "war, battle" and slava meaning "glory".

Ravenna f English (Rare)
Either an elaboration of Raven, or else from the name of the city of Ravenna in Italy.

Raylene f English (Rare)
Combination of Rae and the popular name suffix lene.

Raymund m English (Rare)
Variant of Raymond.

Raziela f Hebrew (Rare)
Feminine form of Raziel.

Read m English (Rare)
From a surname that was a variant of Reed.

Reannon f English (Rare)
Variant of Rhiannon.

Rearden m English (Rare)
From an Irish surname, a variant of Riordan.

Rebeccah f English (Rare)
Variant of Rebecca.

Rebeccanne f English (Rare)
Combination of Rebecca and Anne 1.

Rebeckah f English (Rare)
Variant of Rebecca.

Rebekka f German, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Finnish, Dutch (Rare)
Form of Rebecca used in various languages.

Redd m English (Rare)
Variant of Red.

Redmund m Irish (Rare)
Anglicized form of Réamann.

Reene f English (Rare)
Variant of Renée.

Reenie f English (Rare)
Either a variant of Renée or a diminutive of names ending in reen.

Regana f English (Rare)
Elaboration of Regan, influenced by Regina.

Régulo m Spanish, Portuguese (Rare)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Regulus.

Řehoř m Czech (Rare)
Czech form of Gregory.

Rembrandt m Dutch (Rare)
From a Germanic name that was composed of the elements regin "advice, counsel, decision" and brant "fire, torch, sword". This name belonged to the Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669).

Renard m French (Rare)
French form of Reynard. Because of the medieval character Reynard the Fox, renard became a French word meaning "fox".

Renie f English (Rare)
Possibly a diminutive of Renee.

Reverie f English (Rare)
From the English word meaning "daydream, fanciful musing", derived from Old French resverie, itself from resver meaning "to dream, to rave".

Rexana f English (Rare)
Variant of Rexanne.

Rexanne f English (Rare)
Variant of Roxane influenced by Rex.

Reynard m English (Rare)
From the Germanic name Raginhard, composed of the elements regin "advice, counsel, decision" and hart "hard, firm, brave, hardy". The Normans brought it to England in the form Reinard, though it never became very common there. In medieval fables the name was borne by the sly hero Reynard the Fox (with the result that renard has become a French word meaning "fox").

Reynaud m French (Rare)
French variant of Renaud.

Rheanna f English (Rare)
Variant of Rhianna.

Rhetta f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Rhett.

Rhosyn f Welsh (Rare)
Means "rose" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.

Rhydderch m Welsh (Rare)
From the Old Welsh name Riderch, probably derived from ri "king" combined with derch "exalted". Rhydderch Hael was a 6th-century king of Strathclyde. This name has sometimes been Anglicized as Roderick.

Riagán m Irish (Rare)
From Old Irish Riacán, probably derived from rí "king" combined with a diminutive suffix.

Riannon f English (Rare)
Variant of Rhiannon.

Rica f English (Rare)
Short form of Frederica and other names ending in rica.

Richardine f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Richard.

Richmal f English (Rare)
Meaning uncertain, possibly a combination of Richard and Mary. This name has been used since at least the late 18th century, mainly confined to the town of Bury in Lancashire.

Ridley m & f English (Rare)
From an English surname that was originally derived from various place names meaning either "reed clearing" or "stripped clearing" in Old English.

Rigby m English (Rare)
From an English surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "ridge farm" in Old Norse.

Riordan m English (Rare)
From an Irish surname (Anglicized from Irish Gaelic Ó Ríoghbhárdáin), which was derived from the given name Rígbarddán.

Ripley f & m English (Rare)
From a surname that was derived from the name of various English towns, from Old English rippel "grove, thicket" and leah "clearing". A famous fictional bearer is the character Ellen Ripley (usually only called by her surname) from the Alien series of movies, beginning 1979.

Rīta f Latvian (Rare)
Possibly derived from Latvian rīts meaning "morning". Alternatively it could be a Latvian variant of Rita.

Robena f English (Rare)
Feminine variant of Robin.

Robertina f Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Feminine diminutive of Roberto.

Robina f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Robin. It originated in Scotland in the 17th century.

Robinson m English (Rare)
From an English surname that was a patronymic form of the given name Robin. This is the name of the main character in Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe (1719), about a sailor shipwrecked on a remote island.

Robrecht m Dutch (Rare)
Older Dutch form of Robert, still sometimes used in Belgium.

Robynne f English (Rare)
Feminine variant of Robin.

Rochus m German (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Germanic (Latinized)
Latinized form of Rocco, used in occasionally German and Dutch.

Roderic m Catalan (Rare)
Catalan form of Roderick.

Rodolf m German (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
German form of Rudolf.

Rodolfito m Spanish (Rare)
Spanish diminutive of Rodolfo.

Rodolph m English (Rare), French (Rare)
Variant of Rudolf.

Róis f Irish (Rare)
Irish form of Rose, or directly from the Irish word rós meaning "rose" (genitive róis; of Latin origin).

Roldão m Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Roland.

Rolo m English (Rare)
Variant of Rollo.

Rolph m English (Rare)
Variant of Rolf.

Romána f Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian feminine form of Romanus (see Roman).

Romayne f English (Rare)
Variant of Romaine.

Romée f French (Rare), Dutch (Modern)
French feminine form of Romeo.

Romein m Dutch (Rare)
Dutch form of Romanus (see Roman).

Romey f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Rosemary.

Romilly m & f English (British, Rare)
From an English surname that was derived from the name of various Norman towns, themselves from the given name Romilius.

Romola f Italian (Rare)
Italian feminine form of Romulus.

Ronit 1 f Irish (Rare)
Anglicized form of Rathnait.

Ronnette f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Ronald.

Roopertti m Finnish (Rare)
Older Finnish form of Robert.

Rosabel f English (Rare)
Combination of Rosa 1 and the common name suffix bel, inspired by Latin bella "beautiful". This name was created in the 18th century.

Rosabella f English (Rare)
Variant of Rosabel.

Rosaleen f English (Rare), Irish
Variant of Rosaline. James Clarence Mangan used it as a translation for Róisín in his poem Dark Rosaleen (1846).

Rosalin f English (Rare)
Medieval variant of Rosalind.

Rosalynne f English (Rare)
Variant of Rosalyn.

Rosamund f English (Rare)
Derived from the Old German elements hros "horse" and munt "protection". This name was borne by the wife of the Lombard king Alboin in the 6th century. The Normans introduced it to England. It was subsequently interpreted as coming from Latin rosa munda "pure rose" or rosa mundi "rose of the world". This was the name of the mistress of Henry II, the king of England in the 12th century. According to legends she was murdered by his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Rosannah f English (Rare)
Variant of Rosanna.

Rossa f Italian (Rare)
Means "red" in Italian.

Rowanne f English (Rare)
Feminine variant of Rowan.

Rowina f English (Rare)
Variant of Rowena.

Royale f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Royal.

Roydon m English (Rare)
From a surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "rye hill", from Old English ryge "rye" and dun "hill".

Royle m English (Rare)
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "rye hill" from Old English ryge "rye" and hyll "hill".

Rozárie f Czech (Rare)
Czech form of Rosaria.

Rubina f Portuguese, Italian (Rare)
Derived from Portuguese rubi or Italian rubino meaning "ruby", ultimately from Latin ruber "red".

Rudyard m English (Rare)
From a place name meaning "red yard" in Old English. This name was borne by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), the author of The Jungle Book and other works, who was named after Rudyard Lake in Staffordshire.

Rufino m Spanish, Portuguese, Italian (Rare)
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Rufinus.

Rurik m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of the Old Norse name Hrǿríkr. This was the name of a 9th-century Varangian ruler of Novgorod.

Rustik m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Rusticus.

Ruuben m Finnish (Rare), Estonian (Rare)
Finnish and Estonian form of Reuben.

Ruvim m Russian (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare)
Russian and Ukrainian form of Reuben.

Ryana f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Ryan.

Ryanne f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Ryan.

Sabah ad-Din m Arabic (Rare)
Means "morning of religion", derived from Arabic صباح (ṣabāḥ) meaning "morning" and دين (dīn) meaning "religion".

Sabella f English (Rare)
Short form of Isabella.

Sabryna f English (Rare)
Variant of Sabrina.

Sachairi m Scottish Gaelic (Rare)
Scottish Gaelic form of Zacharias.

Sacheverell m English (Rare)
From a now extinct English surname that was derived from a Norman place name. It was occasionally given in honour of the English preacher Henry Sacheverell (1674-1724), especially by the Sitwell noble family.

Saffron f English (Rare)
From the English word that refers either to a spice, the crocus flower from which it is harvested, or the yellow-orange colour of the spice. It is derived via Old French from Arabic زعفران (zaʿfarān), itself probably from Persian meaning "gold leaves".

Saibh f Irish (Rare)
Variant of Sadhbh.

Sailor f English (Rare)
Variant of Saylor. This is the less common spelling.

Salome f English (Rare), German (Rare), Georgian, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From an Aramaic name that was related to the Hebrew word שָׁלוֹם (shalom) meaning "peace". According to the historian Josephus this was the name of the daughter of Herodias (the consort of Herod Antipas, the tetrarch of Galilee). In the New Testament, though a specific name is not given, it was a daughter of Herodias who danced for Herod and was rewarded with the head of John the Baptist, and thus Salome and the dancer have traditionally been equated.... [more]

Salomè f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Salome.

Salomea f Polish (Rare)
Polish form of Salome.

Salvio m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Salvius.

Sammi f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Samantha.

Şan m & f Turkish (Rare)
Means "fame, reputation" in Turkish.

Sancha f Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Feminine form of Sancho.

Sandford m English (Rare)
From a surname that was a variant of Sanford.

Sansone m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Samson.

Santuzza f Italian (Rare)
Diminutive of Santa 1.

Saranna f English (Rare)
Combination of Sarah and Anna, in occasional use since the 18th century.

Sarava m Various (Rare)
From a phrase used by members of the Candomblé religion (an African religion that was taken to Brazil by African slaves), which means "good luck".

Sárika f Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian diminutive of Sarah.

Sarolt f Hungarian (Rare)
From the Old Hungarian name Saroldu, probably of Turkic origin meaning "white weasel, ermine". This was the wife of the 10th-century Hungarian grand prince Géza.

Sassa f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish diminutive of Astrid, Alexandra or Sara.

Satchel m English (Rare)
From an English surname derived from Old English sacc meaning "sack, bag", referring to a person who was a bag maker. A famous bearer was the American baseball player Satchel Paige (1906-1982). In his case it was a childhood nickname acquired because he sold bags.

Saturnino m Spanish, Italian (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Saturninus.

Saxon m English (Rare)
From an English surname that was derived from the name of the Germanic tribe the Saxons, ultimately deriving from the Germanic word *sahsą meaning "knife". This name can also be given in direct reference to the tribe.

Scevola m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of the Roman cognomen Scaevola, which was derived from Latin scaevus "left-handed". The first bearer of this name was Gaius Mucius Scaevola, who acquired it, according to legend, after he thrust his right hand into a blazing fire in order to intimidate the Etruscan king Porsenna, who was blockading the city of Rome.

Scholastique f French (Rare)
French form of Scholastica. It is more common in French-speaking Africa than France.

Schwanhild f German (Rare)
Variant of Swanhild.

Scipione m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Scipio.

Seachlann m Irish (Rare)
Metathesized variant of Seachnall.

Seachnall m Irish (Rare)
Possibly an Irish form of Secundinus. This was the name of a 5th-century Irish saint, also known as Secundinus.

Seaghdh m Scottish Gaelic (Rare)
Scottish Gaelic form of Séaghdha.

Séaghdha m Irish (Rare)
From Old Irish Ségdae, probably derived from ségda meaning "fine, good, favourable, learned". According to an Irish legend this was the name of a boy who was set to be sacrificed but was saved by his mother.

Seanna f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Seán.

Sefton m English (Rare)
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "town in the rushes" in Old English.

Şehrazad f Turkish (Rare)
Turkish form of Shahrazad.

Sela f English (Rare)
From the name of a city, the capital of Edom, which appears in the Old Testament. It means "rock" in Hebrew.

Selby m & f English (Rare)
From an English surname that was from a place name meaning "willow farm" in Old Norse.

Selig m Yiddish (Rare)
Variant of Zelig.

Selvaggia f Italian (Rare)
Means "wild" in Italian.

Selwyn m English (Rare)
From a surname that was originally derived from an Old English given name, which was formed of the elements sele "manor" and wine "friend".

Sepi m Finnish (Rare)
Finnish diminutive of Seppo 1 or Sebastian.

Seppel m German (Rare)
German diminutive of Joseph.

September f English (Rare)
From the name of the ninth month (though it means "seventh month" in Latin, since it was originally the seventh month of the Roman year), which is sometimes used as a given name for someone born in September.

Sequoia f & m English (Rare)
From the name of huge trees that grow in California. The tree got its name from the 19th-century Cherokee scholar Sequoyah (also known as George Guess), the inventor of the Cherokee writing system.

Sera f English (Rare)
Either a variant of Sarah or a short form of Seraphina.

Serafin m Polish (Rare)
Polish form of Seraphinus (see Seraphina).

Serafina f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Rare)
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Seraphina.

Seraphina f English (Rare), German (Rare), Late Roman
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Seraphinus, derived from the biblical word seraphim, which was Hebrew in origin and meant "fiery ones". The seraphim were an order of angels, described by Isaiah in the Bible as having six wings each.... [more]

Serrena f English (Rare)
Variant of Serena.

Servaas m Dutch (Rare)
Dutch form of the Late Latin name Servatius, derived from servatus "saved, redeemed". This was the name of a 4th-century saint who helped spread Christianity to the Low Countries.

Sevastian m Russian (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Russian Севастьян (see Sevastyan).

Sevastyan m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Sebastian.

Sévère m French (Rare)
French form of Severus.

Severin m German, Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)
German and Scandinavian form of Severinus.

Sévérine f French (Rare)
Variant of Séverine.

Seweryna f Polish (Rare)
Polish form of Severina.

Shaelyn f English (Rare)
Elaboration of Shae using the popular name suffix lyn.

Shahrazad f Persian (Rare), Arabic
Possibly means "noble lineage" from Persian چهر (chehr) meaning "lineage, origin" and آزاد (āzād) meaning "free, noble". Alternatively, it might mean "child of the city" from شهر (shahr) meaning "city, land" combined with the suffix زاد (zād) meaning "child of". This is the name of the fictional storyteller in The 1001 Nights. She tells a story to her husband the king every night for 1001 nights in order to delay her execution.

Shaindel f Yiddish (Rare)
Diminutive of Shayna.

Shanene f English (Rare)
Combination of the phonetic elements sha and neen.

Shannah f English (Rare)
Variant of Shanna.

Shantae f African American (Rare)
Variant of Chanté.

Shantelle f English (Rare)
Variant of Chantel.

Shaquila f African American (Rare)
Variant of Shakila.

Sharalyn f English (Rare)
Variant of Cherilyn.

Sharia m Arabic (Rare)
Means "divine law, noble law" in Arabic, from the root شرع (sharaʿa) meaning "to go, to enact".

Shariah m Arabic (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Arabic شريعة (see Sharia).

Sharise f English (Rare)
Variant of Charisse.

Sharmaine f English (Rare)
Variant of Charmaine.

Sharona f English (Rare)
Elaborated form of Sharon.

Shaunte f African American (Rare)
Variant of Chanté.

Shaw m English (Rare)
From a surname. As an English surname it is derived from Old English sceaga meaning "thicket". As a Scottish surname it is derived from the Gaelic byname Sitheach meaning "wolf".

Shaye f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Shea.

Shaylyn f English (Rare)
Invented name, based on Shayla and using the popular name suffix lyn.

Shaynah f Yiddish (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Yiddish שיינאַ (see Shayna).

Sheard m English (Rare)
From a surname that was originally from a place name meaning "gap between hills" in Old English.

Sheelagh f English (Rare)
Variant of Sheila.

Sheine f Yiddish (Rare)
Variant of Shayna.

Shelagh f English (Rare)
Variant of Sheila.

Shelena f African American (Rare)
Combination of the phonetic prefix sha and the name Lena.

Sherill f English (Rare)
Variant of Cheryl.

Sherisse f English (Rare)
Variant of Charisse.

Sherley f English (Rare)
Variant of Shirley.

Shevaun f English (Rare)
Variant of Shavonne.

Shevon f English (Rare)
Variant of Shavonne.

Shimmel m Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish diminutive of Shimon.

Shir 2 m Persian (Rare)
Modern Persian form of Sher.

Shprintza f Yiddish (Rare)
Variant of Shprintze.

Shprintze f Yiddish (Rare)
Possibly a Yiddish form of Esperanza. This is the name of Tevye's fourth daughter in the musical Fiddler on the Roof (1964), based on the late 19th-century Yiddish stories of Sholem Aleichem.

Shprintzel f Yiddish (Rare)
Diminutive of Shprintze.

Shrivatsa m Hindi (Rare)
Means "beloved of Shri" from the name of the Hindu goddess Shri combined with Sanskrit वत्स (vatsa) meaning "beloved, dear". This is the name of a mark on Vishnu's chest.

Siddiqa f Arabic (Rare), Urdu
Feminine form of Siddiq.

Sieger m Dutch (Rare)
Derived from the Old German elements sigu "victory" and heri "army".

Sieghild f German (Rare)
Derived from the Old German elements sigu "victory" and hilt "battle".

Siegward m German (Rare)
German form of Sigiward, the continental Germanic cognate of Sigurd.

Sieuwerd m Dutch (Rare)
Dutch form of Sigiward, the Germanic cognate of Sigurd.

Sievert m Low German (Rare)
Low German form of Sigiward, the Germanic cognate of Sigurd.

Sigfrid 1 m Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of Siegfried. This was the name of an 11th-century saint from England who did missionary work in Scandinavia.

Sigfrid 2 f Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian variant of Sigrid.

Sigfrido m Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Italian and Spanish form of Siegfried.

Sigismondo m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Sigismund.

Sigismund m German (Rare), Germanic
Form of Sigmund in which the first element is sigis, an extended form of sigu. Saint Sigismund was a 6th-century king of the Burgundians. This was also the name of kings of Poland and a ruler of the Holy Roman Empire.

Silver m & f English (Rare)
From the English word for the precious metal or the colour, ultimately derived from Old English seolfor.

Silvestr m Czech, Russian (Rare)
Czech and Russian form of Silvester.

Silvestra f Slovene, Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Silvester.

Silvino m Portuguese, Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Portuguese, Spanish and Italian form of Silvinus.

Šimona f Czech (Rare)
Czech variant of Simona.

Simonette f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Simone 1.

Sinclair m & f English (Rare)
From a Scottish surname that was derived from a Norman French town called "Saint Clair". A notable bearer was the American author Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951).

Sindy f English (Rare)
Variant of Cindy.

Sinjin m English (British, Rare)
Phonetic variant of St John.

Síomha f Irish (Rare)
Modern Irish form of Síthmaith.

Sira f Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Spanish and Italian feminine form of Syrus.

Siro m Italian, Spanish (Rare)
Italian and Spanish form of Syrus.

Sisel f Yiddish (Rare)
Variant of Zisel.

Sixte m French (Rare)
French form of Sixtus.

Sjurd m Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian variant form of Sigurd.

Skylynn f English (Rare)
Elaboration of Sky using the popular name suffix lyn.

Slàine f Scottish Gaelic (Rare)
Scottish Gaelic form of Sláine.

Slavitsa f Bulgarian (Rare)
Bulgarian form of Slavica.

Snow f English (Rare)
From the English word, derived from Old English snāw.

Soběslav m Czech (Rare)
Czech form of Sobiesław.

Sobiesław m Polish (Rare)
Derived from Slavic elements, probably sebě "to oneself" and slava "glory". This name (in the Czech form Soběslav) was borne by two 12th-century dukes of Bohemia.

Sobiesława f Polish (Rare)
Polish feminine form of Sobiesław.

Sócrates m Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Socrates.

Sofron m Russian (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare)
Russian and Ukrainian form of Sophron.

Sonje f German (Rare)
German variant of Sonja.

Sonnhild f German (Rare)
From German Sonne meaning "sun" combined with the Old German element hilt meaning "battle". This name was created in the modern era.

Sonnie m English (Rare)
Variant of Sonny.

Sophy f English (Rare)
Variant of Sophie or a diminutive of Sophia.

Sorne f Basque (Rare)
Means "conception" in Basque. It was coined by Sabino Arana in 1910 as an equivalent of the Spanish name Concepción.

Sorrel f English (Rare)
From the name of the sour tasting plant, derived from Old French sur "sour", a word of Frankish origin.

Sosimo m Spanish (Rare)
Spanish form of Zosimus.

Sparrow m & f English (Rare)
From the name of the bird, ultimately from Old English spearwa.

Spiridon m Greek, Serbian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Serbian and Croatian form of Spyridon, as well as an alternate transcription of the Greek name.

Spirit f English (Rare)
From the English word spirit, ultimately from Latin spiritus "breath, energy", a derivative of spirare "to blow".

Sroel m Yiddish (Rare)
Short form of Yisroel.

Staas m Dutch (Rare)
Dutch short form of Anastasius or Eustachius.

Stacee f English (Rare)
Feminine variant of Stacy.

Steffie f German (Rare)
Diminutive of Stephanie.

Stirling m English (Rare)
From a surname that was a variant Sterling. This is the name of a city in Scotland.

St John m English (British, Rare)
From the title and name of Saint John the Baptist or Saint John the Evangelist (see John).

Stošija f Croatian (Rare)
Form of Anastazija, used in particular to refer to the saint.

Susanita f Spanish (Rare)
Spanish diminutive of Susana.

Suzume f Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 雀 (suzume) meaning "sparrow", as well as other kanji or kanji combinations that are pronounced the same way.

Svatomír m Czech (Rare)
Czech form of Svetomir.

Svetomir m Serbian, Bulgarian (Rare)
Derived from the Slavic elements svętŭ "sacred, holy" and mirŭ "peace, world".

Svyatopolk m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Svatopluk.

Swanhild f German (Rare)
Derived from the Old German elements swan "swan" and hilt "battle". Swanhild (or Swanachild) was the second wife of the Frankish ruler Charles Martel in the 8th century.

Swanhilda f German (Rare)
Variant of Swanhild.

Swanhilde f German (Rare)
Variant of Swanhild.

Sybella f English (Rare)
Variant of Sibylla.

Sydne f English (Rare)
Variant of Sydney.

Symon m Ukrainian (Rare)
Ukrainian form of Simon 1 (mostly ecclesiastical usage).

Symphony f English (Rare)
Simply from the English word, ultimately deriving from Greek σύμφωνος (symphonos) meaning "concordant in sound".

Tácito m Portuguese (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Portuguese and Spanish form of Tacitus.

Tacito m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Tacitus.

Taddeo m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Thaddeus.

Tadhgán m Irish (Rare)
Diminutive of Tadhg.

Taegan f English (Rare)
Variant of Tegan.

Tafari m Amharic (Rare)
Possibly means "he who inspires awe" in Amharic. This name was borne by Lij Tafari Makonnen (1892-1975), also known as Haile Selassie, the last emperor of Ethiopia. Rastafarians (Ras Tafari meaning "king Tafari") revere him as the earthly incarnation of God.

Tahnee f English (Rare)
Variant of Tawny.

Tähti f Finnish (Rare), Estonian (Rare)
Means "star" in Finnish and Estonian.

Taide f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Thaïs.