This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is feminine; and a substring is m.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
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".
Samta f HindiSamta is a name originating from Hindi meaning ‘To be a competitor’.
Samten m & f Tibetan, BhutaneseFrom Tibetan བསམ་གཏན
(bsam-gtan) meaning "meditative concentration, stable attention, awareness", derived from བསམ
(bsam) meaning "thought, thinking" and གཏན
(gtan) meaning "constant, perpetual"... [
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Samu m & f JapaneseFrom Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "assistant, help", 作 (sa) meaning "make, production, prepare, build", 咲 (sa) meaning "blossom", 夏 (sa) meaning "summer", 彩 (sa) meaning "colour", 珊 (sa) meaning "coral, centimeter", 紗 (sa) meaning "gauze, gossamer", 沙 (sa) meaning "sand" or 瑳 (sa) meaning "polish, brilliant white luster of a gem, artful smile" combined with 夢 (mu) meaning "dream" or 武 (mu) meaning "military, martial"... [
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Sanam f Persian, UrduMeans "image, idol" or "love, sweetheart" in Persian and Urdu, ultimately from Arabic صنم
(ṣanam).
Sanamacha m & f ManipuriFrom the Meitei
sana meaning "gold" and
macha meaning "small, little".
Sanamgul f UzbekDerived from
sanam meaning "beauty, beautiful woman", which is also the name of a classical Uyghur music genre, and
gul meaning "rose, flower".
Sanamoy f UzbekDerived from
sanam meaning "beauty, beautiful woman", which is also the name of a classical Uyghur music genre, and
oy meaning "moon".
Sandaramet f Armenian MythologyThe Armenian goddess of death, the underworld and hell, also associated with the land and the earth. Her name and part of her mythology is taken from the Zoroastrian divinity
Spenta Armaiti.
Sanelma f FinnishOld Finnish name of uncertain origin and meaning. One theory, however, connects this name to the Finnish word for "story; poem" and ultimately to the Finnish verb
sanella "to dictate". Sanelma may also be derived from the name
Anelma.
Sanzhima f BuryatMeans "clean, honest" in Buryat, from Tibetan གཙང་མ
(gtsang ma) "clean".
Saomi f JapaneseFrom Japanese 咲 (sa) meaning "blossom", 桜 (o) meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Sarama f Hinduism, PetThe 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... [
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Sarayma f Spanish (Modern)In the case of Spanish flamenco singer Sarayma (1991-) who helped popularise the name within the last several years, it originated from her full given name
Saray Macarena.
Sarma f LatvianDirectly taken from Latvian
sarma "hoarfrost, rime".
Saruulchimeg f MongolianFrom Mongolian саруул
(saruul) meaning "clear, bright, lucid" or "healthy, robust" and чимэг
(chimeg) meaning "decoration, ornament".
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."... [
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Sasiwimon f ThaiFrom Thai ศศิ
(sasi) meaning "moon" and วิมล
(wimon) meaning "chaste, pure, clean".
Satkhnum f Ancient EgyptianProbably means "daughter of
Khnum" in Ancient Egyptian. The reading is uncertain, so the name can also be read as Satba.
Satoma m & f JapaneseFrom Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" combined with 真 (ma) meaning "true, reality". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Satomiko f Japanese (Rare)From 聡 (
sato) meaning "intelligent, clever, bright" combined with 美 (
mi) meaning "beautiful", and 子 (
ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Satsumi f JapaneseDerived from the Japanese kanji 颯 (
satsu) meaning "storm, gust, gale" (using the Kan'yō-On Reading) and 水 (
mi) meaning "water" (using the Kun Reading).... [
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Saumya f & m Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, BengaliMeans "cool, moist, northern" or "pleasing, agreeable, gentle" in Sanskrit. This is a transcription of both the feminine form सौम्या and the masculine form सौम्य.
Saurimonda f Folklore, Medieval OccitanFrom Old Occitan
saur "blond" and
mond "world". This is the name of an evil entity who manifested herself as a girl with fair hair and blue eyes.
Sayami f JapaneseFrom Japanese 沙 (sa) meaning "sand", 也 (ya) meaning "also" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Sayumi f JapaneseFrom 早 (
sa) meaning "fast", and 弓 (
yumi) meaning "bow and arrow". Other kanji combinations can be used.
Sazami f JapaneseFrom Japanese 三 (sa) meaning "three", 三 (za) meaning "three" combined with 三 (mi) meaning "three". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Sceptrum m & f AstronomyMeans "sceptre" in Latin. This is the traditional name of the star 53 Eridani in the constellation
Eridanus.
Seima m & f JapaneseFrom Japanese 晴 (sei) meaning "clear up", 星 (sei) meaning "star" or 世 (sei) meaning "generations" combined with 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine", 舞 (ma) meaning "dance" or 磨 (ma) meaning "polish"... [
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Seimi f JapaneseFrom Japanese 清 (sei) meaning "pure" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other combinations of kanji characters are also possible.
Seimono f JapaneseFrom Japanese 聖(sei) meaning "saint, holy, sacred, sage" combined with 者(mono,sha) meaning "person".
Seimu f JapaneseFrom Japanese 星 (
sei) meaning "star" combined with 夢 (
mu) meaning "dream". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Selvam m & f TamilThis is a typical Tamil name of persons, and is mostly masculine, rarely used also in the feminine. However, 'Selvan' would be only masculine; and 'Selvi' would be only feminine. 'Selvam' in poetic Tamil means, 'wealth', or 'something precious'... [
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Semat f Ancient EgyptianFrom Egyptian
smꜣ.t meaning "the companion", derived from
zmꜣ "to join, unite" and the suffix
.t.
Semi f JavaneseFrom Javanese
sêmi meaning "sprout, shoot, bud".