ayasmina's Personal Name List
Sabatina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Italian, Italian (Tuscan), Corsican
Sabatino
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: sah-bah-TEE-no
Sabo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Georgian (Rare)
Other Scripts: საბო(Georgian)
Sabrina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: sə-BREEN-ə(English) sa-BREE-na(Italian, Spanish) za-BREE-na(German) SA-BREE-NA(French) su-BREE-nu(European Portuguese) sa-BREE-nu(Brazilian Portuguese)
Latinized form of
Habren, the original Welsh name of the River Severn. According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, Sabrina was the name of a princess who was drowned in the Severn. Supposedly the river was named for her, but it is more likely that her name was actually derived from that of the river, which is of unknown meaning. She appears as a water nymph in John Milton's masque
Comus (1634).
The name was brought to public attention by Samuel A. Taylor's play Sabrina Fair (1953) and the movie adaptation Sabrina that followed it the next year. This is also the name of a comic book character, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, first introduced 1962 and with television adaptations in 1970-1974 and 1996-2003, both causing minor jumps in popularity. Another jump occurred in 1976, when it was used for a main character on the television series Charlie's Angels.
Sabriyya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: صبريّة(Arabic)
Pronounced: sab-REE-ya
Sade
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yoruba, English (Modern)
Pronounced: SHAH-DAY(Yoruba)
Short form of
Folasade. It was popularized in the mid-80s due to the Nigerian-born British singer Sade Adu (born Helen Folasade Adu, 1959-) and her eponymous smooth jazz band Sade.
Sadie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SAY-dee
Sadierose
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Combination of Sadie and Rose
Sae
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 冴, 小恵, 小枝, 左恵, 佐栄, 紗英, 沙恵, 紗江, 三重, etc.(Japanese Kanji) さえ, さゑ(Japanese Hiragana) サエ, サヱ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: SA-EH
From 冴え
(sae) meaning "clarity; skilfulness," also written with a combination of a
sa kanji, like 小 meaning "small," 左 meaning "left," 佐 meaning "help," 紗 meaning "gauze," 沙 meaning "sand" or 三 meaning "three," and an
e kanji, like 恵 meaning "wisdom," 枝 meaning "branch, bough," 栄 meaning "glory, prosperity," 英 meaning "wisdom, brilliance," 江 meaning "inlet, bay" or 重 meaning "fold, layer."
Female bearers of this name include actress Sae Isshiki (一色 紗英), born Sae Hatakeyama (畠山 紗英) (1977-), professional shōgi player Sae Itō (伊藤 沙恵) (1993-) and artistic gymnast Sae Miyakawa (宮川 紗江) (1999-).
Saeida
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Means "HAPPY" in Arabic.
Saera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: さえら(Japanese Hiragana) 沙絵良, 佐依楽, 彩莉, 冴羅, 紗枝良, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: SAH-E-ṘAH
From Japanese 沙 (sa) meaning "sand", 絵 (e) meaning "picture, painting, drawing, sketch" combined with 良 (ra) meaning "good". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Safina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian, Malaysian
Safira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese
Pronounced: su-FEE-ru(European Portuguese) sa-FEE-ru(Brazilian Portuguese)
Portuguese form of
Sapphira. It coincides with the Portuguese word for
"sapphire".
Sage
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SAYJ
From the English word sage, which denotes either a type of spice or else a wise person.
Sahalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: سحلية(Arabic)
Pronounced: sah-HALL-eeya
Means "lizard" in Arabic.
Sahana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese (Rare)
Other Scripts: 咲花, 咲華, 沙花, 沙華, 紗花, 紗華(Japanese Kanji) さはな(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SA-HA-NA
From Japanese 咲 (sa), from 咲く meaning "to bloom", 沙 (sa) meaning "1/1,000,000", or 紗 (sa) meaning "silk gauze, gossamer" combined with 花 (hana) or 華 (hana), both meaning "flower, essence, beauty, best thing, best days of one's life".
Other character combinations are possible.
Sahira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Muslim (Rare)
Feminine form of
Sahir, meaning "wakeful". Also used to mean "moon, moonlight" or "plain (as in a land without mountains or trees)".
Sahiyena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sioux
Means “red speakers,” “people of a different talk,” or “speaks unintelligibly” in Dakota. The name
Cheyenne is derived from Sahiyena
Sahondra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Malagasy
Means "aloe flower" in Malagasy.
Saida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Estonian
Saika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 彩(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: Sa-ie-kah
Means "A flower full of colour."
Saint
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SAYNT
From the English word, ultimately from Latin sanctus "holy, saintly".
Saira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Urdu
Other Scripts: سائرہ(Urdu)
Possibly means "traveller" in Arabic.
Saiya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism
Pronounced: sie-ya
Saiyera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
Sakariya
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Thai (Muslim)
Other Scripts: ซะการีย์ยา(Thai)
Pronounced: sa-ka-ree-YA
Sakura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 桜, 咲良, etc.(Japanese Kanji) さくら(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SA-KOO-RA
From Japanese
桜 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom", though it is often written using the hiragana writing system. It can also come from
咲 (saku) meaning "blossom" and
良 (ra) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable" as well as other kanji combinations.
Salem 2
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SAY-ləm
From the name of a biblical town,
שָׁלֵם (Shalem) in Hebrew, meaning
"complete, safe, peaceful". According to the
Old Testament this was the town where Melchizedek was king. It is usually identified with
Jerusalem. Many places are named after the biblical town, most in America, notably a city in Massachusetts where the infamous Salem witch trials occurred in 1692.
Samara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Possibly derived from the name of the city of Samarra (in Iraq) or Samara (in Russia). The former appears in the title of the novel
Appointment in Samarra (1934) by John O'Hara, which refers to an ancient Babylonian legend about a man trying to evade death. Alternatively, this name could be derived from the word for the winged seeds that grow on trees such as maples and elms.
The name received a boost in popularity after it was borne by the antagonist in the horror movie The Ring (2002).
Samira 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Persian
Other Scripts: سميرة(Arabic) سمیرا(Persian)
Pronounced: sa-MEE-ra(Arabic) sa-mee-RAW(Persian)
Samra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: سمراء(Arabic)
Pronounced: sam-RA
Means "brunette" in Arabic.
Samson
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, English, French, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: שִׁםְשׁוֹן(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: SAM-sən(English) SAHN-SAWN(French)
From the Hebrew name
שִׁםְשׁוֹן (Shimshon), derived from
שֶׁמֶשׁ (shemesh) meaning "sun". Samson was an
Old Testament hero granted exceptional strength by God. His mistress
Delilah betrayed him and cut his hair, stripping him of his power. Thus he was captured by the Philistines, blinded, and brought to their temple. However, in a final act of strength, he pulled down the pillars of the temple upon himself and his captors.
This name was known among the Normans due to the Welsh bishop Saint Samson, who founded monasteries in Brittany and Normandy in the 6th century. In his case, the name may have been a translation of his true Celtic name. As an English name, Samson was common during the Middle Ages, having been introduced by the Normans. It is currently most common in Africa, especially in countries that have an British colonial past.
Samudra
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Indian, Hindi, Assamese, Indonesian, Sinhalese
Other Scripts: समुद्र(Hindi) সমুদ্ৰ(Assamese) සමුද්ර(Sinhala)
Pronounced: sa-MOO-dra(Indonesian)
Derived from Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra) meaning "sea, ocean". It is a unisex name in India and Sri Lanka while it is only masculine in Indonesia.
Sanda 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Burmese
Other Scripts: စန္ဒာ(Burmese)
Pronounced: SAN-DA
Means
"moon" in Burmese, ultimately from Sanskrit
चन्द्र (candra).
Sandara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Korean (Rare)
Other Scripts: 산다라(Korean Hangul)
Pronounced: SAHN-DAH-RAH
Means "grow up brightly and healthily" in Korean. A famous bearer is South Korean singer Sandara Park (1984-). Her name comes from the childhood nickname of general Kim Yu-shin (595 – 673).
Sandro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Georgian
Other Scripts: სანდრო(Georgian)
Pronounced: SAN-dro(Italian) SAHN-DRAW(Georgian)
Short form of
Alessandro (Italian) or
Aleksandre (Georgian). Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) was an Italian Renaissance artist, the painter of
The Birth of Venus and other famous works.
Sandy
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SAN-dee
Sani 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: سنيّ(Arabic)
Pronounced: SA-neey
Means
"brilliant, splendid" in Arabic, a derivative of
سنا (sanā) meaning "to gleam, to shine".
Sania
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Gallicized), Pakistani
Other Scripts: ثانية(Arabic, Urdu)
Variant transliteration of
Saniyya.
Saniara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Saniya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Arabic
Santana
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian), English (Modern)
Pronounced: san-TA-na(Spanish) sun-TU-nu(Portuguese) san-TAN-ə(English)
From a contraction of
Santa Ana (referring to
Saint Anna) or from a Spanish and Portuguese surname derived from any of the numerous places named for the saint. It can be given in honour of the Mexican-American musician Carlos Santana (1947-), the founder of the band Santana. The name received a boost in popularity for American girls after the character Santana Andrade began appearing on the soap opera
Santa Barbara in 1984.
Santiago
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: san-TYA-gho(Spanish) sun-tee-A-goo(European Portuguese) sun-chee-A-goo(Brazilian Portuguese) sahn-tee-AH-go(English) san-tee-AH-go(English)
Means
"Saint James", derived from Spanish
santo "saint" combined with
Yago, an old Spanish form of
James, the patron saint of Spain. It is the name of the main character in the novella
The Old Man and the Sea (1951) by Ernest Hemingway. This also is the name of the capital city of Chile, as well as several other cities in the Spanish-speaking world.
Santina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: san-TEE-na
Santino
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: san-TEE-no
Sanya 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: سنيّة(Arabic)
Pronounced: sa-NEE-ya
Sânziana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian, Romanian Mythology, Theatre
Sânziana, also known as
Iana Sânziana, is a fairy in Romanian mythology. Her name is a contraction of Romanian
sfânt "holy" and
zână "fairy" - but, according to Mircea Eliade, ultimately also influenced by the Latin phrase
Sancta Diana "Holy
Diana". Its use as a personal given name was at least partly due to a comedy written by Vasile Alecsandri, 'Sânziana și Pepelea' (1881), which George Stephănescu then made into an opera. The legendary creature was often associated with an annual folk festival celebrated on June 24, as well as the
Galium verum or
Cruciata laevipes flowers.
Sapphira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: Σαπφείρη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: sə-FIE-rə(English)
From the Greek name
Σαπφείρη (Sappheire), which was from Greek
σάπφειρος (sappheiros) meaning
"sapphire" or
"lapis lazuli" (ultimately derived from the Hebrew word
סַפִּיר (sappir)). Sapphira is a character in Acts in the
New Testament who is killed by God for lying.
Sapphire
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SAF-ie-ər
From the name of the gemstone, typically blue, which is the traditional birthstone of September. It is derived from Greek
σάπφειρος (sappheiros), ultimately from the Hebrew word
סַפִּיר (sappir).
Sara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, Greek, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French, Catalan, Galician, Romanian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Albanian, Macedonian, Polish, English, Arabic, Persian, Biblical Hebrew [1], Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: שָׂרָה(Hebrew) Σάρα(Greek) Сара(Serbian, Macedonian) سارة(Arabic) سارا(Persian)
Pronounced: SA-ra(Greek, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Icelandic, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Macedonian, Polish, Arabic) SA-RA(French) ZA-ra(German) SAH-rah(Finnish) SEHR-ə(English) SAR-ə(English) saw-RAW(Persian)
Form of
Sarah used in various languages.
Sarana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 新菜, 浚菜, 咲良奈, 更奈, etc.(Japanese Kanji) さらな(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SAH-ṘAH-NAH
From Japanese 新 (sara) meaning "new" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Saranna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: sə-RAN-ə
Combination of
Sarah and
Anna, in occasional use since the 18th century.
Sararose
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Sarina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 咲梨菜, 紗利奈, 紗里愛, 紗莉菜, 小鈴奈, 颯鈴奈, 彩里奈, 砂里奈, 沙里菜, 叉梨那, 佐梨奈, etc.(Japanese Kanji) さりな(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SAH-ṘEE-NAH
From Japanese 咲 (sa) meaning "blossom", 梨 (ri) meaning "pear" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Saro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: SAH-ro
Diminutive of
Rosario, used in Sicily, South Italy.
Satiah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian feminine name meaning "Daughter of the Moon".
Satin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
From the French word satin, referring to the fabric satin. This was used by the French author Émile Zola as a name for a prostitute in his novel "Nana" (1880). It is not used as a name in France.
Satina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polynesian
Pronounced: Sa-Ti-Na
From the matrial satin, meaning soft and gentle.
Sava
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Serbian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Сава(Serbian, Bulgarian)
Serbian and Bulgarian form of
Sabas.
Savannah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: sə-VAN-ə
From the English word for the large grassy plain, ultimately deriving from the Taino (Native American) word zabana. It came into use as a given name in America in the 19th century. It was revived in the 1980s by the movie Savannah Smiles (1982).
Savera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Urdu, Arabic
"dawn, new beginning"
Saveria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: sa-VEH-rya
Italian feminine form of
Xavier.
Saverio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: sa-VEH-ryo
Savina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: sa-VEE-na
Savino
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: sa-VEE-no
Italian variant form of
Sabinus (see
Sabina).
Savona
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: sa-VO-na
From the name of the city of Savona in northern Italy, called Savo by the Romans, of uncertain meaning.
Saw
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Burmese
Other Scripts: စော(Burmese)
Pronounced: SAW
Means "honourable" or "lord, chief" in Burmese.
Saya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 沙耶(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: SIE-YAH
This is a Japanese name which refers to a scabbard or sheath for a sword. Beyond being a simple noun, Saya connotes peace because of the image of a sword that remains in its scabbard.
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From 沙 (sa) "sand" and 耶 (ya), a kanji used exclusively in names meaning "question mark."
Sayaka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 沙也香, 沙耶香, 沙也加, 紗耶香, etc.(Japanese Kanji) さやか(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SA-YA-KA
From Japanese
沙 (sa) meaning "sand" or
紗 (sa) meaning "thread, silk" with
也 (ya) meaning "also" or
耶 (ya), an interjection, combined with
香 (ka) meaning "fragrance" or
加 (ka) meaning "increase". This name can also be composed of other kanji combinations. It is often written using the hiragana writing system.
Sayida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Feminine version of Sayid.
Sayina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tsonga
Means "sign" in Xitsonga.
Sayuri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 小百合, etc.(Japanese Kanji) さゆり(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SA-YOO-REE
From Japanese
小 (sa) meaning "small" and
百合 (yuri) meaning "lily". This name can also be composed of other kanji combinations.
Scarletrose
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Scarlett
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SKAHR-lit
From an English surname that denoted a person who sold or made clothes made of scarlet (a kind of cloth, possibly derived from Persian
سقرلاط (saqrelāṭ)). Margaret Mitchell used it for the main character, Scarlett O'Hara, in her novel
Gone with the Wind (1936). Her name is explained as having come from her grandmother. Despite the fact that the book was adapted into a popular movie in 1939, the name was not common until the 21st century. It started rising around 2003, about the time that the career of American actress Scarlett Johansson (1984-) started taking off.
Scorpio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: SKAWR-pi-o(English)
Means
"scorpion" in Latin, from Greek
σκορπίος (skorpios). This is the name of the eighth sign of the zodiac, associated with the constellation
Scorpius.
Scylla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Σκύλλα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: skýl̚la
In Greek mythology, Scylla was a monster that lived on one side of a narrow channel of water, opposite its counterpart Charybdis. The two sides of the strait were within an arrow's range of each other—so close that sailors attempting to avoid Charybdis would pass too close to Scylla and vice versa.
Traditionally the strait has been associated with the Strait of Messina between Italy and Sicily.
Sea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 星愛, 瀬彩, 瀬愛, 世, 晴愛, 姫和, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: SE-AH
From Japanese 星 (se) meaning "star" combined with 愛 (a) meaning "love, affection". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Seira
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 水楽, 沙羅, 世依羅, 世永良, 世楽, 瀬依良, 勢良, 性裸, etc.(Japanese Kanji) せいら(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SE:-ṘAH
From Japanese 水 (sei) meaning "water" combined with 楽 (ra) meaning "music". Other kanji combinations are possible.
For females the usage of this name is, most likely, influenced by the name Sarah or Sara.
Seiran
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 星蘭, 青蘭, 静蘭, 聖蘭, 晴瀾, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: SE:-ṘAHN
From Japanese 星 (sei) meaning "star" or 青 (sei) meaning "blue" combined with 蘭 (ran) meaning "orchid". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Selena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, English, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Σελήνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: seh-LEH-na(Spanish) sə-LEEN-ə(English)
Latinized form of
Selene. This name was borne by popular Mexican-American singer Selena Quintanilla (1971-1995), who was known simply as Selena. Another famous bearer is the American actress and singer Selena Gomez (1992-).
Selene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Σελήνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: SEH-LEH-NEH(Classical Greek) si-LEE-nee(English) si-LEEN(English)
Means
"moon" in Greek. This was the name of a Greek goddess of the moon, a Titan. She was sometimes identified with the goddess
Artemis.
Seneca
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: SEH-neh-ka(Latin) SEHN-ə-kə(English)
From a Roman
cognomen derived from Latin
senectus meaning
"old". This was the name of both a Roman orator (born in Spain) and also of his son, a philosopher and statesman.
This name also coincides with that of the Seneca, a Native American tribe that lived near the Great Lakes, whose name meant "place of stones".
Senna
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: せんな(Japanese Hiragana) 茜菜, 茜奈, 仙菜, 仙奈, 千菜, 千奈, 扇菜, 扇奈, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: SEN-NAH
From Japanese 茜 (sen) meaning "deep red, dye from the rubia plant", 仙 (sen) meaning "immortal, transcendent, celestial being, fairy", 千 (sen) meaning "thousand" or 扇 (sen) meaning "fan (folding fan)" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" or 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree". Other kanji combinations are possible.
A famous female bearer is Senna Matsuda, a Japanese model and actress
Senritsu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Pronounced: Sen Ri Tsu
Sephina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian (Rare, Archaic), Dutch (Rare, Archaic), English (Rare, Archaic)
Sephira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Sepia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare), Spanish (Caribbean, Rare)
Pronounced: SEE pee ə (American English)
From the color/photographic technique and/or the genus of cuttlefish. The word sepia is the Latinized form of the Greek σηπία, sēpía, cuttlefish.
Sepphora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Σεπφώρα(Ancient Greek)
September
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: sehp-TEHM-bər
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
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: sə-KWOI-ə
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.
Seraphina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), German (Rare), Late Roman
Pronounced: sehr-ə-FEEN-ə(English) zeh-ra-FEE-na(German)
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.
This was the name of a 13th-century Italian saint who made clothes for the poor. As an English name, it has never been common.
Seraphine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Anglicized, Modern)
Pronounced: ser-ə-FEEN, SER-ə-feen
Sereana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Fijian
Means "song" in Fijian.
Serena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Late Roman
Pronounced: sə-REEN-ə(English) seh-REH-na(Italian)
From a Late Latin name that was derived from Latin
serenus meaning
"clear, tranquil, serene". This name was borne by an obscure early
saint. Edmund Spenser also used it in his poem
The Faerie Queene (1590). A famous bearer from the modern era is tennis player Serena Williams (1981-).
Serene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
From the English word serene, which itself is derived from Latin serenus, which means "clear, calm, tranquil, quiet."
Setsuna
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese (Modern), Popular Culture
Other Scripts: 刹那, 雪菜(Japanese Kanji) せつな(Japanese Hiragana) セツナ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: SEH-TSOO-NA(Japanese)
From Japanese 刹那 (setsuna) meaning "a moment, an instant". It can also be given as a combination of 刹 (setsu) meaning "temple" or 雪 (setsu) meaning "snow" combined with Japanese 那 (na) a phonetic kanji or 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". 刹那 is by far the most popular spelling for boys, for girls the name is often written in hiragana. Other kanji combinations are possible. This name is extremely popular in Japanese manga and anime with many characters bearing the name.
Seven
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SEHV-ən
From the English word for the number, derived from Old English
seofon (from an Indo-European root shared by Latin
septem and Greek
ἑπτά (hepta)).
Severina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: seh-veh-REE-na(Italian)
Severine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Greenlandic, German
Shaia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, English (Modern), Arabic
Pronounced: SHIE-ə(Hebrew, English)
A modern English feminine variant of the Hebrew masculine name
Shai.
Shaima
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: شيماء(Arabic)
Pronounced: shie-MA
Possibly means
"beauty marks" in Arabic. This was the name of the daughter of
Halima, the foster mother of the Prophet
Muhammad.
Shairi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African
Pronounced: SHIE-REE
Means "song" in Swahili.
Shariya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Urdu
Other Scripts: شریعہ(Urdu)
Pronounced: ʃɑrɪjɑ
Meaning "Princess", "Sultana".
Shayna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Assyrian
Pronounced: Shay-na(Neo-Aramaic)
The Assyrian word for peace, it has been used as a female among the Assyrian diaspora
Shea
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: SHAY(English)
Anglicized form of
Séaghdha, sometimes used as a feminine name.
Sherry
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SHEHR-ee
Probably inspired by the French word
chérie meaning
"darling" or the English word
sherry, a type of fortified wine named from the Spanish town of Jerez. This name came into popular use during the 1920s, inspired by other similar-sounding names and by Collette's novels
Chéri (1920, English translation 1929) and
The Last of Chéri (1926, English translation 1932), in which it is a masculine name.
This also coincides with an Irish surname (an Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mac Searraigh), derived from the byname Searrach meaning "foal".
Shina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 品, 詩奈, 詩菜, 史奈, 史菜, 志奈, 志菜(Japanese Kanji) 志な(Kanji/Hiragana) しな(Japanese Hiragana) シナ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: SHEE-NAH
This name can be used as 品 (hin, hon, shina) meaning "article, dignity, goods, refinement."
It can also be used to combine 詩 (shi, uta) meaning "poem, poetry," 史 (shi) meaning "chronicle, history" or 志 (shi, kokorozashi, kokoroza.su, shiringu) meaning "aspire, hopes, intention, motive, plan, resolve, shilling" with 奈 (dai, na, nai, ikan, karanashi) meaning "Nara, what?" or 菜 (sai, na) meaning "greens, side dish, vegetable."
One other form of Shina is made by combining 志 with the phonetic character な (na).
Shina was, at first, uncommon in the early part of the Edo Period (1603-1868), but it became slightly uncommon to slightly common in the latter part of that period and in the first half of the Meiji Period (1868-1912) before it dropped in popularity in the 1900s. This name is still being used today, though it's far more likely that girls named Shina will have their names written as 詩奈, 詩菜, 史奈, 史菜, 志奈 or 志菜 rather than 品 or 志な.
Shira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: שִׁירָה(Hebrew)
Means "singing" in Hebrew.
Shiroko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 城考, 城子, 代子, 白子, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: SHEE-ṘO-KO
From Japanese 城 (shiro) meaning "castle", 代 (shiro) meaning "shiro, a unit of land" or 白 (shiro) meaning "white" combined with 考 (ko) meaning "thought" or 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Shirona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: シロナ(Japanese Katakana)
From 白南天 shironanten, white-fruited nandina. Symbolizes "love growing stronger" and "good home" in the language of flowers.
Shiva 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Nepali
Other Scripts: शिव(Sanskrit, Nepali) శివ(Telugu) சிவா(Tamil) ಶಿವ(Kannada) ശിവ(Malayalam)
Pronounced: SHEE-və(English)
Derived from Sanskrit
शिव (śiva) meaning
"benign, kind, auspicious". Shiva is the Hindu god of destruction and restoration, the husband of the mother goddess
Parvati. Though he does not appear in the
Vedas, Shiva nevertheless incorporates elements of Vedic deities such as the storm god
Rudra. He is often depicted with four arms and a third eye, and has both fierce and gentle aspects.
In Shaivism, a Hindu denomination, he is regarded as the supreme god. The other major sect, Vaishnavism, views Vishnu and his avatars as supreme.
Shizuka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 静夏, 静香, etc.(Japanese Kanji) しずか(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SHEE-ZOO-KA
From Japanese
静 (shizu) meaning "quiet" combined with
夏 (ka) meaning "summer" or
香 (ka) meaning "fragrance". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Siana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Siani
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Sianna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, English
In Lady of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Sianna was the daughter of the Faerie Queen.
Siara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Variant of
Sierra or
Ciara 2. 96 girls in the USA were named SIARA in 2005.
Sidia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Brazilian
Sidra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Pakistani
Other Scripts: سدرہ(Urdu)
From the Arabic name of a type of tree, known as the lote tree (or "lotus tree") in English, which is given in reference to an Islamic symbol of the upper limit of heaven. When the prophet Muhammad ascended to Paradise, saw at the end of the seventh, highest heaven a lote tree, marking the place "beyond which neither prophets nor angels may pass" (only Allah), which he called سدرة المنتهى (sidra-tul-muntaha) "lote tree of the utmost boundary, of the last frontier".
Siella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: /see ˌ ˈEL ˌl ə/
" A girl who is as high as a mountain "
Sienna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: see-EHN-ə
From the English word meaning "orange-red". It is ultimately from the name of the city of Siena in Italy, because of the colour of the clay there.
Sierra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: see-EHR-ə
Means "mountain range" in Spanish, referring specifically to a mountain range with jagged peaks.
Silena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek, Italian, English, German (Swiss, Rare)
Other Scripts: Σειληνα(Ancient Greek)
Silene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: sie-LEE-nee
After a large genus of flowering plants that contains almost 900 species. It's commonly known as the campion or catchfly. It's also the feminine form of Silenus.
Silvan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Swiss)
Silvana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: seel-VA-na
Silver
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SIL-vər
From the English word for the precious metal or the colour, ultimately derived from Old English seolfor.
Silvia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, German, Dutch, English, Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Pronounced: SEEL-vya(Italian) SEEL-bya(Spanish) SEEL-vyu(European Portuguese) SEEW-vyu(Brazilian Portuguese) ZIL-vya(German) SIL-vee-ya(Dutch) SIL-vee-ə(English)
Feminine form of
Silvius.
Rhea Silvia was the mother of
Romulus and
Remus, the founders of Rome. This was also the name of a 6th-century
saint, the mother of the pope Gregory the Great. It has been a common name in Italy since the Middle Ages. It was introduced to England by Shakespeare, who used it for a character in his play
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1594). It is now more commonly spelled
Sylvia in the English-speaking world.
Silvio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Pronounced: SEEL-vyo(Italian) SEEL-byo(Spanish)
Italian and Spanish form of
Silvius.
Sin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Semitic Mythology
Other Scripts: 𒀭𒂗𒍪(Akkadian Cuneiform)
From earlier Akkadian
Su'en, of unknown meaning. This was the name of the Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian god of the moon. He was closely identified with the Sumerian god
Nanna.
Sina
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: سینا(Persian)
Pronounced: see-NAW
From the Persian name for Mount Sinai or the Sinai Peninsula.
Sinbad
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: SIN-bad
Variant of
Sindbad. Sinbad is a sailor from
1001 Arabian Nights.
Sincere
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: sin-SEER
From the English word meaning genuine or heartfelt.
Sinceria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American (Rare)
Sindra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
A minor character from the 2014 young-adult book "Dorothy Must Die" by Danielle Paige bears this name.
Sinna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SIN-nah
Sinnia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: Sin-Ni-ah
Sinnia is so close to the flower or name, "Zinnia" Just spelled differently. Sinnia means beauty, just to point that out.
Sira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: SEE-ra
Spanish and Italian feminine form of
Syrus.
Sirena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: sə-REEN-ə
Derived from Spanish sirena "mermaid". The Spanish dramatist Jacinto Benavente used this name in his play 'Los intereses creados' (1907), where it belongs to a poor widow and matchmaker called Doña Sirena.
Sirène
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Belgian, Modern, Rare)
Sirenna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare), English (Canadian, Rare)
Siria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: SEE-rya
Italian feminine form of
Sirius. It also coincides with the Italian name for the country of
Syria.
Siriana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Sirona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Celtic Mythology, Germanic Mythology
Pronounced: si-RO-na(Celtic Mythology)
The name of a Celtic goddess mainly worshipped in middle Europe and the region of the Danube. She was associated with healing, wolves, and children.
The name comes from a combination of Gaulish roots - ser- or ster- meaning "star" (cognate with the first element in Welsh Seren) plus the -ona termination common to the names of female deities (as in Epona, Angerona.)
The Gaulish goddess of astronomy, and goddess of the Mosel Valley.
Sitara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Urdu
Other Scripts: ستارہ(Urdu)
Means "star" in Urdu, ultimately from Persian.
Sivan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: סִיוָן, סִיווָן(Hebrew)
From the name of the ninth month of the Hebrew calendar (occurring in late spring). It was adopted from the Babylonian calendar, derived from Akkadian
simānu meaning "season, occasion"
[1].
Sivana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew (Rare)
Other Scripts: סיונה, סיוונה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: see-VAH-nah
Sivani
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Indian
Pronounced: SEE-va-NEE(Hinduism)
Siyana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Сияна(Bulgarian)
Derived from Bulgarian
сияние (siyanie) meaning
"glow, shine, light".
Sky
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SKIE
Simply from the English word sky, which was ultimately derived from Old Norse ský "cloud".
Snow
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SNO
From the English word, derived from Old English snāw.
Snowdrop
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SNO-drahp
The name of the flower used as a first name, mainly between the 1890s and 1920s, but never one of the more popular names of this kind.
Sobeirana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Occitan
Derived from Old Occitan sobeira "superior".
Sol 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: SOL(Spanish) SAWL(European Portuguese) SOW(Brazilian Portuguese)
Means "sun" in Spanish or Portuguese.
Sola
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese (Modern)
Pronounced: SOUL-ah
Means "sky," from Japanese 空 (sora). It is often romanized as Sora rather than Sola, but both ways are correct.
Solaira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Soleil
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various
Pronounced: SAW-LAY(French)
Means "sun" in French. It is not commonly used as a name in France itself.
Soleila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Song
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 嵩, 松, 颂, 宋(Chinese)
Derived from the Chinese character 嵩 (
sōng) meaning "highty; lofty (literarian term referred to a mountain)" or 松 (
sōng) meaning "pine tree" or 颂 (
sòng) meaning "to acclaim; hymn; ode". More often used as a surname is 宋 (
sòng) that was the name of the Imperial Dynasty reigning in China in years 960-1279 AC.
Other characters combinations are also possible.
Sonia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish
Pronounced: SON-yə(English) SAWN-yə(English) SAW-nya(Italian) SO-nya(Spanish)
Sonya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, English
Other Scripts: Соня(Russian)
Pronounced: SO-nyə(Russian) SON-yə(English) SAWN-yə(English)
Russian
diminutive of
Sophia. This is the name of a character in Leo Tolstoy's novel
War and Peace (1869, English translation 1886).
Sora
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 空, 昊, etc.(Japanese Kanji) そら(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SO-RA
From Japanese
空 (sora) or
昊 (sora) both meaning "sky". Other kanji with the same pronunciations can also form this name.
Soraia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese
Soraya
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 空也, 天陽, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: SO-ṘAH-YAH
From Japanese 空 (sora) meaning "sky" or 天 (sora) meaning "heavens, sky" combined with 也 (ya) meaning "also" or 陽 (ya) meaning "light, sun, male". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Soua
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 蒼鴉, 蒼空, 想愛, 颯亜, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: SO:-AH
From Japanese 蒼 (sou) meaning "blue, green" combined with 鴉 (a) meaning "crow, raven". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Soul
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname
Soul. May also be used in reference to the word soul, from Old English
sāwol, sāw(e)l, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch
ziel and German
Seele.
Soula
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Σούλα(Greek)
Spirit
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SPIR-it
From the English word spirit, ultimately from Latin spiritus "breath, energy", a derivative of spirare "to blow".
Starlight
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Combination of
Star, from Middle English
sterre, from Old English
steorra and light, from Middle English
light, liht, leoht, from Old English
lēoht (“light, daylight; power of vision; luminary; world”).
Starlina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare)
Starline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Haitian Creole, French (African, Rare)
Stateira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Persian (Hellenized), History
Other Scripts: Στάτειρα(Greek) استاتیرای(Persian)
Pronounced: STAH-tee-rah(Greek)
Allegedly means "creation of the stars", in which case it would be related to Persian
sitareh "star". This was probably the usual name of Alexander the Great's second wife, a daughter of the Persian king Darius III, formally named
Barsine. After Alexander's death Stateira was murdered by his first wife
Roxana.
Modern historians have tried to identify the biblical Vashti with that of the Persian queen Stateira, even suggesting that Vashti is a diminutive of Vashtateira.
Stelara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: steh-LA-ra
From Esperanto stelaro meaning "constellation", ultimately from Latin stella "star".
Steliana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian
Stellaluna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: stel-ə-LOO-nə
From Latin
stella "star" and
luna "moon" (compare
Stella 1,
Luna), used for the title character - a fruit bat - in the popular children's picture book 'Stellaluna' (1993). American television actress Ellen Pompeo gave her daughter the variant
Stella Luna in 2009.
Stellaria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: stə-LAHR-ee-ə(English)
Probably an elaboration of
Stella 1. A genus of small flowers also known as chickweed, after the star-like shape of the flowers.
Steorra
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Derived from Old English
steorra meaning "star", likely originating as a byname.
Stone
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: STON
From the English vocabulary word, ultimately from Old English stan.
Sultana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Other Scripts: سلطانة(Arabic) سلطانہ(Urdu) সুলতানা(Bengali)
Pronounced: sool-TA-na(Arabic) SOOL-ta-na(Bengali)
Sumaira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Urdu
Other Scripts: سمیرا(Urdu)
Sumaiya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bengali
Other Scripts: সুমাইয়া(Bengali)
Sumantra
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bengali
Other Scripts: সুমন্ত্র(Bengali)
Means
"following good advice", from the Sanskrit prefix
सु (su) meaning "good" combined with
मन्त्र (mantra) meaning "instrument of thought, prayer, advice".
Sumatra
Usage: Indonesian, Acehnese, Minangkabau, Malay, English
Other Scripts: سومترا(Malay Jawi)
Pronounced: soo-MA-tra(Indonesian) soo-MAH-trə(English)
From Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra) meaning "sea, ocean". This is the name of an island in Indonesia as well as three Indonesian provinces.
Summer
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SUM-ər
From the name of the season, ultimately from Old English sumor. It has been in use as a given name since the 1970s.
Sun
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SUN
Directly taken from the English word
sun which is ultimately derived from Middle English
sunne. From Old English
sunne (“sun; the Sun”), from Proto-Germanic
*sunnǭ, from the heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European
*sh̥₂uén (“sun; the Sun”), oblique form of
*sóh₂wl̥.
In the USA, 14 boys and 5 girls were named SUN in 2018.
Suna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 沙, 砂, 吹南, 吹奈, 吹捺, 壽成, 好南, 好奈, 子南, 子奈, 子梛, 子為, 子鳴, 守七, 守南, 守名, 守奈, 守梛, 守波, 守納, 守莫, 守菜, 守那, 寿南, 寿名, 寿奈, 寿波, 寿菜, 崇凪, 崇南, 崇名, 崇奈, 崇成, 崇捺, 崇梛, 崇楠, 崇汀, 崇菜, 崇那, 州奈, 州梛, 州菜, 摩捺, 数也, 数凪, 数南, 数名, 数尚, 数水, 数菜, 数鳴, 水也 水凪, 水南, 水名, 水夏, 水奈, 水就, 水懷, 水梛, 水楠, 水直, 水稔, 水菜, 水那, 水鳴, 洲凪, 洲南, 洲名, 洲奈, 洲成, 洲渚, 洲納, 洲菜, 洲鳴, 清南, 清名, 清夏, 清奈, 清梛, 清波, 清菜, 澄南, 澄名, 澄奈, 澄梛, 澄菜, 澄那, 瑞奈, 翠凪, 翠南, 翠菜, 翠夏, 翠奈, 翠愛, 磨名, 穂夏, 穂愛, 総夏, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: SUU-NAH
From Japanese 沙 (suna) or 砂 (suna) meaning "sand", 吹 (su) meaning "blow, breathe, puff, emit", 壽 (su) meaning "longevity, congratulations", 好 (su) meaning "fond, pleasing, like something", 子 (su) meaning "child", 守 (su) meaning "guard, protect, defend, obey", 寿 (su) meaning "longevity, congratulations, one's natural life", 崇 (su) meaning "adore, respect, revere, worship", 州 (su) meaning "state, province", 摩 (su) meaning "chafe, rub, polish, grind, scrape", 数 (su) meaning "number, strength, fate, law, figures", 水 (su) meaning "water", 洲 (su) meaning "continent, sandbar, island, country", 清 (su) meaning "pure, purify, cleanse, exorcise", 澄 (su) meaning "lucidity, be clear, clear, clarify, settle, strain, look grave", 瑞 (su) meaning "congratulations", 翠 (su) meaning "green", 磨 (su) meaning "grind, polish, scour, improve, brush (teeth)", 穂 (su) meaning "ear of grain" or 総 (su) meaning "general, whole, all, full, total" combined with 南 (na) meaning "south", 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree", 捺 (na) meaning "press, print, affix a seal, stamp", 成 (na) meaning "turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach", 梛 (na), type of tall evergreen tree, 為 (na) meaning "do, change, make, benefit, welfare, be of use, reach to, try, practice, cost, serve as, good, advantage, as a result of", 鳴 (na) meaning "chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk", 七 (na) meaning "seven", 名 (na) meaning "name", 波 (na) meaning "waves, billows", 納 (na) meaning "settlement, obtain, reap, pay, supply, store", 莫 (na) meaning "must not, do not, be not", 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens", 那 (na) meaning "what", 凪 (na) meaning "lull, calm", 楠 (na) meaning "camphor tree", 汀 (na) meaning "water's edge, shore, bank", 也 (na) meaning "also", 尚 (na) meaning "esteem, furthermore, still, yet", 水 (na) meaning "water", 夏 (na) meaning "summer", 就 (na) meaning "concerning, settle, take position, depart, study", 懷 (na) meaning "pocket, feelings, heart, yearn, miss someone, become attached to, bosom", 直 (na) meaning "straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix, repair", 稔 (na) meaning "harvest, ripen" or 愛 (na) meaning "love, affection". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well.
Sunaina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian, Hindi
Pronounced: Soo-nay-na
Means "lovely eyes" in Hindi.
Sunara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sinhalese
Sunbeam
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare, Archaic)
Pronounced: SUN-beem
From the English word sunbeam.
Sundance
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Pronounced: SUN-dans(American English)
The Sundance Kid was the nickname of American outlaw Harry Longabaugh (1867-1908), in whose case it was taken from Sundance, Wyoming, the only town that ever jailed him, where he was incarcerated for eighteen months for horse thievery at the age of 15. The place name
Sundance was taken from the sun dance ceremony practiced by several Native American tribes.
As a given name this is borne by Australian physicist Sundance Bilson-Thompson. American professional beach volleyball players Kerri Walsh Jennings and Casey Jennings named their son Sundance in 2010.
Sundara
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism
Other Scripts: सुन्दर(Sanskrit)
Derived from Sanskrit
सुन्दर (sundara) meaning
"beautiful". This is the name of several minor characters in Hindu texts, and is also another name of the Hindu god
Kama.
Sunflower
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare)
Pronounced: SUN-flow-er
From the English word, sunflower.
Suni
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: สุนีย์(Thai)
Pronounced: soo-NEE
Derived from Thai สุ
(su) meaning "good", ultimately from Sanskrit सु
(su). It may also be used as a short form of names beginning in
Suni- (such as
Sunisa).
Sunisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: สุนิสา(Thai)
Pronounced: soo-nee-SA
From Thai สุ (su) meaning "good" and นิสา (nisa) meaning "night".
Sunniva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian
Scandinavian form of the Old English name
Sunngifu, which meant
"sun gift" from the Old English elements
sunne "sun" and
giefu "gift". This was the name of a legendary English
saint who was shipwrecked in Norway and killed by the inhabitants.
Sunny
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SUN-ee
From the English word meaning "sunny, cheerful".
Sunrise
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
From the English word sunrise, referring to a time in the morning when the sun appears.
Sunset
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
From the English word "sunset" referring to the setting of the sun at the end of the day.
Sunshine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SUN-shien
From the English word, ultimately from Old English sunne "sun" and scinan "shine".
Sura
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: สุระ(Thai)
Pronounced: soo-RA
From Thai สุร (sura) meaning "angelic, heavenly, celestial" or "brave, valiant".
Suri
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: سوری(Persian)
Pronounced: SOO-REE
Suri is the Persian noun for red rose and the adjective for red. It implies both ‘princess’ or ‘red rose.’
In Persian, Suri is commonly used in reference to a celebration or a joyful gathering like a festivity.
Suri is both a surname and a given name originated from Suri Dynasty’s ruler Sher Shah Suri and the Suri represent themselves as descendants of Muhammad Suri, one of the princes of house of the Ghorian.
Notable people with the name include:
Suri Bhagavantam (1909–1989), Indian scientist
Suri Gopalakrishna (born 1943), former cricketer from India
Suri Krishnamma (born 1961), British film and television director
Suri Ratnapala, Australian academic
Suri Sehgal, American philanthropist born in India
Suriana
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Malay, Indonesian
Other Scripts: سوريانا(Malay Jawi)
Derived from Malay suria or Indonesian surya meaning "sun". It is used as a unisex name in Indonesia while it is feminine in Malaysia.
Suriya
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Thai, Tamil
Other Scripts: สุริยา(Thai) சூர்யா(Tamil)
Pronounced: soo-ree-YA(Thai)
Thai form of
Surya, as well as an alternate Tamil transcription.
Sylvan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Either a variant of
Silvanus or directly from the Latin word
silva meaning
"wood, forest".
Sylvette
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: SEEL-VEHT
Sylvia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Pronounced: SIL-vee-ə(English) SIL-vee-ya(Dutch) SUYL-vee-ah(Finnish)
Variant of
Silvia. This has been the most common English spelling since the 19th century.
Sylviana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indonesian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Symphony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SIM-fə-nee
Simply from the English word, ultimately deriving from Greek
σύμφωνος (symphonos) meaning "concordant in sound".
Symphora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek, Ancient Roman, French (African)
Other Scripts: Σύμφορα, Συμφορά(Greek)
Feminine form of
Symphoros and its latinized form
Symphorus. Also compare the Greek noun συμφορά
(symphora) meaning "a bringing together, collecting, contribution" as well as "misfortune, tragedy".
In modern times, there may be cases where this name is a short form or contraction of Symphoriana, Symphorina and Symphorosa.
A well-known bearer of this name is the French sportswoman Symphora Béhi (b. 1986).
Symphoria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman, African (Rare), German (Archaic)
Feminine form of
Symphorius. It should also be noted that like
Symphorina, this name is sometimes encountered as a corruption (or perhaps short form in this case) of
Symphoriana.
Symphoriana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman, Dutch (Archaic), English (Archaic), German (Archaic)
Symphoriane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare), French (African, Rare)
Pronounced: SEEM-FAW-RYAN(French)
Symphorienne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare), French (African), French (Quebec, Archaic), French (Belgian, Archaic)
Pronounced: SEEM-FAW-RYEN(French)
Symphorina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman, Dutch (Rare)
Feminine form of
Symphorinus. It should also be noted that this name is sometimes encountered as a corruption of
Symphoriana.
Symphorine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare), French (African, Rare), French (Quebec, Archaic), French (Belgian, Rare)
Pronounced: SEEM-FAW-REEN(French)
French form of
Symphorina. There have probably also been cases where this name is a corruption or a rare variant of
Symphorienne.
Symphorosa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman, English (Rare), German (Bessarabian)
Either a latinate variant of
Symphora that was created by adding the Latin feminine augmentative suffix
-osa to it, or a corruption of
Sympherusa, which is the proper Latin form of the Greek name
Sympherousa.
This name is best known for being the name of the 2nd-century saint Symphorosa of Tibur (now Tivoli in central Italy), who was martyred during the reign of the Roman Emperor Hadrian, together with her seven sons.
Symphorose
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare), French (African), French (Quebec, Archaic), French (Belgian, Archaic)
Synnøve
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian
Syrena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Syrene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Syriana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American
Tabby
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TAB-ee
Tabitha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Biblical, Biblical Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ταβιθά(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: TAB-i-thə(English)
Means
"gazelle" in Aramaic. Tabitha in the
New Testament was a woman restored to life by
Saint Peter. Her name is translated into Greek as
Dorcas (see
Acts 9:36). As an English name,
Tabitha became common after the
Protestant Reformation. It was popularized in the 1960s by the television show
Bewitched, in which Tabitha (sometimes spelled Tabatha) is the daughter of the main character.
Tacey
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Derived from Latin tace meaning "be silent". It was in use from the 16th century, though it died out two centuries later.
Tahalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Tahina
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Malagasy
Means "blessed" in Malagasy.
Tahira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: طاهرة(Arabic) طاہرہ(Urdu)
Pronounced: TA-hee-ra(Arabic)
Tahmina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian Mythology, Tajik, Bengali
Other Scripts: تهمینه(Persian) Таҳмина(Tajik) তাহমিনা(Bengali)
Derived from Persian
تهم (tahm) meaning
"brave, valiant". This is the name of a character in the 10th-century Persian epic the
Shahnameh. She is a daughter of the king of Samangan who marries the warrior hero
Rostam and eventually bears him a son, whom they name
Sohrab.
Taiha
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Korean
Taina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TIE-nah
Taira
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 太良, 太平洋, 泰良, 大楽, 坦, 田井等, 平, 和, 萍, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: TAH-EE-ṘAH
From Japanese 太 (tai, ta) meaning "thick, big", 泰 (tai) meaning "peaceful, calm", 大 (tai) meaning "big, great", 坦 (taira) meaning "flat, smooth", 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy", 平 (taira) meaning "level; even; flat", 和 (taira) meaning "peace, harmony" or 萍 (taira) meaning "duckweed", 平 (i) meaning "level; even; flat" or 井 (i) meaning "well" combined with 良 (ra) meaning "good", 洋 (ra) meaning "ocean", 楽 (ra) meaning "comfort, music" or 等 (ra) meaning "rank, class, order". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well.
A famous bearer is Taira Imata, a Japanese actor who is represented by the talent agencies, Shōnen Shachu and Ace Agent.
Tairo
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Pronounced: TIE-ro
Arabic meaning little bird from the word "Ta'ir" meaning bird
Taisia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Таисия(Russian) Таїсія(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: tu-EE-syi-yə(Russian)
Taisiya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Таисия(Russian) Таїсія(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: tu-EE-syi-yə(Russian)
Russian and Ukrainian form of
Thaïs (referring to the
saint).
Takara
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 宝, etc.(Japanese Kanji) たから(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: TA-KA-RA
From Japanese
宝 (takara) meaning "treasure, jewel", as well as other kanji or kanji combinations with the same pronunciation.
Talia 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Australian)
From the name of a town in South Australia, perhaps meaning "near water" in an Australian Aboriginal language.
Taliana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Talitha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Pronounced: TAL-i-thə(English) tə-LEE-thə(English)
Means
"little girl" in Aramaic. The name is taken from the phrase
talitha cumi meaning "little girl arise" spoken by
Jesus in order to restore a young girl to life (see
Mark 5:41).
Talon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: TAL-ən
From the English word meaning "talon, claw", ultimately derived (via Norman French) from Latin talus "anklebone".
Tamara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 貴麻, 多麻良, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: TAH-MAH-ṘAH
From Japanese 貴 (tama) meaning "expensive" combined with 麻 (ra) meaning "flax". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Tanina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Berber
Other Scripts: ⵜⴰⵏⵉⵏⴰ(Tifinagh)
From the name of a legendary bird, similar to an eagle or a phoenix.
Tanya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian, English
Other Scripts: Таня(Russian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: TAHN-yə(English) TAN-yə(English)
Russian
diminutive of
Tatiana. It began to be used in the English-speaking world during the 1930s.
Tara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 多蘭, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: TAH-ṘAH
From Japanese 多 (
ta) meaning "many, much" combined with 蘭 (
ra) meaning "orchid". Other combinations of kanji characters are also possible.
Usage of this name is, most likely, influenced by the name Tara 1.
Tarina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: tə-REEN-ə
Perhaps an elaborated form of
Tara 1.
Tasa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Berber
Pronounced: TAH-sah
Means "love" when used as a name. Literally means "liver," the organ thought to be the seat of emotions, much like the heart's role in Western cultures.
Tashina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sioux (Anglicized)
From Lakota Tȟašína meaning "her blanket", derived from šiná "blanket, shawl". This is the first part of the name of historic figures such as Tȟašína Lúta, called Red Blanket, or Tȟašína Máni, called Moving Robe Woman.
Tatiana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, French, Slovak, Polish, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Greek, Georgian, English, Russian, Bulgarian, Ancient Roman
Other Scripts: Τατιάνα(Greek) ტატიანა(Georgian) Татьяна(Russian) Татяна(Bulgarian)
Pronounced: ta-TYA-na(Italian, Spanish, Polish, German) TAH-tee-ah-nah(Finnish) ta-TYAHN-ə(English) tu-TYA-nə(Russian)
Feminine form of the Roman name
Tatianus, a derivative of the Roman name
Tatius. This was the name of a 3rd-century
saint who was martyred in Rome under the emperor Alexander Severus. She was especially venerated in Orthodox Christianity, and the name has been common in Russia (as
Татьяна) and Eastern Europe. It was not regularly used in the English-speaking world until the 1980s.
Tavia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Corsican
Tayanita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cherokee
Means
"young beaver" in Cherokee, derived from
ᏙᏯ (doya) meaning "beaver".
Tayara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Assyrian
Tayce
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Tayra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mari
Other Scripts: Тайра(Mari)
Tayran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian
Pronounced: Tie-rin
Tayran is the name of a champion fictional racehorse who won almost all races ran. His name is really Tayran Blow Away, but everyone calls him Tayran. He has gone through many things, such as he was stolen, he was marked to be stolen after the robbery, and he went through many life-threatening situations due to an evil horse robber, Sectir, and his friend, Claudia. To learn more about this courageous horse, read Forge A Champion, which may or may not be already published, by Arwen D. Ramsay.
Tea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Slovene, Finnish, Georgian
Other Scripts: თეა(Georgian)
Pronounced: TEH-ah(Finnish)
Teal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: TEEL
From the English word for the type of duck or the greenish-blue colour.
Tealia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Teira
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Maori
Pronounced: TAY-RA
Maori form of Taylor.
Teo
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Italian, Croatian, Slovene, Georgian
Other Scripts: თეო(Georgian)
Pronounced: TEH-o(Spanish, Italian, Croatian)
Short form of
Teodoro and other names that begin with
Teo. In Georgian this is a feminine name, a short form of
Teona.
Teona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: თეონა(Georgian)
Terava
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tahitian
From the Tahitian te meaning "the" and rava meaning "dark, brownish".
Teresa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Catalan, Polish, Lithuanian, Finnish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
Pronounced: teh-REH-sa(Spanish, Polish) teh-REH-za(Italian, German) tə-REH-zə(Catalan) tyeh-ryeh-SU(Lithuanian) TEH-reh-sah(Finnish) tə-REE-sə(English) tə-REE-zə(English)
Form of
Theresa used in several languages.
Saint Teresa of Ávila was a 16th-century Spanish nun who reformed the Carmelite monasteries and wrote several spiritual books. It was also borne by the Albanian missionary Saint Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997), better known as Mother Teresa, who worked with the poor in India. She adopted the name in honour of the French saint Thérèse of Lisieux, who is the patron of missionaries.
Teresia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: teh-REH-see-ah
Teresina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Rare), Spanish (Latin American), Catalan (Rare), Portuguese (Rare), Sardinian, Romansh
Diminutive of
Teresa. This name is borne by Argentine senator Teresina Luna.
Teresita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: teh-reh-SEE-ta
Spanish
diminutive of
Teresa. It is most common in the Philippines and Latin America.
Tereza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian
Other Scripts: Тереза(Bulgarian, Serbian)
Pronounced: TEH-reh-za(Czech) teh-REH-za(Romanian)
Form of
Theresa in various languages.
Terra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TEHR-ə
Variant of
Tara 1, perhaps influenced by the Latin word
terra meaning "land, earth".
Tessa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Dutch
Pronounced: TEHS-ə(English) TEH-sa(Dutch)
Thalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized), Greek
Other Scripts: Θάλεια(Greek)
Pronounced: THAY-lee-ə(English) thə-LIE-ə(English)
From the Greek name
Θάλεια (Thaleia), derived from
θάλλω (thallo) meaning
"to blossom". In Greek
mythology she was one of the nine Muses, presiding over comedy and pastoral poetry. This was also the name of one of the three Graces or
Χάριτες (Charites).
Thamarai
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tamil
Other Scripts: தாமரை(Tamil)
Means "lotus" in Tamil.
Thea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, English
Pronounced: TEH-a(German) THEE-ə(English)
Theia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Θεία(Ancient Greek)
Possibly derived from Greek
θεά (thea) meaning
"goddess". In Greek
myth this was the name of a Titan goddess of light, glittering and glory. She was the wife of
Hyperion and the mother of the sun god
Helios, the moon goddess
Selene, and the dawn goddess
Eos.
Theo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, Dutch
Pronounced: THEE-o(English) TEH-o(German) TEH-yo(Dutch)
Therasia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman
Theresa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German
Pronounced: tə-REE-sə(English) tə-REE-zə(English) teh-REH-za(German)
From the Spanish and Portuguese name
Teresa. It was first recorded as
Therasia, being borne by the Spanish wife of
Saint Paulinus of Nola in the 4th century. The meaning is uncertain, but it could be derived from Greek
θέρος (theros) meaning
"summer", from Greek
θερίζω (therizo) meaning
"to harvest", or from the name of the Greek island of Therasia (the western island of Santorini).
The name was mainly confined to Spain and Portugal during the Middle Ages. After the 16th century it was spread to other parts of the Christian world, due to the fame of the Spanish nun and reformer Saint Teresa of Ávila. Another famous bearer was the Austrian Habsburg queen Maria Theresa (1717-1780), who inherited the domains of her father, the Holy Roman emperor Charles VI, beginning the War of the Austrian Succession.
Theresia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch
Pronounced: teh-REH-zya(German) tə-REH-see-a(Dutch)
Theresina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: tair-a-SEE-na, teh-reh-SEE-na
Elaboration of
Theresa with the suffix
-ina
Thereza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian Portuguese variant of
Teresa.
Thyatira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Modern, Rare)
Other Scripts: Θυάτειρα(Greek)
Pronounced: thie-ə-TIR-ə(English)
From the name of a city in Asia Minor mentioned in Revelation in the New Testament. According Stephanus of Byzantium, the name of the city meant "daughter" from Greek θυγατήρ (thugatēr), though it may actually be from an older Lydian name. Thyatira was not used as a given name in ancient times.
Tiana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: tee-AHN-ə, tee-AN-ə
Short form of
Tatiana or
Christiana. It was rare in the United States until it jumped in popularity in 1975, perhaps due to the Vietnamese-American actress Tiana Alexandra (1956-), who had some exposure at that time. It was used as the name of the princess in the Disney movie
The Princess and the Frog (2009).
Tiara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: tee-AHR-ə
From the English word for a semicircle crown, ultimately of Greek origin.
Tiare
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tahitian
Means "flower" in Tahitian, also specifically referring to the species Gardenia taitensis.
Tiarella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Elaboration of
Tiara and
Tiare. Also the name of a small woodland flower also known as foamflower.
Tia-Sitra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Variant form of
Sitre. This was the name given to one of the several daughters of pharaoh
Ramesses II of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt (1292-1189 BC).
Tienna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Tieran
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Tierra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various
Pronounced: TYEH-ra(Spanish)
Means "earth" in Spanish.
Tierria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Modern, Rare)
Tigerlily
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: TIE-gər-lil-ee
From tiger lily, a name that has been applied to several orange varieties of lily (such as the species Lilium lancifolium). Tiger Lily is also the name of the Native American princess in J. M. Barrie's play Peter Pan (1904).
Tindara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: TEEN-dah-rah
From
Tindari, the name of a city in Sicily where there is a famous statue of the Virgin Mary. Our Lady of Tindari is a Black Madonna. The Italian place name derives from Greek Τυνδαρίς
(Tyndaris), the name of the preexisting Greek colony which honours the legendary Spartan king
Tyndareus.
Tira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: טירה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: TEE-RAH
Means "castle" in Hebrew.
Tiziri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Berber
Other Scripts: ⵜⵉⵣⵉⵔⵉ(Tifinagh)
Tomie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese, Popular Culture
Other Scripts: 富江, 富絵, 富枝, 富恵, 富惠, etc.(Japanese Kanji) とみえ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: TO-MEE-EH(Japanese)
From Japanese 富 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet". Other combinations of kanji are possible. This name is borne by the character Tomie Kawakami (川上富江 Kawakami Tomie), the titular character of the horror manga series Tomie by Junji Ito. Tomie is a mysterious, beautiful woman identified by her sleek black hair and a beauty mark below her left eye. She acts like a succubus in that she can make any man fall in love with her to a delirious and disturbing extent. She is psychologically manipulative and can drive people into jealous rages that often lead to brutal acts of violence through her mere presence. Men kill each other over her, and women are driven to insanity as well. Tomie is inevitably killed time and time again, only to regenerate and spread her curse to other victims. She can also replicate herself by sprouting unnaturally from any part of her body, whether it be from severed limbs, organs, or even her blood. This prevents her from ageing, making her effectively immortal.
Tonio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: TO-nyo
Topaz
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: TO-paz
From the English word for the yellow precious stone, the traditional birthstone of November, ultimately derived from Greek
τόπαζος (topazos).
Torian
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: African American (Modern, Rare)
Toriana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare)
Toriano
Gender: Masculine
Usage: African American
Perhaps originally a short form of
Victoriano. This name was borne by American musician Toriano 'Tito' Jackson (1953-2024), a member of the Jackson 5.
Tourmaline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
From the name of a type of crystal.
This crystal's English name is derived from Sinhalese tòramalli, via French tourmaline. The meaning of this word seems to be not entirely certain, although one theory suggests that it simply means "cornelian".
As a name, Tourmaline has been in use since the late 20th century.
Tressa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: TREHS-ə
Contracted form of
Theresa. It may also be associated with the English word
tress meaning
"long lock of hair".
Trinidad
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: tree-nee-DHADH
Means "trinity" in Spanish, referring to the Holy Trinity. An island in the West Indies bears this name.
Trinity
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TRIN-i-tee
From the English word Trinity, given in honour of the Christian belief that God has one essence, but three distinct expressions of being: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. It has only been in use as a given name since the 20th century.
Tristan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: TRIS-tən(English) TREES-TAHN(French)
Probably from the Celtic name
Drustan, a
diminutive of
Drust, which occurs as
Drystan in a few Welsh sources. As
Tristan, it first appears in 12th-century French tales, probably altered by association with Old French
triste "sad". According to the tales Tristan was sent to Ireland by his uncle King Mark of Cornwall in order to fetch
Iseult, who was to be the king's bride. On the way back, Tristan and Iseult accidentally drink a potion that makes them fall in love. Later versions of the tale make Tristan one of King
Arthur's knights. His tragic story was very popular in the Middle Ages, and the name has occasionally been used since then.
Tristessa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, Popular Culture
Pronounced: tri-STES-ə(English)
Used by the 20th-century writer Jack Kerouac for the title character in his short novel 'Tristessa' (1960), in which case it was intended to be an Anglicization of the Spanish word
tristeza meaning "sadness" (from Latin
tristis; compare
Tristan). It was subsequently used by American rock band The Smashing Pumpkins for 'Tristessa' (1990), the title of which song is a direct allusion to Jack Kerouac's 1960 novella of the same name.
Tristine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: tris-TEEN
Feminine form of
Tristan using the popular suffix
ine, probably influenced by the sound of
Christine. It is borne by American writer Tristine Rainer.
Troy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TROI
Originally from a surname that denoted a person from the city of Troyes in France. It is now more likely used in reference to the ancient city of Troy that was besieged by the Greeks in
Homer's
Iliad. The city's name, from Greek
Τροία (Troia), is said to derive from its mythical founder
Τρώς (Tros), but is more likely of Luwian or Hittite origin. This name was popularized in the 1960s by the actor Troy Donahue (1936-2001)
[1], who took his
stage name from that of the ancient city.
Tsæra
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ossetian
Other Scripts: Цӕра(Ossetian)
Means "live" in Ossetian
Tsaina
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Malagasy
Means "mind, intellect" or "flag, banner" in Malagasy.
Tsanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Coptic (Sahidic)
Other Scripts: ⲧⲥⲁⲛⲛⲁ(Coptic)
Tsanna is a variant of
Susanna found in Coptic (including a stelae in the Brooklyn Museum).
Tsarina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian (Rare), Indonesian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Царина(Bulgarian)
Pronounced: zah-REE-nah(Bulgarian)
Taken directly from the title for a female monarch of Bulgaria, Serbia, or Russia.
Tselha
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Tibetan
Other Scripts: ཚེ་ལྷ(Tibetan)
Pronounced: TSEL-lha
Tselha is a unisex name of Tibetan origin. It's comprised of ཚེ (tshe) meaning "life" and ལྷ (lha) meaning "god/dess."
Tsira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mingrelian, Georgian
Other Scripts: ცირა(Mingrelian, Georgian)
Pronounced: TSEE-RAH(Georgian)
Derived from Mingrelian ცირა (cira) meaning "girl" or "daughter".
Tsirava
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Malagasy
From the Malagasy tsy meaning "not" and rava meaning "ruined, destroyed".
Tsisana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: ცისანა(Georgian)
Pronounced: TSEE-SAH-NAH
Probably derived from Georgian
ცის (tsis) meaning
"of the sky", the genitive case of
ცა (tsa) meaning "sky, heaven". This is also an alternative Georgian word for the forget-me-not flower.
Tsisia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: ცისია(Georgian)
Derived from Georgian
ცის (tsis) meaning
"of the sky", the genitive case of
ცა (tsa) meaning "sky, heaven".
Tsuka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 摘花, 都花, 都香, 津花, 津加, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ツカ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: TSUU-KAH
From Japanese 摘 (tsu) meaning "to pluck; to pick" combined with 花 (ka) meaning "flower". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Turquoise
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
From the opaque blue-green mineral whose name is derived from French
pierre turquois "Turkish stone".
In the English-speaking world, it was occasionally used from the late 19th century onwards.
Twilight
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: American (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: TWIE-liet
From the English word referring to the time of day when the sun is just below the horizon. Ultimately from Old English
twi- "half" +
līht "light".
As a given name, it has been in rare use from the early 20th century onwards.
Tyra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, English, African American
Pronounced: TUY-rah(Swedish) TIE-rə(English)
From the Old Norse name
Þýri, a variant of the Norse names
Þórví or
Þórveig. Use of the name in the English-speaking world (especially among African Americans) may be in part from the Swedish name, though it is probably also viewed as a feminine form of
Tyrone or
Tyree. A famous bearer is the American model and actress Tyra Banks (1973-).
Tyran
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: American (Modern, Rare)
Tyria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Tyrian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: TIE-ree-ən
Derived from Latin
Tyrianus "of Tyre", an ancient city which is located in modern-day Lebanon. The name of the city itself is said to be derived from a Semitic word meaning "rock".
In ancient times, the city was famous for the purple-red dye named Tyrian purple (also known as "royal purple", "imperial purple" or "imperial dye").
Tyrin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare), African American (Modern)
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