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Salish f English (American, Rare)Salish Matter is the daughter of photographer and Youtube personality Jordan Matter (popular for 10 minute photo challenges). The Salish people are an ethno-linguistic group of the Pacific Northwest... [
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Salix m & f VariousExact origins unknown, however this is the botanical name for willows.
Salka f JewishDiminutive of
Salome. Austrian actress and writer Salka Viertel (1889-1978) was born Salomea Sara Steuermann.
Salla f FinnishA variant of
Salli. Salla is also the name of both a fell and a municipality in Lapland, Finland.
Sallali f & m CherokeeMeans "squirrel", from the Cherokee
sa lo li 'squirrel'.
Sallani f & m AymaraPossibly from the Aymara
salla meaning "sonorous".
Sallustia f Ancient RomanFeminine form of
Sallustius. A well-known bearer of this name was Sallustia Orbiana, who had briefly been the wife of Roman Emperor Alexander Severus.
Sällvi f Swedish (Archaic)Swedish name with the combination of
sæll "blissful", "happy" and
vé "home", "temple", "sanctuary".
Salmakia f LiteratureSalmakia is a character in Philip Pullman's
His Dark Materials book series, first released in 1995.
Salme f ArabicVariant of
Salma. Sayyida Salme was a princess of Zanzibar and a writer. She changed her name to Emily Ruete after converting to Christianity and moving to Europe.
Salonia f Ancient RomanSalonia Matidia was the daughter and only child of Ulpia Marciana and wealthy praetor Gaius Salonius Matidius Patruinus. Her maternal uncle was the Roman emperor Trajan. Trajan had no children and treated her like his daughter... [
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Sālote f TonganTongan form of
Charlotte. The most famous bearer of this name was Queen Sālote Tupou (1900-1965), the third monarch of the kingdom of Tonga and, so far, its only queen regnant.
Salsabil f ArabicThis name comes from an Islamic Arabic term referring to a spring in paradise (or Jannah).... [
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Salsabilah f ArabicMeans “a drink that is enjoyable to drink". It refers to a fountain-spring in paradise called
Salsabil Salus f Roman MythologyMeans "health, safety" in Latin. This was the name of the Roman goddess of safety and well-being, sometimes equated to her Greek counterpart
Hygieia.
Şama f Karachay-BalkarFrom the Karachay-Balker
шам (şam) meaning "holy, sacred", "native, dear" or "beautiful".
Sama- f JapaneseFrom Japanese 夏 (sama-) meaning "summer" or other kanji pronounced in the same way.... [
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Samah f ArabicMeans "forgiveness, leniency" in Arabic, from the word سَمَحَ
(samaha) meaning "to allow, to permit".
Samaire f English (Modern, Rare)In the case of American actress Samaire Armstrong (1980-) it is most likely an invented name, though she has claimed it means "dawning sun" in Gaelic: 'My first name is Gaelic and means "dawning sun"... [
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Šə̑maj f MariDerived from
šə̑ma meaning "affectionate, kind".
Samali f Sanskrit, Hindi, Indian, Hinduism, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Nepali, AssameseMeans "nosegay, collection of flowers" in Sanskrit.
Saman f PersianShort form of the name Yasmin (said Yasmin or Yasaman in farsi), which refers to the jasmine flower. The name is also referenced in the Hafez 'Fal' poem book, popularly used in Persian culture during Nowruz, to tell fortunes, and for picking baby names.
Samang f & m ThaiMeans "good-looking, beautiful" in Thai.
Samanilde f Medieval FrenchGermanic name meaning "same battle", derived from Gothic
sama, Old High German
samo "same" combined with Old High German
hilt, Old Frankish
hildi "battle".
Samanthe f English (Rare)Samanthe and its variant spellings, including its most common variant Semanthe, are relatives and possibly predecessors of the name
Samantha, which were at their peak use in the 1700s and 1800s in the United States, mainly in New England, though there is also some evidence of Semanthe being used in 1700s England.... [
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Samarinde f Dutch, Literature, Popular CultureThe use of this extremely rare name was inspired by a character from the 1992 book "Ik ook van jou" (English: "I love you too" - the literal translation is "I also of you"), who is featured much more prominently in the 2000 sequel "Ik omhels je met duizend armen" (English: "I embrace you with a thousand arms")... [
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Şamarıu f Karachay-BalkarFrom the Karachay-Balker
шам (şam) meaning "holy, sacred", "native, dear" or "beautiful" and
ариу (ariw) meaning "beautiful, good".
Samarra f English (Rare)Variation of
Samara used by bibliophiles in reference to the novel
Appointment in Samarra in which Samarra refers to the location in Samarra, Egypt.
Samatha f IndianDerived from Sanskrit
समाधान (
samādhāna) "calm, tranquility; concentration" or "unity, joining; equality, justice". This is also a form of Buddhist meditation.
Samawah m & f ArabicMeans "loftiness, highness, exaltedness" or "sky, firmament" in Arabic.
Samawi m & f ArabicMeans "celestial" or "sky blue" in Arabic.
Samaya f Sanskrit, IndianMeans "tranquil, peaceful" in Sanskrit. From the Sanskrit
सामय (sAmaya), from
सामयति (sAmayati).
Samba f LubaMeans "to console" in Luba-Kasai.
Sambath m & f KhmerMeans "fortune, wealth, prosperity" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit सम्पत्ति
(sampatti).
Sambice f Iranian (Archaic)Sambice was a late 5th-century Iranian noblewoman from the Sasanian dynasty, who was the sister-wife of king (shah) Kavad I.
Sambit f UzbekUzbek girls' name derived from the name of a type of willow.
Samboja f PolishDerived from the Slavic name elements
sam "alone; oneself" and
boji "battle; to fight".
Şamdariy f Karachay-BalkarFrom the Karachay-Balker
шам (şam) meaning "holy, sacred", "native, dear" or "beautiful" and
дарий (dariy) meaning "silk".
Samdup m & f Tibetan, BhutaneseFrom Tibetan བསམ་གྲུབ
(bsam-grub) meaning "fulfillment (of one's desires or wishes)".
Samee m & f Urdu, English (Rare)As an Urdu masculine name, means "one who hears." It is a convention to use either a prefix
Abdus or a suffix
Ullah along the name, which gives meanings of the servant of All Hearing or hearer of God respectively.... [
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Sameiro f PortugueseFrom the Portuguese title of the Virgin Mary,
Nossa Senhora do Sameiro, meaning "Our Lady of Sameiro," venerated at the sanctuary in Espinho in the municipality of Braga in northern Portugal.
Samela f Literature, EnglishLikely coined by the English poet Robert Greene in the late sixteenth century for his poem "Samela", Samela is most likely a reworking of
Semele.
Samhain m & f English (Modern, Rare), Scottish (Modern, Rare)From Irish and Scottish Gaelic
Samhain, referring to the Gaelic festival, marking the end of the harvest season and beginning of winter, which is celebrated on the evening of 31st October and 1st November.
Sami f JapaneseFrom Japanese 沙 (sa) meaning "sand" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful", 海 (mi) meaning "sea, ocean", 望 (mi) meaning "hope, wish, desire", 味 (mi) meaning "flavour", 未 (mi), referring to the Sheep, the eighth of the twelve Earthly Branches or 弥 (mi) meaning "universally"... [
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Sami f SanskritLord Vishnu name; SkandajitLord Vishnu Wife of Lord Vishnu SomatraLord Vishnu Excelling the Moon SragviLord Vishnu Tulasi Sacred
Sami f AymaraMeans "colour" or "fortune, good luck" in Aymara.
Samiao f ChineseFrom the Chinese
飒 (sà) meaning "the sound of the wind, melancholy" and
淼 (miǎo) meaning "wide expanse of water".
Samidori f JapaneseFrom Japanese 紗 (sa) meaning "gauze, thin silk", 早 (sa) meaning "already, now" or 小 (sa) meaning "little, small" combined with 翠, 緑 (midori) meaning "green" or 碧 (midori) meaning "blue, green"... [
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Samiko f JapaneseFrom Japanese 沙 (
sa) meaning "sand", 美 (
mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 子 (
ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Samima f UrduMeans "true, sincere, genuine" in Urdu.
Samin m & f Indonesian, Persian, Bengali, UrduDerived from Arabic ثمين
(thamin) meaning "valuable, precious". It is a unisex name in Iran, Bangladesh and Pakistan while it is solely masculine in Indonesia.
Samiri f JapaneseFrom Japanese 沙 (sa) meaning "sand", 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 利 (ri) meaning "profit, benefit". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Samoe m & f ThaiMeans "always, constantly" or "even, level" in Thai.
Samora f EnglishPossibly a variant of
Samara. It was given to 16 girls born in the United States in 2011.
Sampaguita f FilipinoFrom Tagalog
sampagita meaning "jasmine flower", which may have been derived from the Tagalog phrase
sumpa kita meaning "I promise you" or from Spanish
champaquita, a diminutive of
champaca meaning "champak flower".
Sampashree f Sanskrit, Hindi, OdiaPossibly derived from Marathi element
sampa (संप) meaning "lightning, striking" and Sanskrit
sri (श्री) meaning "beauty".
Samphas f & m KhmerMeans "perception, sensation, contact" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit स्पर्श
(sparsha).
Samphel m & f Tibetan, BhutaneseFrom Tibetan བསམ་འཕེལ
(bsam-phel) meaning "increasing, becoming, establishing one's desires or wishes", derived from བསམ
(bsam) meaning "aspiration, wish, intent" and འཕེལ
(phel) meaning "increase, grow, multiply".
Samphoss f & m KhmerMeans "perception, sensation, contact" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit स्पर्श
(sparsha).
Şamqız f Karachay-BalkarFrom the Karachay-Balker
шам (şam) meaning "holy, sacred", "native, dear" or "beautiful" and
къыз (qız) meaning "girl".
Samra f Sanskrit* Samra / Saamra /Saamara सामरा- accompanied by immortals, accompanied by god. It is feminine of सामर. Here स (sa) means with + अमरा ( amaraa) means immortal... [
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Samra f MandaeanPossibly from the Mandaic meaning "keeping, possessing".
Samroeng m & f ThaiMeans "rejoice" or "festive, cheerful" in Thai.
Samruai f & m ThaiMeans "foppish, extravagant, dapper" in Thai.
Şämsegöl f TatarFrom the Arabic
شَمْس (šams) meaning "sun" and Persian
ګُل (gul) meaning "flower, rose".
Šämsiä f BashkirFrom Arabic
شَمْسِيَّة (šamsiyya) meaning "parasol".
Šämsibanat f BashkirFrom Arabic
شَمس (shams) meaning "sun" and Bashkir
банат (banat) meaning "girl".
Šämsibikä f BashkirFrom Arabic
شَمس (shams) meaning "sun" and feminine name element
бикә (bikä). Samsin Halmoni f Korean MythologyThe name of the triple goddess of childbirth and fate in Korean mythology. It is derived from the hanja
三 (sam) meaning "three",
神 (sin) meaning "god, goddess, spirit" and
할머니 (halmoni) meaning "grandmother", an honourific term for goddesses highlighting their wisdom.
Šämsinur f BashkirFrom Arabic
شَمس (shams) meaning "sun" and
نور (nur) meaning "light".
Sam-sun f KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 三 "three" and 顺 "obey, submit to, go along with". It is also translated as "third daughter".