Feminine Submitted Names

gender
usage
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Sophorn m & f Thai, Khmer
Alternate transcription of Sophon (see second user-submitted name).
Sophrosyne f Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek σωφροσύνη (sôphrosynê) meaning "moderation, prudence, self-control, temperance". Also compare Sophron. She was the spirit or personification of moderation, self-control, temperance, restraint, and discretion in Greek mythology... [more]
Sophye f English
Variant of Sophie.
Sopia f Georgian
Georgian form of Sophia.
Sopiah f Indonesian, Malay
Indonesian and Malay form of Safiyyah.
Sopiko f Georgian
Diminutive of Sopio. A notable bearer of this name was the Georgian actress Sopiko Chiaureli (1937-2008).
Soping f Filipino
Variant of Sofing.
Sopo f Georgian
Short form of Sopio.
Sopon m & f Thai, Khmer
Alternate transcription of Sophon (see second user-submitted name).
Soporn m & f Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai โสภณ (see Sophon).
Soprata f Ancient Greek
Corruption or misspelling of Sopatra, which is usually encountered in connection to the 7th-century saint Sopatra.
Soqqaq f & m Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Sorĸaĸ.
Sor m & f Khmer
Means "white" in Khmer.
Sora f Korean (Anglicized)
Indigenous Korean name, a single two-syllable word meaning "conch shell". It is one of a number of such native names (called 고유어 이름) that have become more popular in South Korea in recent decades... [more]
Sora m & f Finnish (Modern, Rare)
Means "gravel" in Finnish.
Sora f Medieval Romanian
Derived from Romanian soră "sister". This name was borne by the sister of Ștefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great in English).
Sora f Yiddish, Judeo-Spanish
Yiddish form of Sarah and Judeo-Spanish variant of Sara.
Soraca f Irish (Anglicized, Archaic)
Archaic Anglicized form of Sorcha. Soraca Jonin, a member of the Mac Jonin (Jennings) family of Tuam, fl. 1678, was a religious patron.
Sorada f Thai
Means "listeners, audience" in Thai.
Soraha f Japanese
From Japanese 空 (sora) meaning "sky", 宙 (sora) meaning "mid-air" or 霄 (sora) meaning "sky, clouds, mist" combined with 羽 (ha) meaning "feathers", 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf" or 晴 (ha) meaning "clear up"... [more]
Sorahi f Japanese
From Japanese 空 (sora) meaning "sky" combined with 陽 (hi) meaning "light, sun, male". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Sorahime f Japanese
Means 'Sky Princess' in Japanese
Soraja f Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Dutch
Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian form of Thurayya.
Soraka f Japanese
From Japanese 空 (sora) meaning "sky", 宙 (sora) meaning "mid-air" or 天 (sora) meaning "heavens, sky" combined with 歌 (ka) meaning "song, poetry", 叶 (ka) meaning "fulfill, come true", 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance", 風 (ka) meaning "wind" or 遥 (ka) meaning "distant, remote"... [more]
Soraki m & f Japanese
From Japanese 空 (sora) meaning "sky" combined with 輝 (ki) meaning "bright". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Sorako f & m Japanese
Means "Sky child" in Japanese.
Sorami f Japanese
From Japanese 天 (sora) meaning "heavens, sky" combined with 茉 (mi) meaning "white jasmine". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Soran f Japanese
From Japanese 空 (so) meaning "sky" combined with 藍 (ran) meaning "indigo". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Sorana f Romanian
Derived from Romanian soră "sister".
Sorana f Japanese
From Japanese 空 (sora) meaning "sky", 宙 (sora) meaning "mid-air" or 天 (sora) meaning "heavens, sky" combined with 夏 (na) meaning "summer", 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree", 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens", 南 (na) meaning "south" or 和 (na) meaning "peace, harmony"... [more]
Sorane f Japanese
From Japanese 空 (sora) meaning "sky" combined with 音 (ne) meaning "sound". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Sorángel f Spanish (Caribbean), Spanish (Latin American)
From Ángel or (sometimes) Orángel prefixed with Sor-, likely taken from names beginning with this pattern, e.g. Soraida.... [more]
Sorano f Japanese
From Japanese 空 (sora) meaning "sky" or 天 (sora) meaning "heavens, sky" combined with 乃 (no), a possessive particle. ... [more]
Sorao m & f Japanese
From Japanese 宙 (sora) meaning "mid-air" or 空 (sora) meaning "sky" combined with 生 (o) meaning "life, genuine, birth", 夫 (o) meaning "man, husband", 男 (o) meaning "male", 緒 (o) meaning "thread" or 雄 (o) meaning "hero, manly"... [more]
Sorara f Japanese
From Japanese 空 (sora) meaning "sky" combined with 々, a phonetic character indicting a duplication of the beginning kanji. Other kanji combinations are possible.
Sorari f Japanese
From Japanese 想 (so) meaning "thought, idea, concept", 来 (ra) meaning "to come" or 空 (sora) meaning "sky", 天 (sora) meaning "heavens, sky" combined with 莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine, Asian pear", 璃 (ri) meaning "glassy, lapis lazuli" or 梨 (ri) meaning "pear"... [more]
Sorato f Japanese
From Japanese 空 (sora) meaning "sky" combined with 都 (to) "capital (city)". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Soraye f Korean
Perhaps from Soraye Takahashi, who was a fourth-grade girl in SRES.
Sorayo f Japanese
From Japanese 空 (sora) meaning "sky" combined with 夜 (yo) meaning "night". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Sordlak f & m Greenlandic
Greenlandic name meaning "root (of a plant)" or "Saltmarsh Starwort".
Sordlánguaĸ f & m Greenlandic
Greenlandic name with the combination of Sordlak and suffix -nnguaq "sweet, dear".
Sordum f & m Ogoni
Means "time of life" in Khana.
Sore f Greenlandic
Variant of Sorîna.
Sorea f Finnish (Rare)
Derived from Finnish sorea "graceful".
Soredamor f Literature, Arthurian Cycle
Meaning unknown.... [more]
Sorela f Romanian (Rare)
Derived from Romanian soră "sister".
Sorell m & f English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Sorell. A famous namesake is biologist Sir Julian Sorell Huxley, the brother of Aldous Huxley.
Sorelle f Central African
Unknown, possibly an invented name with the suffix -elle. It is specially popular in Cameroon.
Sørence f Danish
Feminine form of Søren.
Sørene f Danish
Feminine form of Søren.
Sørense f Danish
Variant of Sørence.
Sorghaghtani f Medieval Mongolian
Possibly deriving in part from the Mongolian element ᠦᢈᠢᠨ okhin ("girl"). Name borne by a powerful Mongol noblewoman, who was posthumously honoured as an empress of the Yuan dynasty.
Sorghey f Manx
Manx form of Sorcha. This name was traditionally Anglicized as the etymologically unrelated Sarah.
Sorgog m & f Mongolian
Means "watchful, alert" in Mongolian.
Sorgul f Kurdish
Derived from Kurdish sor meaning "red" and gula meaning "rose".
So-ri f & m Korean
Variant transcription of Sori.
Sori f Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Sore.
Sori f & m Korean
From native Korean 소리 (sori) meaning "sound; voice, tone." It can also be written with hanja, combining a so hanja, like 笑 meaning "laughter," 昭 meaning "bright," 沼 meaning "nail; pond; marsh" or 素 meaning "origin; foundation, basis," with a ri hanja, such as 利 meaning "benefit, advantage" or 里 meaning "village."
Sorica f Romanian (Archaic)
Derived from Romanian soră "sister".
Soriina f Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Sorîna.
Sørina f Danish
Feminine form of Søren.
Sorîna f Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Sørina.
Sorinah f Romanian
Means "strict" or "stern"
Sørine f Danish
Danish feminine form of Søren.
Sorita f Romanian
Derived from Romanian soră "sister".
Soriya f & m Khmer
Means "sun" in Khmer.
Sorja f Finnish (Rare)
Variant Sorea, meaning "graceful" in Finnish.
Sorka f Bulgarian (Rare)
Variant transcription of Зорка (see Zorka).
Sorĸaĸ f & m Greenlandic
Means "baleen, whalebone" in Greenlandic.
Sorkunde f Basque
Basque equivalent of Concepción.
Sorla f Greenlandic
Variant of "Sorlak".
Sorlak f & m Greenlandic
Younger form of Sordlak.
Sorlannguaq f & m Greenlandic
Younger form of Sordlánguaĸ.
Sorle f & m Ogoni
Khana for "there's time" (as in, you have time to do something)... [more]
Sormeh f Persian
Means "kohl" in Persian.
Sorn m & f Khmer
Sørna f Danish (Rare)
Feminine form of Søren.
Sorniabari f & m Ogoni
Means "when it pleases God" in Khana, (when it pleases God for him to do something, like "God's time")... [more]
Sorniza f Bulgarian (Germanized)
Variant transcription of Зорница (see Zornitsa).
Sorospen f Basque
Basque equivalent of Spanish Socorro.
Sorpheny f Khmer
Means "beautiful" in Khmer.
Sorrelia f English (Rare)
Elaboration on Sorrel adding the suffix -lia.
Sorsha f Popular Culture
The name of a character in Ron Howard's movie "Willow" (1988). In it, she is a princess, the daughter of the evil Queen Bavmorda. She ends up betraying her mother to serve the cause of good. George Lucas, who wrote the story for the movie, may have based Sorsha's name on either Sorcha or Saoirse.
Sorta f Batak
Means "sweet, friendly, courteous, polite" in Batak.
Sorya f & m Khmer
Alternate transcription of Khmer សូរិយា (see Soriya).
Søs f Danish
Diminutive of Søster.... [more]
Sosaidh f Irish (Rare)
Irish form of Susie.
Sosána f Hungarian
Hungarian variant of Shoshana.
Sosandra f Greek Mythology
Feminine form of Sosandros. This is an alleged epithet of a Greek goddess known from a statue erected on the Akropolis. It has been suggested that Sosandra may have been an epithet of Aphrodite, Hera, Hestia or Demeter.
Soscha f Dutch (Rare), German (Rare)
Dutch and German variant of Shosha.
Sose f Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek σως (sos) meaning "safe, whole, unwounded". In Greek mythology this was the name of a prophetic Oreiad or Naiad nymph of Arcadia (a southern region of Greece). According to one account she was the mother of the god Pan by Hermes.
Sosefina f Tongan, Chuukese
Tongan and Chuukese form of Josephine.
Sosha f Jewish, Yiddish, Dutch (Rare)
Variant of Shosha. A known bearer of this name is the Dutch television presenter Sosha Duysker (b. 1991).
Sosi f Armenian
Means "palm tree" in Armenian.
Sosie f English
Meaning uncertain. Actors Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick used it for their daughter Sosie Bacon (1992-). It was perhaps inspired by French sosie "lookalike", derived from Latin Sosia, the name of a character in Plautus' play 'Amphitryon', itself from Greek Σωσίας (Sosias) meaning "savior" from σως (sos) "safe, whole, unwounded" (compare Sostrate, Sose)... [more]
Sosin f Kurdish
Means "lily, tulip" in Kurdish.
Sosipatra f Ancient Greek, Romanian (Rare), Russian (Rare)
Feminine form of Sosipatros. This name was borne by the Greek philosopher Sosipatra of Ephesus (4th century AD).
Sosja f Dutch (Rare)
Dutch variant of Shosha and Sosya.
Soso f Greek
Diminutive of Sotiria.
Sossia f Ancient Roman
Variant of Sosia. Sossia was one of the Vestal Virgins.
Sossity f English (American, Rare)
From the English word society. This name was created for the song "Sossity: You’re a Woman" by the band Jethro Tull.
Søster f Danish
This is the Danish word for "sister" and was mostly used back before the 1900s I'd say.
Sostrata f Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latin form of Sostrate. Niccolò Machiavelli used this name in his play 'La Mandragola' (1518).
Sosya f Jewish (Russified), Yiddish (Russified), Russian (Rare)
Russian Jewish diminutive of Shoshana/Susanna as well as a regular Russian variant of Zosya.
Sota m & f Finnish (Rare)
Means "war" in Finnish.
Sotear f & m Khmer
Means "compassionate, generous" in Khmer.
Soteria f Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Derived from the Greek noun σωτηρία (soteria) meaning "salvation, deliverance, preservation".... [more]
Soteris f & m Ancient Greek
Feminine form of Soter or Soterios as well as a rare male variant of Soterios.... [more]
Soterraña f Spanish (European, Rare)
Means "subterranean" in Spanish, taken from the titles of the Virgin Mary La Virgen de la Soterraña and Nuestra Señora de la Soterraña, meaning "The Virgin of the Subterranean" and "Our Lady of the Subterranean" respectively... [more]
Sothea m & f Khmer
Means "nectar, juice" or "light, radiant" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit सुधा (sudha).
Sothear m & f Khmer
Alternate transcription of Khmer សុធា (see Sothea).
Sotheara f Khmer
Means "sweet flower" in Khmer.
Sotia f Greek (Cypriot)
Short form of Sotiria. A known bearer was the Greek lyricist Sotia Tsotou (1942-2011), who was born Sotiria.
Sotoda f Dari Persian
Dari Persian form of Sotoudeh (which is a Persian name meaning "blessed").
Sotsai m & f Thai
Means "bright, clear, cheerful, lively" in Thai.
Sotudeh f Persian
Means "praised, blessed" in Persian
Soua f Japanese
From Japanese 蒼 (sou) meaning "blue, green" combined with 鴉 (a) meaning "crow, raven". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Soucique f Jèrriais (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Jèrriais soucique "marigold". This is a newly coined coined name, intended as a Jèrriais equivalent of Marigold.
Souconna f Celtic Mythology
Souconna is a Celtic goddess, the deity of the river Saône at Chalon-sur-Saône, to whom epigraphic invocation was made.
Soude f Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian سوده (see Soudeh).
Soufia f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi form of Safiyyah.
Soufìo f Provençal
Provençal form of Sophie.
Sougand f Persian
Means "oath" in Persian.
Souha f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic سها (see Suha).
Souhaila f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic سهيلة (see Suhaila) chiefly used in North Africa.
Souhair f & m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic سهير (see Suhayr).
Souheir f & m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic سهير (see Suhayr).
Souhila f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi form of Suhaila.
Souk m & f Lao
Means "health, ease, happiness, joy" in Lao.
Souka f Japanese
From Japanese 桑 (sou) meaning "mulberry" combined with 花 (ka) meaning "flower". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Soukaina f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Sakina chiefly used in Morocco.
Soukayna f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic سكينة (see Sakina) chiefly used in Northern Africa.
Soukita f Lao
Popular common female name in Laos
Souko f Japanese
From Japanese 霜 (sou) meaning "frost", 蒼 (sou) meaning "blue, green", 颯 (sou) meaning "the sound of the wind", 桑 (sou) meaning "mulberry" or 宗 (sou) meaning "religion" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child"... [more]
Souksakhone m & f Lao
From Lao ສຸກ (souk) meaning "health, ease, happiness, joy" and ສາຄອນ (sakhone) meaning "river, sea, ocean".
Souksavanh m & f Lao
From Lao ສຸກ (souk) meaning "health, ease, happiness, joy" and ສະຫວັນ (savanh) meaning "heaven, paradise".
Souky f Jèrriais
Jèrriais form of Sukie.
Soul m & f 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 f Greek
Diminutive of Athanasoula.
Soulanjo f Provençal
Provençal form of Solange.
Souline f French (Archaic), French (Quebec, Archaic)
Originally a local form of Soline found in the Poitou-Charentes region of France.
Soultana f Greek (Modern)
Possibly the Greek form of Sultana.
Soumaya f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi variant of Sumaya.
Soumia f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi transcription of Sumayya primarily used in Algerian and Moroccan Arabic.
Soumya f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic سمية (see Sumayya) chiefly used in Northern Africa.
Soundos f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Sundus, often found in Morocco. A known bearer of this name is Soundos El Ahmadi, a Dutch actress of Moroccan descent.
Souphaphone f Lao
From Lao ສຸພາ (soupha) meaning "beautiful, pleasant, agreeable" and ພອນ (phone) meaning "blessing".
Souphavanh f & m Lao
From Lao ສຸພາ (soupha) meaning "beautiful, pleasant, agreeable" and ວັນ (vanh) meaning "sun, day".
Soura m & f Japanese
From Japanese 宗 (sou) meaning "religion, sect, denomination, main point, origin, essence", 青 (sou) meaning "blue, green", 創 (sou) meaning "genesis, wound, injury, hurt, start, originate", 双 (sou) meaning "pair, set, comparison, counter for pairs", 奏 (sou) meaning "play music, speak to a ruler, complete", 爽 (sou) meaning "refreshing, bracing, resonant, sweet, clear", 想 (sou) meaning "concept, think, idea, thought", 早 (sou) meaning "early, fast" or 蒼 (sou) meaning "blue" combined with 羅 (ra) meaning "gauze, thin silk, arrange, spread out", 良 (ra) meaning "good, pleasing, skilled", 空 (ra) meaning "sky", 楽 (ra) meaning "music, comfort, ease", 麗 (ra) meaning "lovely, beautiful, graceful, resplendent" or 来 (ra) meaning "come, due, next, cause, become"... [more]
Sourkea m & f Khmer
Means "heaven" in Khmer.
Sourmelina f Literature
Sourmelina Zizmo is a character in Middlesex, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Jeffrey Eugenides published in 2002. The name was apparently created by the author of the novel.... [more]
Southern m & f English
Transferred use of the surname Southern.
Souvankham m & f Lao
From Lao ສຸວັນ (souvan) meaning "gold, yellow" and ຄຳ (kham) meaning "gold".
Souvanna f & m Lao
Means "gold, yellow" in Lao.
Souyoung f Korean
Souyoung Park is a Korean author.
Souzane f Walloon
Walloon form of Susanna.
Souzi f Greek
Diminutive of Soultana.
Souzie f Walloon
Walloon form of Suzy.
Souzy f Greek
Diminutive of Soultana.
Sovaia f Fijian
Fijian form of Sophia.
Söván f Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian variant of Sovann.
Sovan m & f Khmer
Alternate transcription of Khmer សុវណ្ណ (see Sovann).
Sovannara f Khmer
From the Khmer សុវណ្ណ (sovann) meaning "gold".
Sovanndary f Khmer
Means "golden star" in Khmer.
Sovannmealea f Khmer
Means "golden garlend, wreath, line" in Khmer.
Sovay f Popular Culture
Probably corruption of Sophie or Sylvie.
Sovbika f Chechen
Meaning unknown; the second element is derived from Turkic bika meaning "lady, girl".
Søvei f Norwegian (Archaic)
Norwegian dialectal variant of Solveig recorded in Telemark.
Sovereign f & m English (Modern)
From the English word, both a noun meaning "monarch" and an adjective meaning "predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount" or "having supreme power", which is derived from Vulgar Latin *superanus "chief" (ultimately from Latin super "over") via Old French... [more]
Sowena f Cornish (Modern)
Derived from Cornish sowena "success, prosperity, welfare". This is a modern Cornish name.
So-Won f Korean
From Sino-Korean 消 (so) meaning "to disappear, to vanish" combined with 元 (won) meaning "first, original". Other hanja combinations are possible.
Sowry f Medieval Irish (Anglicized)
Early Anglicization of Sorcha.
So-yang f Korean
From Sino-Korean 小 (so) meaning "small" or 少 (so) meaning "little, young, few" combined with 陽 (yang) meaning "sun". This name can be formed using other hanja combinations as well.
Söyembikä f Tatar
Meaning unknown. This is the name of Söyembikä of Kazan, a Tatar ruler and a national hero of Tatarstan.
So-yeon f Korean
From Sino-Korean 昭 "bright, luminous; illustrious" and 姸 "beautiful".
So-yeong f Korean
From Sino-Korean 昭 "bright, luminous; illustrious" and 映 "project; reflect light".
Soygul f Uzbek
Derived from soy meaning "valley" or "valley stream" and gul meaning "rose, flower".
Soyhan m & f Turkish
Means "noble-descended" in Turkish.
Soyini f African American, Caribbean (Rare)
Meaning uncertain. This is the middle name of American politician Ayanna Pressley (1974-), who has claimed it means "richly endowed" in Swahili.
Soyo f Japanese
From Japanese 素 (so) meaning "element" combined with 世 (yo) meaning "world" or 陽 (yo) meaning "light, sun, male". Other kanji combinations are also possible.... [more]
Soyogi f Japanese
From Japanese 草 (so) meaning "grass; straw; thatch", 葉 (yo) meaning "leaf" combined with 木 (gi) meaning "tree; a shrub". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Soyogo f Japanese (Modern, Rare)
From 冬青 (soyogo), referring to the type of holly known as 'Ilex pedunculosa' or 'longstalked holly', seemingly a derivation of onomatopoeic word そよ (soyo), referring to something that is rustling or swaying in the wind.... [more]
Soyolbadrakh f & m Mongolian
From Mongolian соёл (soyol) meaning "culture, the arts" and бадрах (badrakh) meaning "thrive, grow" or "blaze, shine".
Soyol-erdene f & m Mongolian
From Mongolian соёл (soyol) meaning "culture, the arts" and эрдэнэ (erdene) meaning "jewel, treasure" or "precious".
Soyolma f Buryat
Alternate transcription of Soelma.
Soyolmaa f Mongolian
Means "woman of culture", "woman of the arts" in Mongolian, from соёл (soyol) meaning "culture, the arts" and the feminine suffix маа (maa).
Soyolmandakh m & f Mongolian
From Mongolian соёл (soyol) meaning "culture, the arts" and мандах (mandakh) meaning "ascent, rising".
Soyolsaikhan m & f Mongolian
From Mongolian соёл (soyol) meaning "culture, the arts" and сайхан (saikhan) meaning "nice, beautiful, handsome".
Soyomi f Japanese
From Japanese 創 (so) meaning "originate", 世 (yo) meaning "world" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other combinations of kanji characters are possible.
Søyvǫr f Old Norse
Old Norse combination of sær "sea" and vár "spring".
Sozan f Kurdish
Means "glowing, burning" in Kurdish.
Spalzes f Ladakhi
From Tibetan དཔལ་མཛེས (dpal-mdzes) meaning "glorious beauty", derived from དཔལ (dpal) meaning "glorious, magnificent" and མཛེས (mdzes) meaning "beautiful, fine".
Spandana f Indian
Sanskrit, meaning "heart throb, pulsating beauty, motivation."
Spania f Medieval Occitan, Medieval Italian
Derived from Latin Hispania "Iberian peninsula, Spain", itself possibly derived from Punic אישפן "coast of hyraxes".
Spark m & f English (Rare)
Originally a transferred use of the surname Spark. It is now used as an adoption of the English word (which is derived from Old English spearca via Middle English sparke "spark").
Sparkle f African American, Trinidadian Creole
Middle English frequentative (verb) or diminutive (noun) of spark.
Sparta f & m Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek, English
Short form of Spartacus. It is also the name of an ancient Roman city.
Spasena f Bulgarian
Derived from Bulgarian спасена (spasena), the indefinite feminine singular past passive participle of спася (spasja) "to save, to rescue" referring to Jesus Christ.
Spasia f Bulgarian
Either a short form of Spasena or derived from Bulgarian спася (spasja) "to save, to rescue" referring to Jesus Christ.
Spaska f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Spas.
Special f English (African)
Simply taken from the English word special.
Spêda f Kurdish
From the Kurdish spêde meaning "early morning, sunrise".
Spehî f Kurdish
Means "pretty, beautiful, charming" in Kurdish.
Speio f Greek Mythology
Derived from σπεῖος (speios), the Epic Greek form of σπέος (speos) meaning "cave, cavern, grotto". This was the name of a Nereid in Greek myth; with the exception of Pausanias, all of the Greek poets (Hesiod, Homer, Apollodorus and Hyginus) and even the Roman poet Virgil list Speio among the ranks of the Haliad Nymphs known as the Nereides.
Špelca f Slovene
Diminutive of Špela, occasionally used as a given name in its own right.
Spenceria f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Spencer.
Spencia f English (Rare)
Possibly a feminine form of Spencer.
Spenta Armaiti f Persian Mythology
A Zoroastrian divinity, one of the six creative or divine manifestations of Wisdom and Ahura Mazda. Her name means "creative harmony", although she was later associated with religious devotion... [more]
Sperandia f Italian, History (Ecclesiastical), Medieval Italian
This is the name of the 13th-century patron saint of Cingoli, Italy.
Speranța f Romanian (Rare)
Derived from Romanian speranță "hope".
Sperantza f Greek (Rare)
From the Italian word speranza meaning "hope" (compare Speranza); perhaps in some cases a Greek form of the Romanian name Speranța... [more]
Sperry m & f English (Rare)
Transferred from the English surname Sperry.
Spicy f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Possibly taken from the English word spicy.
Spīdala f Baltic Mythology
The name of a witch and antagonist in the Latvian epic poem 'Lāčplēsis' but she turns good towards the end of the story.
Spīdola f Latvian, Baltic Mythology
Meaning unknown. In the Latvian national epic Lāčplēsis this is the name of a witch enslaved by the devil, but eventually rescued by the hero Koknesis (whom she then marries).
Spira f English
Feminine form of Spiro.
Spiridióna f Italian
Italian feminine form of Spyridon.
Spiritual f English (American, Rare)
Taken from the English word spiritual.
Spisene f Romani
Possibly a Romani form of Esperanza.
Splanna f Cornish (Modern)
Means "brighter" in Cornish. This is a modern Cornish name.
Splendora f Medieval English, Italian
Medieval English name (found in a Curia Regis Roll item dated 1213), derived from Latin splendor meaning "brilliance, brightness, lustre, distinction". (It was listed in 'A Dictionary of English Surnames' by Dr Reaney, who noted: 'In the Middle Ages there was a fashion for fanciful feminine names, few of which have survived, or given rise to surnames.') This is also the name a small town in the U.S. state of Texas.
Spodra f Latvian
Derived from Latvian spodrs "shiny; bright; clean".
Sponde f & m Greek Mythology
Jupiter's moon
Spontaneous f English (American, Rare)
Taken directly from the English word spontaneous.
Spontaniouse f African American (Rare)
Variant of Spontaneous. This is borne by Spontaniouse Grant, who was a contestant on the ninth season of the reality television series America's Next Top Model.