Sharif al-DinmArabic Means "eminent (person) of the faith" from Arabic شریف (sharif) meaning "eminent, virtuous" and دين (dīn) meaning "religion, faith".
SharnokhoimMongolian (Rare) Means "yellow dog" in Mongolian, from шар (shar) meaning "yellow" and нохой (nokhoi) meaning "dog".
SharomKurdish (Modern) This is word used to describe the time when a farmer had harvested all he could and let others come on his land and take what was left of the harvest so that the food wouldn't go to waste.
SharoonmBiblical, Urdu The Urdu/Persian pronounciation of the Old Testament place name meaning "plain" in Hebrew, referring to the fertile plain near the coast of Israel. This is also the name of a type of flowering shrub, the rose of Sharon.
ShashankamSanskrit, Bengali Means "moon" (literally "hare-marked") from Sanskrit शश (śaśá) meaning "hare, rabbit" combined with अङ्क (aṅka) meaning "mark, spot".
ShashidharamHinduism, Kannada Means "bearer of the moon" in Sanskrit, from शशी (shashi) meaning "moon" and धर (dhara) meaning "holding, bearing". This is an epithet of the Hindu god Shiva.
ShatrughnamHinduism Means "destroyer of enemies" in Sanskrit, from शत्रु (shatru) meaning "enemy, foe" and घ्न (ghna) meaning "destroyer, killer". In the Hindu epic the Ramayana he is the twin brother of Lakshmana and the half-brother of the hero Rama.
ShaubhaneyamSanskrit (Modern) MEANING - son of a beautiful mother, son of a handsome mother, relating to anything handsome or brilliant... [more]
Shaughnessyf & mEnglish (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.
ShaunakmHindi, Marathi Represents sage Shaunaka, who was the son of Gritsamada. This sage invented the system of the four levels of human life. He was very renowned to the epic Mahabharata, and very renowned storyteller Ugrasrava Sauti, explains him the entire story of it... [more]
ShaynmanmYiddish This name was occasionally used as the male counterpart of the Yiddish Shayna among Eastern European Jews. It literally means "beautiful man" in Yiddish.
ShaynnemEnglish Variant of Shane. This is the middle name of Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. in S.E. Hinton's coming of age novel, The Outsiders.
ShaynomAssyrian From the Assyrian word for peace, it is occasionally used as a given name among the Assyrian Diaspora
ShebitkumAncient Egyptian From Egyptian šꜣbꜣtꜣkꜣ, of Kushite origin. This was the name of the second pharaoh of the 25th Dynasty of Egypt who was the son of Piye.
SheboyganmAmerican The name was given to the 14th son (no daughters!) of an American family living in Michigan. According to the press the name the name means "She's a boy again" and goes back to a native American legend... [more]
ShedmEgyptian Mythology From Egyptian šd, meaning "one who saves" or "the saviour". Shed was an Ancient Egyptian deity first recorded after the Amarna Period. Representing the concept of salvation, Shed is identified with Horus the Child... [more]
ShedanmGeorgian (Archaic) Of Persian origin, but the meaning is uncertain. Georgian sources state that the name is derived from the Middle Persian noun šēr meaning "lion", of which the modern Persian form is shir (see Shir 2)... [more]
SheevmPopular Culture Meaning unknown. A famous bearer of the name is Emperor Sheev Palpatine (Darth Sidious), one of the main villains of the Star Wars franchise.
SheffieldmEnglish Most likely the place a family member was originally from and then used as a name.
Sheinm & fBurmese Means "intensity, force, momentum" in Burmese.
Sheinnm & fBurmese Alternate transcription of Burmese ရှိန် (see Shein).
Sheizafm & fHebrew (Modern, Rare) First name that also used as a surname, Sheizaf is a type of tree And its scientific name is "Ziziphus spina-christi"
ShekaraumHausa From the Hausa shḕkarà meaning “spend the year”.
ShelemiahmBiblical Means "Yahweh is peace" in Hebrew. This is the name of several minor characters in the Old Testament.
SheleshmBiblical Hebrew, Hebrew (Rare) From the Hebrew root שׁלשׁ (shlsh) meaning "3". Shelesh in the Old Testament is a son of Helem, the 8th son of Jacob, the 2nd son of Zilpah, and the brother of Shemer, who was a great-grandson of Asher... [more]
SheliakmAstronomy Derived from Arabic الشلياق (šiliyāq) meaning "tortoise". This is the name of the second brightest star in the constellation Lyra. A tortoise shell often formed the body of the lyre, an ancient type of harp; and according to some sources, sheliak translates from the Greek as "harp".
Sheltam & fIrish From the name of a private or secret language spoken by Irish Travellers (a group also known as the Pavee). It means "a voice that moves" in Shelta ("moves" in the sense of being emotional, endearing and affectionate) and some modern Celticists think it comes from the Irish Gaelic word siúlta which means "walking" (the "s" is pronounced "sh" and the diphthong is as much like a slurred schwa sound).... [more]
ShempmPopular Culture In the case of the Three Stooges member Shemp Howard (1895-1955) it was a pseudonym that arose from his Litvak (Lithuanian Yiddish) mother's pronunciation of Sam 1, a short form of his real name Samuel.
Shengnianf & mChinese From the Chinese 圣 (shèng) meaning "holy, sacred" and圣念 念 (niàn) meaning "say, idea, think of, recall, study".
Shengyingf & mChinese From the Chinese 圣 (shèng) meaning "holy, sacred, sage" or 胜 (shèng) meaning "victory" and 英 (yīng) meaning "hero, brave" or "petal, leaf, flower" or 盈 (yíng) meaning "filled with, full of, overflowing".
Shengzhenf & mChinese From the Chinese 胜 (shèng) meaning "victory, excel" and 珍 (zhēn) meaning "precious, valuable, rare".
ShennongmChinese Mythology, Far Eastern Mythology From a combination of the characters 神 (shen, meaning “god” or “divine”) and 农 (nong, meaning “farmer”). This was the name of a culture hero in Chinese mythology who taught agriculture and herbology to humanity... [more]
ShenoudamCoptic (Arabized), Arabic (Egyptian) Arabized form of the Sahidic Coptic name Shenoute. This name was borne by three Popes of the Church of Alexandria, the most recent one being Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria (1923-2012).
ShenoutemCoptic (Sahidic) Mostly accepted to mean "son of God" in Coptic, derived from ϣⲉ (še) which can mean "son" and Sahidic ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ (noute) or Bohairic ⲛⲟⲩϯ (nouti) "God".
Shenyenm & fTibetan Means "spiritual companion" in Tibetan.
SheogorathmPopular Culture The name of the god of madness and creativity in the Elder Scrolls series of action role-playing open world fantasy video games.
SherarslonmUzbek Derived from the Uzbek sher and arslon, both words meaning "lion".
SherazimmUzbek Derived from the Uzbek sher meaning "lion" and azim meaning "great, huge".
SherberdimUzbek Derived from Uzbek sher meaning "lion" and berdi meaning "gave".
SherbolamUzbek Derived from the Uzbek sher meaning "lion" and bola meaning "child, baby".
SherboymUzbek Derived from the Uzbek sher meaning "lion" and boy meaning "rich, wealthy".
SherdilmUzbek Derived from the Uzbek sher meaning "lion" and dil meaning "heart, soul".
SherdonomUzbek Derived from the Uzbek sher meaning "lion" and dono meaning "wise".
SheremLiterature, Popular Culture Shere Khan is a fictional tiger in Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book stories (1894). Shere means "tiger" or "lion" in Persian, Urdu, and Punjabi.
ShergilmGeorgian (Rare) Means "catcher of lions", derived from the Persian noun شیر (sher) meaning "lion" (see Sher) combined with Persian گیر (gir), which is the present stem of the verb گرفتن (gereftan) or (giriftan) meaning "to take, to catch"... [more]
SherhadmUzbek Derived from the Uzbek sher meaning "lion" and had meaning "boundary, limit".
SherjahonmUzbek Derived from the Uzbek sher meaning "lion" and jahon meaning "the world".
SherjonmUzbek Derived from the Uzbek sher meaning "lion" and jon meaning "spirit, soul".
SherkomKurdish A Kurdish masculine name, borne by the Kurdish-German writer Sherko Fatah.
SherlanmUzbek Means "to feel heroic", "to be heroic" or "to be filled with might" in Uzbek.
SherlommGeorgian (Archaic) Derived from the Persian noun شیر (sher) meaning "lion" (see Sher) combined with the Georgian noun ლომი (lomi) meaning "lion".... [more]
ShermadinmLiterature, Georgian Meaning uncertain. According to one Russian source, the name is a combination of the Persian noun شیر (sher) meaning "lion" (see Sher) with the Arabic noun مدينة (madina) meaning "town, city"... [more]
ShermakemSomali Means "someone who is really lucky and brings good fortune along with them" in Somali.
ShermardmUzbek Derived from the Uzbek sher meaning "lion" and mard meaning "fearless, brave".
ShermarkemSomali Means "one who brings good fortune" in Somali.
ShermatalimUzbek Derived from the Uzbek sher meaning "lion" and matal meaning "saying, proverb, fairy tale".
ShermazanmGeorgian (Archaic) Means "killer of lions", derived from the Persian noun شیر (sher) meaning "lion" (see Sher) combined with the Middle Persian verb ōzadan meaning "to kill".... [more]
ShermirzamUzbek Derived from the Uzbek sher meaning "lion" and mirza meaning "scribe, clerk, scholar" or "lord".
Shermo'minmUzbek Derived from the Uzbek sher meaning "lion" and mo'min meaning "faithful, pious" or "Muslim".
ShermurodmUzbek Derived from the Uzbek sher meaning "lion" and murod meaning "aim, wish, desire".
ShermymEnglish (Rare) Diminutive of Sherman. This was the name of an earlier character from Charles Schulz's Peanuts before Linus and Franklin came in to the picture.
ShernafasmUzbek Derived from the Uzbek sher meaning "lion" and nafas meaning "breath".
ShernazarmUzbek Derived from the Uzbek sher meaning "lion" and nazar meaning "look, glance".
SherrinfordmEnglish Original name of Sherlock Holmes. Sherringford was originally paired with the last name 'Hope'. It was then changed to Sherrinford Holmes, this was then discarded for Sherlock Holmes. It is now used to refer to the proposed elder brother of Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes.
SherrodmEnglish Variant of Sherrard. Americanized form of French Cherot 'wagoner' (see Shero). This is the name of Ohio senator Sherrod Brown, as well as football figure Sherrod Martin.
ShershodmUzbek Derived from the Uzbek sher meaning "lion" and shod meaning "happy".
ShertemirmUzbek Derived from the Uzbek sher meaning "lion" and temir meaning "iron".
ShertoyloqmUzbek Derived from the Uzbek sher meaning "lion" and toyloq meaning "young foal" or "dear, darling".
SherumIndian, Hindi Derived from Hindi शेर (śer) meaning "lion", ultimately of Persian origin (see Sher). A notable bearer of this name is Saroo Brierley (1981-), an Indian-Australian businessman and author whose birth name was Sheru.
SherudmUzbek Derived from the Uzbek sher meaning "lion" and ud meaning "lute" or "agarwood root".