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Sevag m ArmenianMeans "black-eyed" or "one with black (coloured) eyes" in Armenian.
Seval f TurkishFrom Turkish
sev meaning "love" and
al meaning "take".
Sevard m NorwegianNorwegian name with the combination of
sær "sea" and
vǫrðr "guard".
Sevasti f GreekMeans "respected" in Greek. Also compare the related name
Sebastian. A known bearer of this name was Sevasti Kallisperi (1858-1953), the first Greek woman to attain a university degree.
Sevdia f Georgian (Rare)Derived from the Georgian noun სევდა
(sevda) meaning "melancholy, sorrow". It ultimately comes from the Arabic noun سَوْدَاء
(sawda) meaning "black bile" as well as "melancholy, sadness, gloom"... [
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Sève f BretonAllegedly from Breton
seu "beautiful". She was a Breton saint of the 6th century, a sister of the renowned Saint Tugdual (one of the seven founder saints of Brittany). A commune in Brittany is named for her.
Seved m SwedishA more modern variant of the old Norse name Sigvid consisting of the Old Norse elements 'sig' meaning victory and 'vidh' meaning forest. It is also possible that Seved is a Swedish spelling change of the Latin name Severinus.
Sevenay f Turkish (Rare)Means "loving moon", from Turkish
seven meaning "loving, affectionate" and
ay meaning "moon, month".
Severn f English, English (Canadian)English form of
Habren, the original Welsh name of the longest river in Great Britain, which is of unknown meaning (perhaps "boundary"). Its use as a given name may be inspired by the name
Sabrina, which was the Roman name of the river... [
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Sevin f Ottoman TurkishSevin is Kurdish and Turkish for "lovely", "love her", or "rejoice". It is from Ottoman Turkey, but since the Persians or Iranians use it a lot too, it is written in Arabic characters as well.
Sevinar f UzbekDerived from
sevin meaning "to be delighted".
Sevir m RussianRussian form of
Severus via its hellenized (modern Greek) form
Seviros. Also compare the Russian name
Sever, which is directly derived from Severus.
Şevkefza f Ottoman TurkishFrom Ottoman Turkish شوق
(şevk) meaning "desire, yearning, ardor, eagerness" and Persian افزا
(afza), the present stem of افزودن
(afzudan) meaning "to increase, to add".
Sevo m ArmenianDerived from Armenian սեւ
(sev) meaning "black". This name might also be a short form of
Sevan (in at least some cases).
Sevuri m PareEtymology uncertain, this name is traditionally given to babies born during the rainy season.
Sewadjare m Ancient EgyptianFrom Egyptian
swḏꜣ-rꜥ, possibly meaning "(he) who has healed by Ra", from Egyptian
swḏꜣ "to make sound, to heal" combined with the Egyptian god
Ra... [
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Sextans m & f AstronomySextans is one of the constellations introduced by the Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius. It represents the astronomical sextant. Hevelius named the constellation after the sextant he used to measure star positions... [
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Seyäbikä f BashkirFrom Bashkir
сейә (seyä) meaning "cherry" and feminine name element
бикә (bikä). Şeyda f TurkishDerived from Persian شيدا
(sheydā) meaning "enamoured, madly in love".
Seyeon f KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 世 "generation, world" and 姸 "beautiful". Other hanja combinations are also possible.
Se-Yeong f & m KoreanMeans “Enlightening the world” In Korean. This name was used by Park Se-Yeong, A Korean Actress. Or Lee Se-young, a Korean american NFL coach.
Seyhan m & f TurkishThe river poured into the bay of Iskenderun by splitting the Adana oven.
Seyil f KyrgyzMeans "stroll, walk" in Kyrgyz, ultimately from Arabic سير
(sayr).
Seymur m AzerbaijaniDerived from Persian سیمرغ
(simorgh) referring to the simurgh, a large mythical bird in Persian mythology.
Seyyare f TurkishFrom Arabic سيارة
(sayyara) meaning "planet", literally meaning "moving frequently".
Sezai m TurkishDerived from Persian سزا
(sazā) meaning "worthy, suitable, meritorious".
Sezen f & m TurkishMeans "sensing, one who senses" in Turkish.
Sezer m & f TurkishMeans "understand, sense, feel" in Turkish.
Sezgi f & m TurkishMeans "perception, feeling, instinct" in Turkish.
Sezgin m TurkishMeans "insightful, sagacious, intuitive" in Turkish.
Sǽfari m Old NorseOld Norse combination of
sær "sea" and
fara "to go, to move, to travel".
Sforza m Medieval ItalianDerived from Italian
sforzare "to force, strain". The dynastic name of the dukes of Milan in the 15th and 16th centuries, the family name was occasionally used as a given name in Italy.
Sforzo m Medieval Italianvariante de Sforza, que significa força, esforço. originalmente, o fundador da dinastia, Muzio, também era mencionado com Sforzo, assim como sua filha, a princesa consorte Bianca Maria Sforzo Di Milano.
Sganarelle m TheatrePossibly from Italian
sgannare "to disillusion" or derived from Italian
Zannarello, a diminutive of
Zanni. Molière used characters named Sganarelle in multiple plays, including his one-act comedy 'Sganarelle, or The Imaginary Cuckold' (1660).
Sgnuon f KhmerMeans "to care for, take good care of" or "deserving of care, love" in Khmer.
Sgula f HebrewMeans "talisman, virtue, treasure" in Hebrew.
Sha'al m Ancient HebrewDerived from the root שאל (shaal) meaning "to ask", as a given name it means "(he has) asked"
Shaan m & f ArabicMeans "purpose, honour, dignity, rank" in Arabic.
Shaarii f JapaneseFrom Japanese 沙 (
shaa) meaning "sand" combined with 理 (
ri) meaning "reason, logic". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [
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Shabahang f PersianMeans "nightingale", or literally "night melody", in Persian, this is also the Persian name for the brightest star in the southern constellation, known as Canopus in English, or alternatively the name of the star Sirius.
Shabaka m Ancient Egyptian, Ancient Near EasternFrom Egyptian
šꜢbꜢkꜢ, of Kushite origin. This was the name of a Kushite pharaoh of the 25th Dynasty of Egypt (c.721 BCE - c.707 BCE). The Kingdom of Kush was an ancient African kingdom in what is now the Republic of Sudan.
Shabash m MahicanName of leader of the Shekomeko village in the 18th century.
Shabat f Hebrew (Rare)This is the Hebrew name for Saturday, the most holy day in the Jewish week.
Shabbatai m Hebrew, JewishDerived from Hebrew
shabbat, which is the name of the Hebrew day of rest. Shabbat (sabbath in English) means "rest" or "cessation", having ultimately been derived from the Hebrew verb
shavat "to repose, to rest, to cease"... [
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Shabbethai m Biblical, JewishShabbethai, a Levite who helped
Ezra in the matter of the foreign marriages (Ezra 10:15), probably the one present at Ezra's reading of the law (Nehemiah 8:7), and possibly the Levite chief and overseer (Nehemiah 11:16)... [
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Shabnur f BengaliShabnur is a name of a Bangladeshi cinema superstar and it is a meaning of just become an overnight superstar.
Sha'bon m UzbekDerived from the Uzbek name for the 8th month of the Islamic lunar calendar.
Shacharit f Hebrew (Rare)Shacharit is the Morning Prayer in Judaism, the central prayer in the three daily prayers. Also feminine form of
Shachar.
Shadari m HausaMeans "born during the cold season" in Hausa.
Shaddix m AmericanTransferred from the surname
Shaddix, which is an altered form of
Chadwick. Notable bearer of the surname is Jacoby Shaddix, lead singer of the band Papa Roach.
Shade m & f EnglishFrom the English word
shade or transferred use of the surname
Shade, which may be a topographic name for someone who lived near a boundary (from the Old English
scead "boundary") or a nickname for a thin man, (from the Middle English
schade, "shadow", "wraith") or an Americanized spelling of the German and Dutch surname
Schade.
Shadiman m GeorgianGeorgian form of the Persian name
Šādmān (also
Shādmān), of which the first element is derived from Middle Persian
šād (also
shād) meaning "happy, joyful" or from Middle Persian
šādīh (also
shādīh) meaning "happiness, joy"... [
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Shadmehr m PersianFrom Persian شاد
(shād) meaning "happy, glad" and مهر
(mehr) meaning "sun" or "friendship, love, kindness".
Shadoe m English (American, Rare)Variant of
Shadow. It was brought to limited public attention in 1988 by Shadoe Stevens (real name Terry Ingstad), who hosted the radio program American Top 40 from 1988 to 1995.
Shadoo m Edisto, Indigenous AmericanShadoo is a surviving personal name in the Edisto language of South Carolina. This was the name of a captain or chief of the Edisto Nation encountered by Robert Sandford in 1666. The name is alternatively written in historical documents as Sheedou.... [
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Shadri m & f Sanskrit, Indian, Hindi, Hinduism, Bengali, Marathi, Nepali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, GujaratiMEANING (as masuline ) - cloud, elephant... [
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Shaedon m African AmericanA variation of the Hebrew names Shai, Shay, and later on the English (Modern) variant of the name Shae
Shael f & m Hebrewmeans "to enquire with honorable intention"