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Samora f English
Possibly a variant of Samara. It was given to 16 girls born in the United States in 2011.

Samora m & f Central African, Eastern African

Samphy f & m Khmer
Means "hard-working" in Khmer.

Şamqız f Karachay-Balkar
From the Karachay-Balker шам (şam) meaning "holy, sacred", "native, dear" or "beautiful" and къыз (qız) meaning "girl".

Samran m & f Thai
Means "happy, joyful" in Thai.

Samrin m & f Indian (Rare)

Šämsiä f Bashkir
From Arabic شَمْسِيَّة (šamsiyya) meaning "parasol".

Sam-sun f Korean
From Sino-Korean 三 "three" and 顺 "obey, submit to, go along with". It is also translated as "third daughter".

Samtan m & f Tibetan, Ladakhi
Alternate transcription of Tibetan བསམ་གཏན (see Samten).

Samten m & f Tibetan, Bhutanese
From Tibetan བསམ་གཏན (bsam-gtan) meaning "meditative concentration, stable attention, awareness", derived from བསམ (bsam) meaning "thought, thinking" and གཏན (gtan) meaning "constant, perpetual"... [more]

Samura f English (American)
Meaning:Resilient woman.... [more]

Samyra f Arabic
companion in evening conversation

Sanaka f Japanese
From Japanese 咲 (sa) meaning "blossom", 南 (na) meaning "south" combined with 花 (ka) meaning "flower". Other combinations of kanji characters are also possible.

Sanako f Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help", 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Sanama f Efik, Ibibio
Means "completely pure" in Efik and Ibibio.

Sanaya f Sanskrit, Indian, Hinduism, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil
MEANING - old, ancient, long lasting, linger. It is derived from Sanskrit word Sanay ( सनय )... [more]

Sanchi f Indian
indian

Sancia f Medieval Spanish, Judeo-Catalan, Gascon
(Medieval) Spanish, Judeo-Catalan and Gascon form of Sanctia.

Sancie f Medieval Occitan, Gascon
Gallicized form of Sancia.

Sancja f Polish (Rare)
Polish form of Sanctia.

Sancta f English (Rare), Medieval Italian, Medieval French
Derived from Latin sancta "consecrated, sacred; divine, holy; pious, just".

Sandee f English (American)
Variant of Sandy.

Sandey m & f English
Variant of Sandy.

Sandre m & f French (Rare), Provençal
Short form of Alexandre and Aleissandre for men and French form of Sandra for women.... [more]

Sandry f Literature, English
Short form of the name Sandrilene.

Sangat m & f Thai
Means "tranquil, peaceful, quiet" in Thai.

Sangay m & f Tibetan, Bhutanese
From Tibetan སེང་གེ (seng-ge) meaning "lion".

Sangey m & f Tibetan
Alternate transcription of Tibetan སེང་གེ (see Sangay).

Sangmo f Tibetan, Bhutanese
Alternate transcription of Tibetan བཟང་མོ (see Zangmo).

Sangop m & f Thai
Means "peaceful, calm, quiet" in Thai.

Sangri f Obscure
Variant of Sangrid.

Şəngül f Azerbaijani
Means "happy rose, flower" in Azerbaijani.

Sangye m & f Tibetan, Bhutanese
From Tibetan སངས་རྒྱས (sangs-rgyas) referring to the Buddha, derived from སངས (sangs) meaning "purified, cleansed" and རྒྱས (rgyas) meaning "extended, spread".

Saniah f Malay, Indonesian
Malay and Indonesian form of Saniyya or Saniya.

Saniha f Arabic (?)

Sanija f Latvian, Slovene, Bosnian, Croatian
A variation of Sanja or Saniyya.

Sanija f Indian (Modern)
Derived from Sanskrit sani "gift" and ja "born".

Sanije f Albanian
Albanian form of Saniyya.

Sanina f Judeo-Arabic (Archaic), Medieval Jewish

Sanita f Latvian
Originally a diminutive of Sane and Zane 2, now used as a given name in its own right.

Sanité f Haitian Creole, Louisiana Creole
Means "health, sanity" in French, ultimately from Latin sanus (via sanitas). This was the nickname of the Haitian revolutionary Suzanne Bélair (1781-1805). It was also borne by the first Voodoo Queen in New Orleans, Sanité Dédé, who was born a slave in Haiti.

Sanity f English (American)

Saniya f English, Arabic
Variant of Saniyya.

Saniya f Kazakh, Tatar, Kyrgyz, Urdu
Either derived from Arabic ثَانِي (ṯānī) meaning "second (child)" or a variant of Saniyya.

Saniyə f Azerbaijani (Rare)
Azerbaijani form of Saniye.

Saniye f Turkish
From Arabic ثانية (thāniya) meaning "second".

Sanjia f Bengali

Sanjya f Indian
Name - Sanjya / Sanjyaa संज्ञा... [more]

Sanken m & f Shipibo-Conibo
Means "elegant" in Shipibo.

Sankhu f Dungan
Means "coral" in Dungan.

Sannie f English (American, Archaic)
Form of Sanni

Sanong m & f Thai
Means "reply, answer" or "reciprocate, repay" in Thai.

Sanora f American (Rare)
A known bearer of this name is Sanora Babb, an American writer.

Sansar m & f Mongolian
Means "space, cosmos" in Mongolian. It can also refer to the Buddhist concept of samsara.

Şənsəs f Azerbaijani
Means "happy sound, voice" in Azerbaijani.

Sansby f Romani (Archaic)
Diminutive of Sansparella.

Şansel f Turkish
Name of Turkish origin, means “lucky hand”.

Santas f Spanish (Rare)
Feminine form of Santos.

Santha f Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu
South Indian form of Shanta.

Santhi f Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam
Southern Indian form of Shanti.

Santhy f Indian

Santía f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Santia.

Santia f Italian, English
Diminutive of Santina.

Santra f Greek (Rare)
Variant transcription of Σάντρα (see Sandra).

Santsa f Basque
Variant Basque form of Sancha.

Santxa f Medieval Basque
Basque adoption of Sanctia (compare Sancha).

Sanuli f Sinhalese
Means "packages" in Sinhala.

Sanura f Muslim, Swahili
Meaning, "kitten."

Sanuye f Miwok
Means "cloud" in the Miwok language, with the implied meaning being "red cloud at sundown".

Sânzia f Portuguese (Brazilian)

Saodah f Malay, Indonesian
Malay and Indonesian variant of Sawda.

Saofa'i f Samoan
Samoan form of Sophie.

Saohui f & m Chinese
Combination of the names Sao and Hui

Saorla f Irish
Variant of Saorlaith.

Saorsa f Scottish Gaelic
"Freedom"

Saosis f Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)
Hellenized form of Iusaaset.

Saotra m & f Malagasy
Means "thanksgiving, gratitude" in Malagasy.

Sapani f Mari
Mari feminine form of Steven.

Saphia f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant transliteration of صفية (see Safiyyah). Saphia Azzeddine (*1979) is a French naturalized Moroccan writer, actress, and screenwriter.

Saphir f & m Swedish (Modern, Rare), English
Variant of Sapphira.

Sapiah f Malay, Indonesian
Malay and Indonesian form of Safiyyah.

Sapigi f Tamil
Meaning: Yummy Pie

Sapîna f Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Sabina.

Sapipe f Chuvash
Chuvash form of Zabiba.

Sapphy f English
Variant of Saffy more often used for names beginning with Saph.

Sapsar f Uzbek
Variant of Safsar.

Saqiba f Arabic
Feminine form of Saqib.

Saqrah f Arabic
Feminine form of Saqr.

Saraaj f Indian

Sarabi f Swahili, Popular Culture
Means "mirage" in Swahili. This is the name of the mother of Simba and mate of Mufasa and in the Disney movie The Lion King (1994).

Săraca f Medieval Romanian, Romani (Archaic)
Derived from Romanian sărac "poor". This seems to have been an amuletic name which was used predominantly among members of the Romani people.

Sara'el f Ancient Hebrew (Rare)
Sara'el is a female given name meaning, "Princess of God" in Hebrew.

Saraga f African American (Rare)
It is known as "Butterfly" Or "Winged angel" In Some Little-Known Languages.

Saragh f Irish (Rare), English (Rare)

Sarahi f Spanish (Mexican, Rare)
Most likely a variant of Sarai.

Sarahy f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Saray.

Saraia f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Saraya.

Saraja f Bosnian, Slovene (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Cognate of Sarai.

Sarako f Japanese
From Japanese 咲 (sa) meaning "blossom", 楽 (ra) meaning "comfort, music" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Saralu m & f Micronesian
A Carolinian name of unknown meaning. According to a study, this name was borne by Clemente Saralu Taisacan, who borrowed it from his Carolinian mother's maiden name.

Sarama f Hinduism, Pet
The name of a mythological being referred to as the dog of the gods, or Deva-shuni (देव-शुनी, devaśunī), in Hindu mythology. She first appears in one of Hinduism's earliest texts, the Rig Veda, in which she helps the god-king Indra to recover divine cows stolen by the Panis, a class of demons... [more]

Sarana f Japanese
From Japanese 新 (sara) meaning "new" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Sarang f & m Korean (Modern)
From native Korean 사랑 (sarang) meaning "love, affection." Several derivations of this word are possible, such as a shift from Sino-Korean 思量 (saryang) meaning "consideration," a derivation of either the verb 사르다 (sareuda) meaning "to make a fire" or 살 (sal) meaning "flesh."... [more]

Sarann f English (Rare)
Variant of Saranna.

Sarasa f Japanese
From 紗 (sa) meaning "gauze, gossamer, silk, thread", 良 (ra) meaning "virtuous, good, respectable", and 沙 (sa) meaning "sand". Other kanji combinations can be used.

Saratu f Hausa
Hausa form of Sara.

Sarawi f & m Aymara
Means "journey" in Aymara.

Saraya f English (Modern, Rare)
Modern name, possibly based on Saray (see Sarai), Sariah or Soraya.

Sarayu f Indian, Hinduism, Telugu
From the name of a river in North India that flows through Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. Its name seems directly taken from the Sanskrit word सरयु (sarayu) meaning "air, wind".

Sarcia f Polish
Polish diminutive of Sara.

Sardis m & f English (Rare)

Saredo f Somali
Etymology uncertain, possibly from the Somali sare meaning "high, advanced".

Sarela f Galician
From the Galician river Sar and the femenine suffix -ela.

Sarena f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Serena.

Sarene f English
Variant of Serene.

Sareta f Judeo-Provençal, Gascon
Diminutive of Sara.

Sargai f & m Mongolian
Means "rose" in Mongolian.

Sargam f Tibetan, Bhutanese

Sargia f Arthurian Cycle
A sorceress who gave her son Felice to Tristan the Younger as a squire.

Sarian f Finnish (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Sarianna.

Šärifä f Bashkir
Bashkir form of Sharifa.

Šarika f Croatian, Slovene
Croatian and Slovene borrowing of Sárika.

Sarika f Khmer
Means "blackbird" in Khmer, or possibly a Khmer version of Sarika.

Sarika f Judeo-Spanish, Bosnian
Diminutive of Sara.

Sarila f Various

Sarima f Arabic (Rare), Indonesian (Rare)
Derived from Arabic صَارِم‎ (ṣārim) meaning "resolute, decisive" or "stern, strict".

Sarína f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Sarina.

Sarina f Indian (Rare)
Means "approaching; coming to help; helpful" in Sanskrit.... [more]

Sarina f Japanese
From Japanese 咲 (sa) meaning "blossom", 梨 (ri) meaning "pear" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Sarina f Iranian

Sarine f Chuvash
Chuvash form of Zarina.

Saripa f Indonesian, Filipino, Maranao, Maguindanao, Thai (Muslim)
Indonesian, Maranao, Maguindanao and Thai form of Sharifah.

Sarisa f Japanese
From Japanese 紗 (sa) meaning "gauze, thin silk", 梨 (ri) meaning "pear" combined with 咲 (sa) meaning "blossom". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Sarita f Khmer

Sariya f Arabic

Sarjit f & m Indian (Sikh)
Indian from Punjab

Šarlot f Czech (Rare)
Variant of Šarlota.

Sarnia f English (Rare)

Saroja f Indian, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi
Strictly feminine form of Saroj.

Sarose f English (American)
American, Combination of Sa and Rose (suh-rose) ... [more]

Saroya f American (Modern, Rare)
Possible spelling of Soraya. It is also used as a form of the Hebrew name Sarah, meaning "princess." Saroya was/is a character in the series StarCrossed.

Sarrah f English
Variant of Sarah.

Sarray f English (American)
Meaning unknown. Possibly an elaboration of Sarah

Šarruk f Balochi
Derived from šarr meaning "perfect".

Šarūnė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Šarūnas.

Sarura f Shona
It means "choose; make a selection".

Saruta f Thai
Feminine form of Sarut.

Saruul f & m Mongolian
Means "clear, bright, lucid", "serenity", or "healthy, robust" in Mongolian.

Sarwat f & m Arabic, Urdu
Variant transcription of Tharwat.

Saryah f English, Arabic, Muslim
Means "Princess of the Lord", or could be used as a variation of Sarah.

Saryýa f Turkmen
From the Turkmen sary meaning "yellow".

Sasaha f Japanese (Rare)
This name is used as 笹葉 with 笹 (sasa - kokuji) meaning "bamboo grass" and 葉 (you, ha) meaning "leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece."... [more]

Sasaho f Japanese
From Japanese 楽 (sasa) meaning "comfort, ease, music" combined with 星 (ho) meaning "star". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Sasako f Japanese
From 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" or 捧 (sasa) meaning "to dedicate, to give" and 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations can be used.

Sasami f Japanese (Rare)
This name can be used as 笹美 or 砂沙美 with 笹 (sasa - kokuji) meaning "bamboo grass", 砂 (sa, sha, suna) meaning "sand", 沙 (sa, sha, suna, yonageru) with the same meaning and 美 (bi, mi, utsuku.shii) meaning "beautiful, beauty."... [more]

Sasayo f Japanese
From 笹 (sasa, kokuji) meaning "bamboo grass" and 央 (yo) meaning "centre, middle". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Sascia m & f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Sasha.

Saseka f Tsonga
Means "pretty" in Xitsonga.

Sashra f American (Rare)

Sasipa f Thai
Alternate transcription of Sasipha.

Saskie f Czech
Czech variant of Saskia.

Saskya f Russian

Sasona f Jewish (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Sason.

Sassia f English
This name derives from the Germanic “*sakhsan > sachs (Old English: sæx; Latin: sachsum)”, meaning “knife, short sword, dagger”. The Anglo-Saxons were the population in Britain partly descended from the Germanic tribes who migrated from continental Europe and settled the south and east of the island beginning in the early 5th century... [more]

Satana f Ossetian Mythology
Ossetian variant of Satanaya.

Satara f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "one who covers" in Arabic.

Satcha f English

Satchi m & f English
Diminutive of Satchel.

Sathya m & f Indian (?)

Satiah f Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian feminine name meaning "Daughter of the Moon".

Satian m & f Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai เสถียร (see Sathian).

Satien m & f Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai เสถียร (see Sathian).

Satina f Polynesian
From the matrial satin, meaning soft and gentle.

Satine f French (Modern)
Derived from satin, the French word for the fabric satin, combined with -e, a French feminine suffix. It was popularized in France after it was used as the name of a character, a courtesan, in the 2001 film Moulin Rouge!.

Satine f Armenian
Said to be derived from Armenian սաթ (satʿ) meaning "amber"; also compare Old Armenian Սաթինիկ (Satʿinik), a variant form of Satenik.

Sativa f American (Rare)
Derived from the Latin sativa, meaning "sown, cultivated". This name can be given in reference to Cannabis sativa, a plant which produces the drug cannabis.

Satiya f Indian

Satnam m & f Indian (Sikh)
From Sanskrit सत्य (satya) meaning "true, real" combined with नाम (nama) meaning "name".

Satoka f Japanese
Japanese feminine name derived from 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 佳 (ka) meaning "excellent, beautiful". Other kanji combinations can be used.

Satoko f Japanese
From Japanese 郷 (sato) meaning "hometown, township, village, countryside", 聖 (sato) meaning "virtuous, holy, sacred", 哲 (sato) meaning "philosophy, clear", 敏 (sato) meaning "alert, quick, agile, sharp", 邑 (sato) meaning "capital city, village", 怜 (sato) meaning "wise", or 聰 (sato) meaning "wise, intelligent" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child" or 火 (ko) meaning "fire"... [more]

Satoma m & f Japanese
From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" combined with 真 (ma) meaning "true, reality". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Satona f Japanese

Satone f Japanese
From Japanese 慧 (sato) meaning "bright; intelligent" combined with 音 (ne) meaning "sound". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Satono f Japanese
From Japanese 覚 (sato) meaning "to wake up from sleep, conscious" combined with 乃 (no), a possessive particle. Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.

Satora f Polish
Feminine form of Sator.

Satori f Japanese
From Japanese 沙 (sa) meaning "sand", 都 (to) meaning "capital (city)" combined with 里 (ri) meaning "village". Other combinations of kanji characters are also possible.

Satowa f Japanese
From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" combined with 和 (wa) meaning "peace, harmony". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Satoyo f Japanese
From Japanese 鋭 (sato) meaning "sharp", 郷 (sato) meaning "village", 恵 (sato) meaning "favour, benefit", 賢 (sato) meaning "intelligence, clever", 仁 (sato) meaning "humaneness, benevolence, kindness", 聖 (sato) meaning "holy, sacred" or 聡 (sato) meaning "intelligent, clever, bright" combined with 代 (yo) meaning "generation"... [more]

Satpal m & f Indian (Sikh)
From Sanskrit सत्य (satya) meaning "true, real" combined with पाल (pāla) meaning "guard, protector".

Saudah f Arabic, Indonesian, Malay
Arabic alternate transcription of Sawda as well as the Indonesian and Malay form.

Saulet f & m Kazakh
Means "architecture" or "appearance, image" in Kazakh.

Saumya f & m Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Bengali
Means "cool, moist, northern" or "pleasing, agreeable, gentle" in Sanskrit. This is a transcription of both the feminine form सौम्या and the masculine form सौम्य.

Saundi f Scottish
Derived from Saundra/Alexandra

Sauneĸ f & m Greenlandic
Means "bone" in Greenlandic.

Saunya f American (Modern, Rare)

Saurah f Scots
Scots form of Sarah.

Saurik f Sanskrit, Hinduism, Indian, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali
MEANING - Celestial, heavenly, paradise, relating to spirituous liquor

Sausan f Persian
Persian form of Sawsan

Sausha f English (American)
Variant of Sasha.

Šauška f Hurrian Mythology, Hittite Mythology
Means "the great one" or "the magnificent one", deriving from the Hurrian element šavuši ("great, big"). Name borne by the Hurrian goddess of love, war, and healing. She was later associated with the Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar, and was also incorporated into the Hittite pantheon.

Savana f English (Modern, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Variant of Savannah.

Savana f German (Bessarabian)

Savane f Nenets
Means "good woman" in Nenets.

Savane m & f Lao
From the Sanskrit स्वर्ग (swarga) meaning "heaven".

Savanh m & f Lao (Rare)
Means "heaven, paradise" in Lao, ultimately from Sanskrit स्वर्ग (svarga).

Savara f American (Rare)

Savdat f Chechen
Chechen form of Sawda.

Saveah f English (Canadian, ?)

Sävele f & m Finnish (Rare)
Means "melody". Variant of Sävel

Savera f Hindi, Urdu, Arabic
"dawn, new beginning"

Saveta f Romanian, Serbian
Romanian truncated form of Elisaveta and Serbian truncated form of Jelisaveta.

Saveth f & m Khmer
Meaning unknown.

Savfît f Greenlandic
Variant of Sapîna.

Savica f Slovene (Rare)
Slovene feminine form of Sava.

Saviël m & f Dutch (Rare)
Dutch form of Saviel. It is predominantly a masculine name in the Netherlands, but occasionally the name is also bestowed upon females. Saviël as a feminine name is slightly less common than its proper feminine counterpart Saviëlle.

Savika f Thai
Alternate transcription of Sawika.

Savina f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Sava.

Savion f & m Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Means "groundsel, senecio" in Hebrew, from the word savyon which is related to a genus of the daisy family.

Savita f Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada
Derived from the name of the Hindu god Savitr.

Savona f African American
Savona Bailey-McClain is an American community organizer and art producer, and the director of the West Harlem Art Fund.

Savory f American (Americanized, Rare)

Şavraş f Chuvash
Means "before turning the sun" in Chuvash.

Savsan f Uzbek
Uzbek feminine name refering to a kind of Iris flower.

Savsar f Uzbek
Means "marten" in Uzbek.

Savyon f & m Hebrew
Variant of Savion.

Sawaba f Arabic
Strictly feminine form of Sawab.

Sawaka f Japanese
From Japanese 咲 (sa) meaning "blossom", 環 (wa) meaning "circle, ring, wheel" combined with 花 (ka) meaning "flower". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Sawaki f Japanese

Sawako f Japanese
This name combines 爽 (sou, aki.raka, sawa.yaka, tagau) meaning "refreshing, bracing, resonant, sweet, clear" or 沢 (taku, sawa, uruo.i, uruo.su, tsuya) meaning "swamp, marsh, brilliance, grace" with 子 (shi, su, tsu, ko, -ko, -ne) meaning "child, sign of the rat (1st sign of the Chinese zodiac)."... [more]

Sawang m & f Thai
Means "bright, shining" in Thai.

Sawano f Japanese

Sawarn m & f Punjabi
Alternate transcription of Punjabi Gurmukhi ਸਵਰਨ (see Swaran).

Sawika f Thai
Means "(female) disciple, follower, listener" in Thai.

Sawini f Thai
Derived from Sanskrit साविनी (savini) meaning "river".

Sawlah f Arabic
Means "dominance, power" in Arabic.

Sawmah f Amis

Sawrah f Arabic
Means "revolution" in Arabic.

Sawsen f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic سوسن (see Sawsan) chiefly used in North Africa.

Sawuri m & f Aymara
Means "ladybird" or "weaver" in Aymara.

Saxona f English (Rare)
Presumably a feminine form of Saxon.

Sayaha f Japanese
From Japanese 咲 (sa) meaning "blossom", 也 (ya) meaning "also" combined with 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Sayako f Japanese
From Japanese 沙 (sa) meaning "sand" or 紗 (sa) meaning "thread, silk" with 也 (ya) meaning "also" or 耶 (ya), an interjection, combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child".

Sayali f Marathi
Sanskrit. Name of beautiful white flower: Jasminum multiflorum

Sayami f Japanese
From Japanese 沙 (sa) meaning "sand", 也 (ya) meaning "also" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Sayana f Japanese
From the Japanese 清 (saya) "clear," "bright," "clean" and 菜 (na) "vegetable," "greens."

Sayana f Tuvan, Buryat
From the name of the Sayan Mountains, of uncertain meaning, possibly of Turkic origin.

Sayana f Mongolian, Buryat
From the name of the Sayan mountain range, possibly from a word in the Sayan dialect meaning "myself". Possibly influenced by Mongolian сая (saya) meaning "million".

Sayane f Japanese
From Japanese 彩 (sa) meaning "colour", 也 (ya) meaning "also" combined with 音 (ne) meaning "sound". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Sayang f Malay
Means "love, affection, darling, dear, kind, beloved" in Malay.

Sayano f Japanese
From Japanese 沙 (sa) meaning "sand", 咲 (sa) meaning "blossom", 紗 (sa) meaning "gauze", 聖 (saya) meaning "holy, saint, sage, master, priest", 早 (sa) meaning "early, fast" or 涼 (saya) meaning "cool, refreshing", 夜 (ya) meaning "night", 耶 (ya), an interjection, 也 (ya) meaning "also", 哉 (ya), an exclamation, 弥 (ya) meaning "all the more, increasingly" or 矢 (ya) meaning "dart, arrow" combined with 乃 (no), a possessive particle... [more]

Saybea f Romani (Archaic)

Saydah f Obscure
Variant of Sa'ida.

Saydee f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Sadie.

Saydie f English (American)
Variant of Sadie.

Sayeka f Muslim

Sayeva f Medieval English
Medieval English form of Old English Sægiefu.

Saygin m & f Turkish

Sayida f Arabic
Feminine version of Sayid.

Sayina f Tsonga
Means "sign" in Xitsonga.

Saylah f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Sayla.

Saylan f Uzbek
Means "chosen" in Uzbek.

Saylem f & m English
Variant of Salem 2.

Saylen f Spanish (Latin American, Rare)

Sayler f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Saylor.

Saylyk f Tuvan
Means "wagtail (a type of bird)" in Tuvan.

Sayoko f Japanese
From Japanese 小 (sa) meaning "small", 夜 (yo) meaning "night" and 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters are possible.

Sayomi f Japanese
From 小 (sa) meaning "small", 世 (yo) meaning "world", and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful, beauty"... [more]

Sayori f Japanese
From Japanese 小 (sa) meaning "small", 夜 (yo) meaning "night" combined with 里 (ri) meaning "village". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Saysha f English (Modern, Rare)

Sayuka f Japanese
From Japanese 沙 (sa) meaning "sand" or 冴 (sa) meaning "cold, severe", 有 (yu) meaning "exist" or 友 (yu) meaning "friend", combined with 佳 (ka) meaning "beautiful, good" or 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance"... [more]

Sayuki f Japanese
From Japanese 沙 (sa) meaning "sand" combined with 幸 (yuki) meaning "happiness" or 雪 (yuki) meaning "snow". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Sayuko f Japanese
From meaning 小 (sa) meaning "small", 裕 (yu) meaning "abundant" and 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations can be used.

Sayumi f Japanese
From 早 (sa) meaning "fast", and 弓 (yumi) meaning "bow and arrow". Other kanji combinations can be used.

Sayuna f Japanese
From Japanese 彩 (sa) meaning "colour", 結 (yu) meaning "tie, fasten, join, organize" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Sayyna f Yakut
Yakut feminine name meaning "summer".

Sazami f Japanese
From Japanese 三 (sa) meaning "three", 三 (za) meaning "three" combined with 三 (mi) meaning "three". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Sazgar f Arabic
Means "compatible, harmonious" in Arabic.

Şaziye f Turkish
Meaning unknown.

Sazkar f Ottoman Turkish
From Persian سازگار (sazgar) meaning "compatible".

Scarla f American (Modern, Rare), South American (Modern, Rare)

Scarly f English
Diminutive of Scarlett.

Scaura f Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Scaurus. A bearer of this name was Aemilia Scaura, the second wife of Pompey the Great (1st century BC).

Schaas m & f Dutch (Rare)
Short form of Paschaas and Paschasius (masculine) as well as Paschasia (feminine).

Schaje m & f Yiddish (Americanized, Expatriate)
Variant of Schage.

Schewa f Yiddish, German (Rare)
German Yiddish variant of Sheyve.

Schola f African
Latin word used in reference to singing and learning. May be used as a diminutive of Scholastica.

Schöne f Yiddish
Derived from Yiddish shein "beautiful". The name coincides with German Schöne "beautiful woman" (compare Beila and Shayna).

Ścirye m & f Tocharian
Means "star" in Tocharian.

Sconea f Old High German
From Old High German scôni "beautiful"; was in use in 9th century.

Scotia f English (American, Rare), English (Canadian, Rare), Celtic Mythology
Derived from Late Latin Scotia, ultimately derived from Scoti or Scotti, a Latin name for the Gaels, first attested in the late 3rd century. At first it referred to all Gaels, whether in Ireland or Great Britain, as did the term Scotia for the lands they inhabited... [more]

Scotta f Gaulish
Derived from Gaulish scota "mortise axe".

Scotti f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant or feminine form of Scotty.

Scully m & f English
Transferred use of the surname Scully.

Scylla f Greek Mythology
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.... [more]

Searah f English (Modern, Rare)

Searán f Scottish Gaelic
The name Sharon is primarily a female name of Hebrew origin that means Of The Fertile Plain.... [more]

Searla f Irish
Variant of Saorfhlaith. It means free princess or free noblewoman derived from Irish saor meaning "free" and Irish flaith meaning "princess, nobelwoman".

Season f English (Rare)
Either derived from the English word season, and thus ultimately from Latin satio "sowing; planting" (which later came to be understood as "time of planting"), or a transferred use of the surname Season... [more]

Sebaga m & f Tswana
Means "a bead" in Setswana.

Sebbie f & m English
Diminutive of Sebastiane or Sebastian.