SnjólaugfOld Norse, Icelandic Derived from the Old Norse elements snjór meaning "snow" (an alternative form of snær) and laug possibly meaning "vowed, promised, bound in oath".
SolborgfNorwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare) From an Old Norse name derived from the elements sól meaning "the sun" (or sölr "sun-coloured, yellow, sallow"; according to NordicNames.de, this name element's original meaning of "house with one room, big room, hall" (compare Salabert) has been displaced by the later interpretation "sun") and björg "protection, help".
SólbráfIcelandic Derived from Old Norse sól "sun" and brá "eyelash" (or "to shine" or "to blink").
SolrunfDanish, Norwegian The first element of this name is derived from either Old Norse sól "sun", Old Norse salr "house, living room" (see also Salabert) or Old Norse sölr "yellow, sallow." The second element of this name is derived from Old Norse rún "secret lore."
Solstrålef & mSwedish (Modern, Rare) Means "ray of sunshine" in Swedish (a combination of Swedish sol "sun" and stråle "ray, beam"). It's also used as an affectionate term for a happy person, often a child.
SolunnfNorwegian (Rare) Combination of Norwegian sol "sun" and unnr "to wave, to billow" or unna "to love".
StenettafNorwegian (Archaic) Elaborated form of Stena by way of adding the then-fashionable name suffix -etta. This name was recorded in the 18th century.
StiegmSwedish (Rare) Variant of Stig. A known bearer was the Swedish writer Stieg Larsson (1954-2004), author of the 'Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' trilogy, born Karl Stig-Erland Larsson.
StígheiðurfIcelandic (Rare) Possibly means "clear path" or "bright path", from Old Norse stígr "path" and heiðr "bright, clear". Alternatively the second element may be derived from Old Norse heiðr "heath".
StígrúnfIcelandic Derived from Old Norse stíga "to wander, to step" (see also Stig) combined with Old Norse rún "secret lore".
StjarneyfIcelandic (Modern, Rare) Combination of Old Norse stjarna "star" and ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").
SturlamOld Norse, Norwegian, Icelandic Old Norse byname meaning "the loon", from sturla "to derange, disturb". Sturla Sigvatsson was a powerful Icelandic chieftain and the nephew of Snorri Sturluson, the author of the Prose Edda.
SumarlemNorwegian From the Old Norse name Sumarliðr (variant of Somarliðr), derived from sumarliði "summer-farer", and possibly originally a nickname for a man who raided during the summer months as opposed to a full-time Viking.
SumarlínafIcelandic (Rare) Possibly an Icelandic feminine form of Sumarliði. Alternatively it may be a combination of the Old Norse elements sumar "summer" and lín "flax; linen; linen garment, linen gear" or hlín "protection; woman (when used in a poetic context)" or the name Lína.
SunnleygfFaroese Combination of the Old Norse name elements sunna "sun" or sunn- "southern, (from the) south" and laug, itself most likely derived from Proto-Germanic *-lauʒ- "to celebrate marriage, to swear a holy oath; to be dedicated, promised (in names)".
SunnváfFaroese Combination of the Old Norse name elements sunna "sun" or sunn- "southern, (from the) south" and veig "power, strength".
SunnvørfFaroese Combination of the Old Norse name elements sunna "sun" or sunn- "southern, (from the) south" and vár "spring (the season); woman (in a poetic context); truth".
SvalfNorwegian (Modern, Rare) From the Norwegian word svale meaning "swallow", which in turn comes from the Old Norse svala of the same meaning (see Svala ). It also coincides with the Scandinavian word sval meaning "cool", "chill"... [more]
SvanbjörtfIcelandic Derived from the Icelandic elements svanr "swan" and bjartr "bright".
SvanborgfIcelandic Icelandic name, derived from Old Norse svanr meaning "swan" combined with Old Norse bjǫrg meaning "help, save, rescue" or possibly Old Norse borg meaning "stronghold, fortification, castle".
SvandísfIcelandic Combination of the Old Norse name elements svanr "(male) swan" and dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" or dis "wise woman, seeress; woman, virgin".
SvaneyfIcelandic (Modern, Rare) Combination of the Old Norse name elements svanr "(male) swan" and ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").
SvanlaugfMedieval Scandinavian, Icelandic, Norwegian (Rare) Derived from the Old Norse elements svanr "(male) swan" and laug possibly meaning "vowed, promised, bound in oath", a derivative of Proto-Germanic *-lauʒ- "to celebrate marriage; to swear a holy oath; to be dedicated; promised (in names)".
SveinþórmIcelandic (Rare) From Old Norse sveinn "young man" combined with the name of the Norse god Þórr (see Thor). In other words, this is a combination of Sveinn and Þór.
SveinulfmNorwegian Norwegian combination of sveinn "boy" and ulfr "wolf"
SvenborgfOld Swedish, Swedish (Rare) Derived from Old Norse sveinn "young man" and bjǫrg "help, save, rescue". A known bearer of this name was Anna Svenborg Billing (1849-1927), a Swedish painter.