SforzamMedieval Italian Derived from Italian sforzare "to force, strain". The dynastic name of the dukes of Milan in the 15th and 16th centuries, the family name was occasionally used as a given name in Italy.
SforzomMedieval Italian variante de Sforza, que significa força, esforço. originalmente, o fundador da dinastia, Muzio, também era mencionado com Sforzo, assim como sua filha, a princesa consorte Bianca Maria Sforzo Di Milano.
SǽgæirrmOld Norse Derived from Old Norse sær "sea" and geirr "spear".
SganarellemTheatre Possibly from Italian sgannare "to disillusion" or derived from Italian Zannarello, a diminutive of Zanni. Molière used characters named Sganarelle in multiple plays, including his one-act comedy 'Sganarelle, or The Imaginary Cuckold' (1660).
ShabakamAncient Egyptian, Ancient Near Eastern From Egyptian šꜢbꜢkꜢ, of Kushite origin. This was the name of a Kushite pharaoh of the 25th Dynasty of Egypt (c.721 BCE - c.707 BCE). The Kingdom of Kush was an ancient African kingdom in what is now the Republic of Sudan.
ShabashmMahican Name of leader of the Shekomeko village in the 18th century.
ShabbataimHebrew, Jewish Derived from Hebrew shabbat, which is the name of the Hebrew day of rest. Shabbat (sabbath in English) means "rest" or "cessation", having ultimately been derived from the Hebrew verb shavat "to repose, to rest, to cease"... [more]
ShabbethaimBiblical, Jewish Shabbethai, a Levite who helped Ezra in the matter of the foreign marriages (Ezra 10:15), probably the one present at Ezra's reading of the law (Nehemiah 8:7), and possibly the Levite chief and overseer (Nehemiah 11:16)... [more]
ShabbirmUrdu, Bengali Alternate transcription of Urdu شبیر (see Shabir) as well the Bengali form.
ShaddixmAmerican Transferred from the surname Shaddix, which is an altered form of Chadwick. Notable bearer of the surname is Jacoby Shaddix, lead singer of the band Papa Roach.
Shadem & fEnglish From 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.
ShadimanmGeorgian Georgian form of the Persian name Šādmān (also Shādmān), of which the first element is derived from Middle Persian šād (also shād) meaning "happy, joyful" or from Middle Persian šādīh (also shādīh) meaning "happiness, joy"... [more]
Shadmanf & mMuslim Means “happy”, “joyous”, or "jubilant".
ShadoemEnglish (American, Rare) Variant of Shadow. It was brought to limited public attention in 1988 by Shadoe Stevens (real name Terry Ingstad), who hosted the radio program American Top 40 from 1988 to 1995.
ShadoomEdisto, Indigenous American Shadoo is a surviving personal name in the Edisto language of South Carolina. This was the name of a captain or chief of the Edisto Nation encountered by Robert Sandford in 1666. The name is alternatively written in historical documents as Sheedou.... [more]
ShafiemMalay From Arabic شافعي (Shāfiʿī), the name of one of the four schools of thought (madhhab) in Sunni Islam, which was named in honour of its founder, Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i.
ShaharnasibmUzbek Derived from the Uzbek shahar meaning "city, large town" and nasib meaning "assigned, rewarded".
ShahbandehmHistory Means "slave of the shah", from Persian شاه (shāh) meaning "king, ruler" and بنده (bande) meaning "servant, slave". Shahbandeh Khan was a 17th-century Iranian military commander.
ShahbazmUrdu Means "king's falcon" or "royal falcon" from Persian شاه (shah) meaning "king" and باز (baz) meaning "hawk, falcon".
ShahbulatmDagestani Combination of shah, the title given to a former monarch of Iran and Bulat.
ShahdadmPersian Means as son of Shah/Shahriar; Name of a place in Kerman/Iran which the most ancient flag of Iran found over there (4500 B.C) - Now this flag is in national muesum of Iran
ShahdammUzbek Derived from the Uzbek shahd meaning "honey".
ShahrbarazmMiddle Persian, History A Middle Persian title meaning "the Boar of the Empire", from Middle Persian shahr "country" and warāz "boar", referencing the Zoroastrian deity IzadVahram... [more]
ShahrommMalay, Tajik, Uzbek (Rare) Malay, Tajik, and Uzbek form of Shahram. A notable bearer of this name is the Malaysian soccer player Shahrom Kalam (b. 1985).
Shaim & fEgyptian Mythology Means "(that which is) ordained". In the Ancient Egyptian mythology Shai was the deification of the concept of fate and determinate the span of men's lives as such would sometimes be considered female (in which case he would sometimes be called Shait).
Shai-Elm & fHebrew (Modern, Rare), Hebrew Hebrew combination of Shai - "gift" and El - "God". When combined, it takes up the meaning of "Gift of God" or "Gift from God". Alternate spelling of Shaiel... [more]
ShailenmHindi A Hindi name meaning 'king of mountains'. One notable bearer is Shailen Bhatt, the administrator of the American Federal Highway Administration.
ShaileshmHindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali Modern Hindi transcription of Sanskrit शैलेश (Shailesha) meaning "lord of the mountains", derived from शैल (shaila) meaning "mountain" and ईश (isha) meaning "lord, ruler".
ShaivontemAfrican American (Modern, Rare) Variant of Shavonte. Shaivonte Aician Gilgeous-Alexander, also known as SGA, is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Shaivyam & fHindi King of kings/ worshipper of Lord Shiva (Hindu god).
ShakmIndian Shak means "to see". It was most popular in the year 1996.
Shakamurim & fTelugu Transferred use of the surname Shakamuri; of people belonging to kamma caste of category-1 (chowdary's).
Shakarm & fArmenian From the Armenian word շաքար (šakʿar) meaning "sugar". In use since the 13th century.
Shakarxo'jamUzbek Derived from shakar meaning "sweet, sugar" and xo'ja meaning "master".
ShakeebmArabic This name is originaly Persian means : patience or tolerance,it used in Syria,Lebanon,Iraq. it can be used for females but with adding A,H in the end "Shakeebah" . Shakeeb Arsalan was very famous Arab writer ,this name has been getting old fashioned.The reference of the meaning of this name is The Arabic Persian Dictionary page number 376 ,it is translated in English "The Golden Dictionary" by Muhammad Al-Tunji
ShakopeemSioux Means "little six" in Dakota, from šákpe meaning "six". According to tribal histories, the first chief of this name was the sixth child of a set of sextuplets.
ShakromGeorgian (Rare) Diminutive of Zakaria (compare Zakro). However, it can also be an independent name in its own right, in which case it is derived from the Georgian noun შაქარი (shakari) meaning "sugar", which is ultimately of Persian origin.
Shalamarf & mEnglish (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.
ShalemYiddish From the Hebrew name ùÑÈàåÌì (Sha'ul) which meant "asked for" or "prayed for". This was the name of the first king of Israel who ruled just before King David, as told in the Old Testament.
ShambhumIndian, Hindi, Bengali Derived from Sanskrit शम्भु (shambhu) meaning "causing happiness, benevolent, beneficent". This is an epithet of the Hindu gods Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu.
ShamkhanmChechen Either from Arabic شمس (shams) meaning "sun" or شمال (shamal) meaning "north" combined with the Turkic title khan meaning "leader, ruler".
ShammuamBiblical Shammua, the son of Zaccur of the house of Reuben, was a scout sent to Canaan prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to Numbers 13:4.
ShamolboymUzbek Derived from the Uzbek shamol meaning "wind" and boy meaning "rich, wealthy".
Shamsif & mArabic, Persian, Azerbaijani Means "solar" in Arabic, from شَمْس (šams) meaning "sun", also used as an alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Şəmsi. It is a solely feminine name in Iran and solely masculine in Azerbaijan.
ShamsinahormUzbek Derived from the Uzbek shams meaning "the sun" and nahor meaning "daytime".
ShamsinazarmUzbek Derived from the Uzbek shams meaning "the sun" and nazar meaning "look, glance".
ShamsiqoramUzbek Derived from the Uzbek shams meaning "the sun" and qora meaning "black, dark".
Shanachief & mScottish Gaelic, Irish Irish word for "a skilled teller of tales or legends, especially Gaelic ones." From the Scots Gaelic word seanachaidh, from Old Irish senchaid, variant of senchae, meaning historian, derived from sen, meaning old.
Shanagam & fMongolian Means "ladle, dipper, bucket" in Mongolian.
ShangdimChinese Mythology Shangdi (Chinese: 上帝; pinyin: Shàngdì; Wade–Giles: Shang Ti), also written simply, "Emperor" (Chinese: 帝; pinyin: Dì), is the Chinese term for "Supreme Deity" or "Highest Deity" in the theology of the classical texts, especially deriving from Shang theology and finding an equivalent in the later Tian ("Heaven" or "Great Whole") of Zhou theology.