This is a list of submitted names in which the language is English.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Satella f EnglishPossibly derived from Latin
satelles "attendant, guard". A known bearer of this name was Satella Sharps (1856-1875), daughter of American gunsmith Christian Sharps (1810-1874). Another known bearer is her daughter (who was named after her mother, because she had died while giving birth to her), American author Satella Sharps Waterstone (1875-1938).
Scholar m EnglishIt means "scholar", referring to a student or to someone intelligent.
Scotland m & f EnglishFrom the name of the country
Scotland, meaning "land of the Scots", from Latin
Scoti meaning "Gaelic speaker".
Scottine f English (Rare)Variant form of
Scottina. A known bearer of this name is the American actress Brett Rossi (b. 1989), who was born as Scottine Ross.
Sea f EnglishEnglish vocabulary and nature name meaning "body of salt water".
Season f English (Rare)Either derived from the English word
season, and thus ultimately from Latin
satio "sowing; planting" (which later came to be understood as "time of planting"), or a transferred use of the surname
Season... [
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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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Sedric m EnglishVariant of
Cedric. Known bearers of this name include the American basketball players Sedric Toney (b. 1962) and Sedric Webber (b. 1977).
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.
Segub m BiblicalSegub, meaning “He has revealed Himself as exalted” or “He has protected.” He was the youngest son of King
Ahab Seldon m EnglishMeans "from the house on the hill" or "from the willow valley".
Selnia f EnglishUsed by Selnia Flameheart in the manga Ladies vs butlers
Semper m English (Rare)Derived from Latin
semper meaning "forever, always". It also coincides with a surname which derives from multiple distinct sources, including the French place name
Saint-Pierre and the medieval Germanic personal name
Sindperht (see
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Sephiroth m English (Modern, Rare), Popular CultureDerived from English
sephiroth, the plural form of
sephirah, itself derived from Hebrew סְפִירָה
(s'fira) meaning "counting, enumeration". In the Kabbalah, the sephiroth are each of the ten attributes that God created, through which he can project himself in the physical and metaphysical universes... [
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Sephy f EnglishDiminutive of
Persephone. The main female character in the novel series 'Noughts and Crosses' has this name.
Serafiel m BiblicalSeraphiel meaning "Prince of the High Angelic Order" is the name of an angel in the apocryphal Book of Enoch. Protector of Metatron, Seraphiel holds the highest rank of the Seraphim with the following directly below him, Jehoel.Seraphiel is described as an enormous, brilliant angel as tall as the seven heavens with a face like the face of angels and a body like the body of eagles... [
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Serah f Hebrew, BiblicalFrom the Hebrew name שָֽׂרַח (
Serach) meaning "abundance". In the Old Testament this is the name of Asher's daughter, Jacob's granddaughter.
Sered m BiblicalSered was a son of
Zebulun according to Genesis 46:14 and Numbers 26:26. He was one of the 70 souls to migrate to Egypt with
Jacob.
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."
Sestina f English (American), Franco-Provençal, SpanishComes from the American surname Sestina. A sestina is “a type of poem that originated in France in the 12th century. The poem is credited to Arnaut Daniel, a Provençal troubadour who lived from 1180-1200... [
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Sethur m BiblicalSethur, the son of
Michael of the house of
Asher, was a scout sent to Canaan prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to Numbers 13:13.
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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Shabbethai m Biblical, JewishShabbethai, 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)... [
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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.
Shadoe m English (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.
Shagee m BiblicalThe name comes from שגה (
shaga), meaning "to err" or "to go astray".... [
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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.
Shallum m BiblicalMeans "retribution" in Hebrew. This name appears several times in the Old Testament.
Shalyn f EnglishThis name either means silence or beautiful woman.