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36 names

Names starting
with S.

23 girls · 9 boys

S is a sibilant consonant that softens or hisses depending on what follows. Our database lists 36 given names that begin with it — 23 for girls and 9 for boys.

At the top of each list, Sarah (#91 in 2023) leads the girls while Steven (#251) leads the boys.

The most-used S names on this page draw from Hebrew, English, Greek traditions, which is roughly the cultural footprint you'd expect from U.S. naming patterns.

S skews feminine in our data: there are about 2.6× more girl names starting with S than boy names.

Girl names

Starting with S.

Princess, noblewoman

A 17th-century American coinage, most likely a feminine elaboration of Samuel (Hebrew "God has heard") with an Aramaic-style -tha suffix

Variant spelling of Sarah, from Hebrew Sarah meaning 'princess' or 'noblewoman'

Anglicized form of Irish Síle, the Irish form of Cecilia — from Latin caecus ('blind')

Likely from the fortified wine Sherry (named for the Spanish town of Jerez) or as a respelling of French chérie meaning 'darling'

French form of Susanna, from Hebrew Shoshannah meaning 'lily' or 'rose'

Treeless plain; grassland

Girl ·Ancient Greek

A diminutive of Anastasia (Greek anastasis, 'resurrection') or of Eustacia (Greek eustathēs, 'steadfast')

Girl ·Old Norse

From an Old Norse-Old English place name combining selja ('willow') with by ('settlement'); 'willow settlement'

Girl ·Ancient Greek

A spelling variant of Stacy, itself a diminutive of Anastasia (Greek 'resurrection') or Eustacia

A short form of Susan or Susanna, from Hebrew Shoshannah meaning 'lily' or 'rose'

Originally a pet form of Sarah ("princess" in Hebrew), used independently in 19th-century America

From the Latinized Celtic name Sabrina, the Roman name for the River Severn in England

Girl ·Ancient Greek

French form of Sophia, from Greek sophia meaning 'wisdom'

From Σελήνη (Selēnē), the Greek goddess of the moon

Salma سَلْمَى

"Safe and sound, peaceful

Sana سَنَاء

"Brilliance, splendor, glory

Safia صَفِيَّة

"Pure, chosen, best friend

Soumaya سُمَيَّة

Affectionate diminutive meaning "little elevated one, little noble one

Boy names

Starting with S.

An English spelling variant of Stephen, from Στέφανος (Stephanos), "crown, wreath

Heard by God; name of God

From the surname referring to a Scot — a Gaelic-speaking inhabitant of Scotland

Anglicized spelling of Irish Seán, itself the Irish form of John (Hebrew Yochanan, 'God is gracious')

Venerable; from Sebaste, a town in Asia Minor

Anglicized form of Irish Seán, the Irish form of John (Hebrew Yochanan, 'God is gracious')

From Hebrew Shet meaning 'appointed' or 'placed'

A short form of Samuel (Hebrew Shemu'el, 'heard by God' or 'name of God') or Samson (Hebrew Shimshon, 'sun')

Samir سَمِير

"Evening companion, one with whom you talk through the night