SayanafJapanese From the Japanese 清 (saya) "clear," "bright," "clean" and 菜 (na) "vegetable," "greens."
SayanafTuvan, Buryat From the name of the Sayan Mountains, of uncertain meaning, possibly of Turkic origin.
SayanafMongolian, Buryat From the name of the Sayan mountain range, possibly from a word in the Sayan dialect meaning "myself". Possibly influenced by Mongolian сая (saya) meaning "million".
SayunafJapanese From Japanese 彩 (sa) meaning "colour", 結 (yu) meaning "tie, fasten, join, organize" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations are possible.
SeachnasachmOld Irish Possibly related to Old Irish sechnaid "to avoid, elude, evade; to take care, to guard against".
SéadnamIrish Séadna, also Séanna, is an Irish Gaelic personal name known mostly due to the popularity of the book Séadna, by Father Peadar Ua Laoghaire (occasionally known in English as Peter O'Leary), which was published in 1904... [more]
SeberinafSpanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines, Rare) Variant of Severina. This name was borne by Seberina Candelaria, a young woman who lived in colonial Philippines in the early 19th century who in 1808, at age 22 years, was arraigned before an ecclesiastical court for 'associating with the devil'.
SedonafEnglish (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... [more]
SeenafEnglish (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.
SelinayfTurkish The name "Selinay" can be broken down into two parts:"Selin" which is derived from "Sel," meaning "stream" or "flood" in Turkish."Ay" means "moon" in Turkish. So, "Selinay" could be interpreted as "Moon of the Stream" or "Moon of the Flood."
SemperbonafAncient Roman, Italian (Archaic) Derived from Latin semper meaning "always" and Latin bona meaning "good, kind, right, pleasant; valid, useful, healthy".
Senam & fJapanese Derived from the Japanese kanji 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current" or 聖 (se) meaning "holy, sacred" or 星 (se) meaning "star, celestial body, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions in the Chinese system of constellations" combined with 名 (na) meaning "name, reputation" or 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree, what, Nara (city)" or 那 (na) meaning "what, which"... [more]
SenaitfArabic ‘One who brings good luck’, commonly found in Eritrea and Ethiopia (East African origin)
SenakofJapanese From Japanese 世 (se) meaning "world" or 聖 (se) meaning "holy, sacred", 和 (na) meaning "peace, harmony, Japan", 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree" or 那 (na) meaning "what" combined with 心 (ko) meaning "heart, mind, soul" or 子 (ko) meaning "child"... [more]
Senangm & fIndonesian, Malay Means "happy, content, loved" in Indonesian or "easy" in Malay.
SenarafCornish From the name of the patron saint of Zennor, a village in Cornwall, which is of obscure origin. Conceivably it may be derived from the Breton name Azenor or the old Celtic Senovara... [more]
SenarafSinhalese Frequently used in Sri Lanka as a female given name, a cursory search of social media confirms this fact. Turning to Sanskrit, it looks like the “Sena” part of the name could mean either: "army, missile or dart" with “nara” meaning “human, man”... [more]
SennafJapanese From Japanese 茜 (sen) meaning "madder, deep red, dye from the rubia plant", 仙 (sen) meaning "immortal, transcendent, celestial being, fairy", or 扇 (sen) meaning "fan, folding fan" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" or 奈 (na) meaning "Nara, what?, apple tree"... [more]
SennafChinese From the Chinese 森 (sēn) meaning "forest" and 娜 (nà) meaning "elegant, graceful".
SenunafCeltic Mythology A Celtic goddess worshipped in Roman Britain. Her name is possibly related to the Proto-Celtic 'seno' meaning "old". Some academics have associated the name to the ancient river Senua that was once located in southern Britain, which may have also been known as Alde, from the Anglo-Saxon 'ald' meaning old... [more]
Seol-naefKorean From Sino-Korean 雪 (seol) meaning "snow" combined with 乃 (nae) meaning "inside; mine". This name can be formed using other hanja combinations as well.
Seon-afKorean From Sino-Korean 宣 "declare, announce, proclaim" and 兒 "child". A famous bearer is South Korean actress Kim Sun-a (1975-).
SeonangsinfKorean Mythology The name of the Korean goddess of villages, boundaries and war. Her name is derived from the hanja 城 (seong) meaning "city wall, fort, defensive wall", 隍 (hwang) meaning "dry moat" or "god of a city" and 神 (sin) meaning "god".
SequanafOld Celtic (Latinized), Celtic Mythology Latinized form of the Gaulish (Celtic) name Sicauna, which is argued to mean "sacred river" or "the fast flowing one". This was the name of the Gallo-Roman goddess of the River Seine.
SerenafJapanese From Japanese 芹 (se) meaning "water dropwort (Oenanthe javanica)", 怜 (re) meaning "actor", and 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations are possible as well.
SerinafJapanese From Japanese 芹 (seri) meaning "water dropwort, Oenanthe javanica" combined with 奈 (na) meaning "what?, Nara, apple tree". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [more]
SerinafAlbanian Derived from Albanian serinë, denoting a type of juicy dark grape with large fruit.
SerinnafLate Roman (Rare), English (Rare), Italian (Rare) A rare name for girls is of Latin derivation, and the name Serinna means "serene, calm." Serinna is an alternate Serena (Latin) spelling used by Roman Christians.... [more]
ServianafLate Roman Feminine form of Servianus. A bearer of this name was Julia Serviana Paulina, the daughter of Roman politician Lucius Julius Ursus Servianus and his wife Aelia Domitia Paulina.
SestinafEnglish (American), Franco-Provençal, Spanish Comes 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... [more]
SethinafWestern African Meaning as of yet unknown. This name is predominantly used in Ghana.
SetnamLiterature, Egyptian Mythology Used as a name for Khaemweset in Greco-Roman stories of ancient Egypt. Setna is a distortion of his title as setem-priest of Ptah; modern scholars call this character Prince Setna Khamwas.
Setsunaf & mJapanese (Modern), Popular Culture From Japanese 刹那 (setsuna) meaning "a moment, an instant". It can also be given as a combination of 刹 (setsu) meaning "temple" or 雪 (setsu) meaning "snow" combined with Japanese 那 (na) a phonetic kanji or 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens"... [more]
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).
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.
ShanakdakhetefMeroitic Meaning uncertain. Name borne by a Nubian queen of Kush, who ruled from 170 to 150 BCE. She is the earliest known female ruler of Kush, and is said to have ruled without a king.
ShanakdakhetofHistory Etymology unknown. This was the name of a queen regnant of the Kingdom of Kush.
ShannaryfKhmer Means "one like a full moon in the sky".
ShaohannahfAmerican, English Supposedly a combination of the (mispelled) Chinese word xiao (笑), meaning "smile" or "laugh" and the Hebrew Hannah, meaning "grace". This is the name of Steven Curtis Chapman's daughter... [more]
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.
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]