This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is feminine; and the usage is English.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Secret f English (Rare)From the English word
secret, which is ultimately from Latin
secretus "set apart, hidden, private".
Sedge m & f EnglishA swordsman. Related names are Sedgley(from the meadow of the swordsman), and Sedgwick(from the place of sword grass).
Sedona f English (American)In the United States, this name is usually given in honour of the city of Sedona in Arizona. The city itself had been named after Sedona Arabella Schnebly (née Miller), who was the wife of Theodore Carlton Schnebly, the city's first postmaster... [
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Seeley m & f EnglishTransferred use of the surname
Seeley. Seeley Booth is a fictional character in the TV series 'Bones' (2005-2017).
Seena f English (Rare)In the case of Danish-American silent film actress Seena Owen (1894-1966), it was an Anglicized form of
Signe, her birth name. It could also be a short form of
Thomasina and other names featuring this sound.
Selnia f EnglishUsed by Selnia Flameheart in the manga Ladies vs butlers
Sephy f EnglishDiminutive of
Persephone. The main female character in the novel series 'Noughts and Crosses' has this name.
Serene f EnglishFrom the English word
serene, which itself is derived from Latin
serenus, which means "clear, calm, tranquil, quiet."
Serpentine f EnglishVocabulary word meaning "sinuous, winding, curving". There are several places or features with this name, such as Lake Serpentine in London, and it's possible that people with this name may have been named for these locations.... [
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Sessile f EnglishEnglish cognate of
Cécile, influenced by the botanical term
sessile, meaning "a leaf issuing directly from the stem of the plant, rather than by a petiole."
Sessily f English (Modern)Variant of
Cecily, influenced by the botanical term
sessile, meaning "a leaf issuing directly from the stem of the plant, rather than by a petiole."
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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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.
Shalamar f & m English (Rare), Filipino (Rare)Alternate transcription of Arabic / Urdu شالامار باغ (see
Shalimar). Though the name began to be used (in very small numbers) in America in the 1950s and 1960s, it gained some recognition there in 1980 following the release of the song "Three for Love" by the R&B group of the same name.
Shalyn f EnglishThis name either means silence or beautiful woman.
Shanita f EnglishComes from the common name beginning, shan, and the common name ending, ita.
Shaohannah f American, EnglishSupposedly a combination of the (mispelled) Chinese word
xiao (笑), meaning "smile" or "laugh" and the Hebrew
Hannah, meaning "grace". This is the name of Steven Curtis Chapman's daughter... [
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Shasta f English (Modern, Rare), Literature20th-century adoption of the name of Mount Shasta in Northern California (or the Shasta daisy, named after the mountain), which comes from the name of a Native American tribe that lived in the area; its origin and meaning is lost to time.... [
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Shaughnessy f & m English (Rare)Transferred use of the surname
Shaughnessy. The name Shaughnessy was given to 5 girls born in the United States in 2000, according to the U.S. Social Security Administration.
Shawnella f EnglishIt is the feminine version of "Shawn". Also means gift from god.