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.
Smiley f & m English (Rare)A nickname for a person of happy disposition known for smiling or a nickname whose meaning is particular to the bearer. A notable namesake is comedic actor and country singer Smiley
Burnette (1911-1967) who was born
Lester Alvin Burnett... [
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Snowdrop f English (Rare)The name of the flower used as a first name, mainly between the 1890s and 1920s, but never one of the more popular names of this kind.
Snowy f & m English (Rare)From the English word "snowy" meaning "covered with
Snow; resembling snow; or when snow is falling".
Sojourner f English (Rare)From the English word meaning "one who stays temporarily (sojourns)", which is ultimately derived from the Latin elements
sub "under, until" and
diurnus "of a day" (from
diurnum "day"), via the vulgar Latin
subdiurnare "to spend the day"... [
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Solaya f English (Rare)From the Spanish "sol" which means "sun" and "aya", which is another word for governess.
Solstice f & m English (Modern, Rare)Derived from Latin
solsticium and thus ultimately from
sol "sun" and
stito "to stand still". The English word
solstice refers to two times of the year when the sun's apparent position in the sky reaches its northernmost or southernmost extremes.... [
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Sonata f Lithuanian, English (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Filipino (Rare)From a musical term for a musical composition for one or a few instruments (piano frequently being one of them) in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo, derived from the feminine past participle of Italian verb
sonare (modern
suonare) meaning "to play (an instrument); to sound."
Sonnet f & m English (Modern, Rare)Diminutive of Italian
sonetto - song, sound; little song. Also the term for a short lyric poem, usually with eight line stanzas, followed by six line ... [
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Sonora f English (American, Rare)Of uncertain origin and meaning. It might be inspired by the name of the north-western Mexican state Sonora or possibly be derived from Latin
sonorus "resounding; sonorous".
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.
Sosie f EnglishMeaning 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)... [
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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... [
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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").
Spot f & m English, PetA very common name for dogs and cats alike, perhaps most notably Data's cat(s) from the TV show Star Trek: The New Generation.
Starlight f English (Rare)Combination of
Star, from Middle English
sterre, from Old English
steorra and light, from Middle English
light, liht, leoht, from Old English
lēoht (“light, daylight; power of vision; luminary; world”).
Starling f & m EnglishFrom the
English word for the type of bird. It is commonly associated with the name
Star.... [
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Starry f & m EnglishFrom the English word
starry, "abounding with stars".
Steadfast m & f English (Puritan)Meaning, "resolutely or dutifully firm and unwavering." Used in reference to God's steadfastness or in reference to one's steadfastness to faith.
Story f & m English (Modern)From Middle English
storie, storye, from Anglo-Norman
estorie, from Late Latin
storia meaning "history."
Strawberry f & m EnglishFrom the widely grown hybrid species of the genus Fragaria. A bright red fruit known for its sweetness and texture. The most well-known namesake is Strawberry Shortcake.
Stroma f English (British), Scottish, LiteratureFrom the name of a Scottish island off Caithness, uninhabited since 1961, which derives from the Norse
Straumey meaning "island in the stream" or "current". This was the name of a character in the British children's novel
Broken Soup (2008) by Jenny Valentine.
Su f EnglishVariant spelling of
Sue, thus making it a diminutive of
Susanna and other variants and forms.
Success f & m English (Puritan)From the English word "success" referring to the "achievement of one's aim or goal, or getting or achieving wealth, respect, or fame".
Suede m & f EnglishThe word comes from the French
Suède, which literally means "Sweden".
Sufficient f & m English (African)Name given in reference to 2 Corinthians 12:19, “ But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.”... [
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Sugar m & f EnglishNickname derived from the English word, usually referring to someone with a sweet personality.
Sun m & f English (Rare)Directly taken from the English word
sun which is ultimately derived from Middle English
sunne. From Old English
sunne (“sun; the Sun”), from Proto-Germanic
*sunnǭ, from the heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European
*sh̥₂uén (“sun; the Sun”), oblique form of
*sóh₂wl̥.... [
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Sundance m & f English (American, Rare)The Sundance Kid was the nickname of American outlaw Harry Longabaugh (1867-1908), in whose case it was taken from Sundance, Wyoming, the only town that ever jailed him, where he was incarcerated for eighteen months for horse thievery at the age of 15... [
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Sundown f & m English (American, Rare)From the English word meaning "sunset". The 1974 song
Sundown by Canadian folk singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot caused this name to be given to 13 babies (7 girls and 6 boys) born in the United States in 1974, as well as 5 US-born girls in 1976.
Sunette f English (American, Rare), Afrikaans, Dutch (Rare)Meaning uncertain. In the English-speaking world, the name might perhaps be a combination of the English word
sun with the French feminine diminutive suffix
-ette, which would essentially give the name the meaning of "little sun"... [
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Sunrise m & f English (Rare)From the English word
sunrise, referring to a time in the morning when the sun appears.
Sunset f & m EnglishFrom the English word "sunset" referring to the setting of the sun at the end of the day.
Suria f English, Celtic MythologySuria, also Syria, is the female deification of supposedly good flowing water, conceived as a weaning Mother goddess, in ancient Celtic polytheism.
Sutherland m & f Scottish (Rare), English (Rare)Scottish regional name that described a person who came from the former county by this name, which got its name from Old Norse suðroen "southern" and land "land". It was called the South Land because it was south of Scandinavia and south of the Norse colonies of Orkney and Shetland Islands.
Swayze f & m English (Rare)Transferred use of the surname
Swayze as a given name. Usage of the name is likely due to popular American actor Patrick Swayze (1952-2009).
Sybbie f EnglishDiminutive of
Sybil, used for the daughter of Lady Sybil Branson (née Crawley) on the ITV/PBS series
Downton Abbey.
Sylph f & m English (Rare)From the English word,
sylph, an imaginary spirit of the air, ultimately from the Latin
sylvestris "of the woods" and
nymph "nymph".