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Sharman f English (American)
Either from the Sanskrit sharman, meaning "joy", or a variant of Sharmaine.

Sharn f English (Modern, Rare)
Apparently an English phonetic spelling of Welsh Siân.

Sharolyn f English (Modern, Rare)

Sharryn f English (American, Rare), English (Australian, Rare)
Variant of Sharon.

Shaughan m & f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Shawn influenced by Vaughan.

Shauwn m & f English
Variant of Sean/Shawn/Shaun.

Shavaughn f English

Shavaun f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Shavonne.

Shavonn f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Shavonne.

Shayden m & f English (Rare)
An invented name, blending Shay 1 with the popular aden suffix sound found in such names as Aidan, Hayden, Brayden, Caden and Jaden.

Shayen f English
Possibly an elaborative form of Shaye. Or a feminine version of Shane.

Shayleen f English (Modern)
Variant of Shaylene.

Shaylen f English
Elaboration of Shay 1

Shaylin f English
Variant of the name Shaelyn.

Shaylinn f English (American)

Shaylynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Shaylyn.

Shealyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Shea and Lyn.

Shealynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Shealyn.

Sheehan m & f English (Modern)
Transferred use of the surname Sheehan.

Sheelin f English (British, Modern, Rare)
From the name of a lake in County Westmeath, Ireland, which derives from Irish Síodh Linn "fairy pool".

Sheeran f English
Transferred use of the surname Sheeran.

Sheldyn f & m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Sheldon.

Sheridyn f & m English
Variant of Sheridan.

Sherlin f English (Rare)
Variant of Sherlyn.

Sherolyn f English (American, Rare)

Sheron f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Sharon.

Sherralyn f English (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Variant of Sherilyn.

Sherrilyn f English (Rare)
Variant of Cherilyn.

Sherrin f English
Variant of Sharon.

Sherron f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Sharon.

Sherryn f English (Australian)
Variant of Sharon perhaps influenced by Sherry.

Sheyenn f English
Variant of Cheyenne.

Shian f English (Modern)
Variant of Cheyenne.

Shiann f English
Variant of Cheyenne.

Shiobhan f English
Variant of Siobhán.

Shirleen f English (Rare)
Variant of Shirlene.

Shirleyann f English (American)
Combination of Shirley and Ann.

Shivaun f English
Variant of Siobhan.

Shivon f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Shavonne.

Shyan f English (Rare)
Variant of Cheyenne. Also compare Shyann.

Shyann f English (Modern)
Variant of Cheyenne.

Shylynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Shaylyn.

Siaan f & m English (Australian), Chinese (Anglicized)
Variant of Sian or anglicized variant of Xiang.

Sian f English
English form of Siân.

Siannon f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Shannon.

Siauen f English (Rare)

Silken f English
Famous bearer is Canadian champion rower Silken Laumann (born 1964).

Sinnamon f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Cinnamon. This also coincides with a surname (see Sinnamon).

Siobhan f English
Anglicised form of Siobhán.

Siren f English (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Greek Σειρῆνες (Seirenes), the name of a type of sea nymphs who lured mariners with their enchanting voices.

Sixteen f English (Rare)
From Old English siextīene.

Skilynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Skylyn.

Skyelyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Elaboration of Skye using the popular name suffix lyn.

Skyelynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Skylyn.

Skylan m & f English (Rare)
Perhaps a variant of Skylyn. This name was given to 23 boys and 28 girls born in the USA in 2015.

Skyleen f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Combination of Sky and the popular name suffix -leen in the style of Kayleen. In other words a variant of Skylene.

Skylen f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Skylyn.

Skylin f English (Modern)
Variant of Skylyn. In 2011, this variant was given to 31 girls born in the United States (in addition, 101 were given the name Skylynn, 38 Skylyn, 22 Skylan, 11 Skyelynn, 10 Skylinn, 7 Skyelyn, and 5 were named Skylynne).

Skylinn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant spelling of Skylyn.

Skylyn f English (Modern)
Combination of Sky and the popular name suffix lyn (and apparently based on the similar name Skyler).

Skyrin f & m English (American, Rare)

Soibhan f English (Rare)
Rare variant of Siobhán.

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

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]

Stann m & f English
Variant of Stan 1.

Starlen m & f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Starlin.

Starlyn f English (Rare)
Elaboration of Star using the popular name suffix lyn.

Starlynn f English (Rare)
Variant of Starlyn.

Starrlyn f English (Modern)
Combination of Starr (see Star) with the common suffix -lyn-.

Staten m & f English (Rare)

Sterlyn m & f English (American)
Variant of Sterling, using the popular name suffix lyn.

Suann f English (Australian)
Transferred use of the surname Suann.

Sueann f English (Rare)
Combination of Sue and Ann.

Suesan f English (American)
Variant of Susan incorporating the diminutive Sue.

Summerlin f English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Summerlin, or else a variant of Summerlyn.

Summerlyn f English (Modern)
Combination of Summer and Lyn.

Summerlynn f English (Modern)
Variant of Summerlyn.

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.... [more]

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.

Sutherlyn f English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Sutherland, with the -land ending replaced with -lyn. It means "southern land".

Suzann f English (Rare)
Variant of Susan.

Sweden f English (American, Modern, Rare)
From the name of the European country.

Syllen m & f English (American, Americanized, Rare)

Syren f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Siren 2.

Taelin f English (American, Modern)
variation of names like Taylor or Tayla

Taelyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Taylynn.

Taelynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Taylynn.

Tailyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Taylynn.

Tailynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Taylynn.

Tallinn m & f English (Modern), Arabic
From the city in Estonia.

Tallynn f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Talyn

Talyn f & m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Talon.

Talynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Talyn.

Tamarin f English (British, Rare), South African (Rare)

Tamaryn f English (Rare), South African (Rare)

Tamasin f English (British), English (Australian)
Variant of Thomasin.

Tamasyn f English

Tamberlyn f English (American, Modern, Rare)

Tamblyn f & m English (British)
Transferred use of the surname Tamblyn.

Tameron f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Probably created from Cameron by replacing the initial C with a T or an elaboration of Tamara.

Tamisen f English (Archaic)
Variant of Thomasin. Tamisen Brike was the wife of John Mayo, a Puritan minister in pre-revolutionary Boston, Massachusetts and the first minister of Old North Church.

Tamisin f English (British, Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Tamsin.

Tamlyn f English
Transferred use of the surname Tamlyn.

Tammeron f & m English
Variant of Tameron.

Tammylynn f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Combination of Tammy and Lynn.

Tamren f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tameron.

Tamzin f English (British), English (Australian)
Variant of Tamsin.

Tannen m & f English
Means "fir tree" in German.

Tannyn m & f English (Rare)

Taralyn f English (Modern, Rare), Popular Culture
An elaboration of Tara 1 using the popular name suffix lyn. Taralyn was a minor character on the TV show "Legend of the Seeker."

Taren f & m English
Variant of Taryn or Taron.

Tarin m & f Indian, English

Tarran m & f English (American, Rare)
From the surname Tarran.

Tarren m & f English (Rare)
Variation of Welsh Taran.

Tarryn f English (Rare)
Variant of Taryn.

Tasmin f English

Tasmyn f English
Variant of Tasmin.

Tatelyn f American (South, Modern, Rare), English (American, Modern, Rare)
Blend of Taylor and Katelyn, or a combination of Tate and the popular name suffix lyn... [more]

Tatelynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tatelyn.

Tatumn f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tatum, the spelling influenced by that of Autumn.

Tauren m & f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Taurean, perhaps influenced by Lauren. Also see Torin.

Tavyn f English
The origin of the name Tavyn is unknown, possibly a made-up name.

Taylyn f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Taylynn.

Taylynn f English (Modern, Rare)
A combination of Taylor and Lynn, probably based on similar-sounding names such as Kaylyn, Raelyn and Shaelyn.

Tayn m & f English
Variant of Tane.

Tayvin f & m English

Tazmin f English (British, Rare), English (Canadian)
Variant of Tasmin.

Tealynn f English
A famous bearer is TeaLynn Adamson who starred on “Dance Moms”

Teegan f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Teagan.

Teen f English

Teghan f English (Modern)
Variant of Tegan.

Teigan f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Teagan.

Teigen f & m English (American, Rare)
Transferred from the surname Teigen or a variant of Tegan/Teagan.

Tenesen f English
Variant of Tennyson.

Tennisen f & m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Tennison, which is taken from the surname.

Terilyn f English (Rare)
Combination of Teri and Lyn. According to the SSA, 10 girls were named Terilyn in 2002.

Terilynn f English (Rare)
Combination of Teri and Lynn. According to the SSA, Terilynn was given to 5 girls in 2014.

Terin f & m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Allegeldy a variant of Taryn.

Terralyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Elaboration of Terra using the popular name suffix lyn.

Terran m & f English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Terrance or a masculine form of Terra.

Terrian m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Altered form of French Terrien, meaning "owner of a farmland" or of its altered form of Therrien.

Terrylyn f English
Combination of Terry and Lyn

Terryn f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Taryn.

Teryn f English
Variant of Taryn.

Teslin f English (Canadian, Rare), English (American, Rare)
From the name of the mountain, plateau, river, and lake in Yukon and British Columbia, Canada. It comes from the Tlingit name for the river, Teslintoo or Teslintuh, meaning "long, deep water."

Tessalyn f English
Variant of Tessalynn.

Tessalynn f English
Combo of Tessa and Lynn. Nicknames can be Tessa, Tess, etc.

Tessann f English (Rare)
Combination of Tess and Ann.

Tevyn f & m English (American, Modern, Rare)

Teygan f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Teagan.

Thamisin f English (British, Archaic)
Variant of Tamisin.

Thomasin f English (Rare, Archaic), Cornish (Archaic)
English vernacular form of Thomasina. This was one of the most popular English girls' names in the 16th century. It was used by Thomas Hardy for a character in his novel The Return of the Native (1878).

Thylan m & f English (American, Rare)

Tiahn f English (Australian)
Variation of Tiana used infrequently but consistently in Australia.

Tieghan f English (Modern)
Variant of Teagan.

Timberlyn f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Combination of Timber with the popular name suffix -lyn. This particular combination may have been somewhat inspired by the name Kimberly.

Timolin f English (American)
Probably derived from the name of the Irish village Timolin.... [more]

Tipton m & f English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Tipton.

Toran m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Torin.

Torrin m & f English (American), English (Australian), English (New Zealand)
Of unknown origin and meaning.

Torryn f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant and feminine form of Torin.

Toryn f Irish, English
Feminine form of Torin.

Tristyn m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Tristan.

Troian m & f Portuguese (Brazilian, Modern, Rare), English (American, Modern)
Possibly a transferred use of the surname.

Trysten m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tristan.

Tufton f English

Tyan f & m English (Modern, Rare)

Tyann f English (American, Modern, Rare)

Tylynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Ty and Lynn.

Tyrann f English
Blend of Tyra and Ann.

Unadean f English (American, Rare)
Combination of Una and Dean or Deen, possibly influenced by Undine.

Urleen f English (Rare)
Variant of Earlene.

Vaelyn f American (Modern, Rare), English (New Zealand, Rare)
A recently created name, formed using the popular name suffix lyn. (Compare Kaylyn, Braelyn, Shaelyn, Raelyn.)

Valyn f English (Modern, Rare)

Ven f & m English
Short form of Vena, Venice, Venicia, Venetia, Vanessa, Veronica, Veronique, Venus, Venustus, Venustian, and other names beginning with or otherwise containing ven-.

Veralyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Veralynn. Combination of Vera and Lyn.

Veralynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Vera 1 and Lynn.

Verdun m & f English (British)
From the name of the city in France which derives from the Latin 'Verodunum', meaning "strong fort". This name was first used during the First World War when the city became well-known due to the Battle of Verdun (1916)... [more]

Vergean f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Virgene.

Verjean f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Virgene.

Veron m & f English

Viann f English (American)
Variant of Vianne.

Vickielynn f English (Dutchified, Modern)
Combination of Vickie and Lynn.

Virgin f & m English (Puritan)
Simply from the English word virgin, meaning "pure".

Virjean f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Virgene influenced by Jean 2.

Viviann f English (American, Modern, Rare), Brazilian (Rare)
Variant of Vivian.

Vivilyn f English
Vivi combined with suffix -Lyn

Vivilynn f English
Variant of Vivilyn

Von f Irish, English
Shortened form of Irish name Siobhan

Vyvan f English
from Vivian

Vyvian f English (Rare)
Variant of Vivian.

Waelyn m & f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Waylynn. According to the Social Security Administration, Waelyn was given to 5 girls and 10 boys in 2018.

Washburn f English

Wattan m & f English (Rare), Indian (Rare)

Waylyn m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Wayland using the phonetic element lyn.

Waylynn f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant (typically feminine) of Waylon.

Wendalyn f English (Rare)
Possibly a feminine form of Wendelin or Wendell.

Wendellyn f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Gwendolen.

Wendelyn f English (American)
Variant of Gwendolyn.

Wendolyn f English, Mexican

Weslyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Wesley and Lyn.

Weslynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Weslyn.

Westlyn f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Combination of 'West' and the popular name suffix -lyn.

Westlynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Westlyn.

Whyn f English (Modern)
Alternative spelling of whin, an evergreen bush.

Willajean f English (American, Rare)
Combination of Willa and Jean 2.

Willman m & f English (American, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Willman.

Willodeen f English
Variant of Willadeene

Wilmadeen f English (American)
The meaning of the name is unknown.

Winn m & f English (American)
Variant of Wynn.

Wonderlyn f English (American)
Diminutive of Wonder

Worden m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Warden and rarely used as a feminine form. A known bearer was the American painter Worden Day (1912-1986).

Wrenn f English
Variant of Wren

Wrennyn f English (American)

Wrenynn f English (American)
Variant of Wrennyn

Wryn f English (American)
Newly created name, probably a variant of Wren given to 5 girls in 2018.

Xan f & m English (Rare)
Short form of Alexandra, Alexander, Xanthe and other names containing xan... [more]

Xen m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Zen. This name was used by American actors Tisha Campbell and Duane Martin for their son born 2001.

Xion f & m Popular Culture, English
Variant of Zion.

Yasmyn f English
Variant of Yasmin.

Yleen f English (Rare)
Potential variant of Eileen.

Zaelyn f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zaelynn.

Zaelynn f English (Modern, Rare)
A recently created name, formed using the popular phonetic elements zay and lyn, possibly modelled on similar names such as Kaylyn, Braelyn and Shaelyn... [more]

Zailyn m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zaelynn.

Zailynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zaelynn.

Zaryn f & m English (American, Rare), Malaysian (Rare)

Zayleen f English (American, Modern, Rare)

Zaylin f & m English (New Zealand)

Zaylynn f & m English (Modern, Rare)
A recently created name, formed using the popular name suffix lyn.

Zen m & f English
This name is derived from either the word that is the Japanese on'yomi/reading of the Chinese word chán (禅), which is derived from the Sanskrit word dhyāna, meaning 'absorption, meditative state' or, in the case of U.S. soccer/football defender Zen Luzniak, a shortened form of Zenon.... [more]

Zeplyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Feminine variant of Zeppelin.

Zepplyn f & m English
Variant of Zeppelin.

Zeren m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Zeren.

Ziyan m & f Muslim, English (Rare)
Variant of Zian.

Zoann f English
A combination of Zoe and Ann, or a variant of Joann.

Zoeann f English
A combination of Zoe and Ann.

Zoelynn f English
Combination of Zoe and Lynn.

Zyon m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Zion.