Boys' Names: S


Name (Pronunciation)	Origin	Meaning
Sabas (also Sava)	Greek	Old man
Sabinus (also Sabino, Savino)	Latin	From Sabine
Sabre (also Saber)	French	Sword
Sabtah (also Sabta)	Hebrew	Unknown
Sabteca	Hebrew	Unknown
Saburo	Japanese	Third son
Sacar	Hebrew	Unknown
Sacha	French	see Sasha
Sachairi (also Saku)	Scottish (from Zechariah)	God remembers
Sacheverell (also Sachie)	Old French	Roebuck's leap
Sa'd	Arabic	Good luck
Sadiki	Unknown	Believe
Sadler	English	Saddle maker
Safford	English	Willow river crossing
Sage	English	Herb
Sahale	Native American	Above
Sahen	Hindu	Falcon
Sahir	Hindu	Friend
Sa'id	Arabic	Happy
Sailor	English	Sailor
Sakhr	Arabic	Solid rock
Sakia	Hebrew	Unknown
Saku	Unknown	see Sachairi
Sal		see Salvador
Salah (also Saleh)	Arabic	Righteous
Salal	English	Plant
Salaman/Salamon	Hungarian	see Solomon
Saleem	Indian	see Salim
Saleh		see Salah
Salih	Arabic	Virtuous
Salim (also Saleem, Selim)	Arabic	Safe
Salisbury	Anglo Saxon	Dry town
Sallu	Hebrew	Unknown
Salma	Hebrew	Unknown
Salman/Salman/Saloman		see Solomon
Salomon	Finnish	see Solomon
Salton	English	Willow town
Salu	Hebrew	Unknown
Salvador (also Sal, Salvatore)	Latin	Saviour
Salvalus (also Savalus)	Latin	Safe
Salvatore		see Salvador
Sam		see Samson or Samuel
Sameer		see Samir
Samia	Arabic	The sublime or praised one
Samien	Arabic	To be heard
Samir (also Sameer)	Arabic	Companion in evening talk
Samlah	Hebrew	Unknown
Sammie		see Samson or Samuel
Sammon	Arabic	Grocer
Sammy		see Samson or Samuel
Samoyla	Russian	see Samuel
Samson (also Sam, Sammie, Sammy, Sampson, Sansone, Shimshon)	Hebrew	Sun
Samuel (also Sam, Sammie, Sammy, Samoyla, Samuele, Samuil, Samuli, Sawyl, Shemuel, Shmuel)	Hebrew	Heard by God
San	Chinese	Three
Sanat	Hindu	Ancient
Sanborn	Old English	Residence name
Sancho	Spanish	see Santo
Sandalius (also Sandalio)	Latin	True wolf
Sanders		see Sandor
Sandford		see Sanford
Sandon	English	From the sandy hill
Sandor (also Sanders, Sandro, Sandy, Sawney)	Hungarian (from Alexander)	Protector of mankind
Sanford (also Sandford)	Old English	Sand ford
Sanjay	Sanskrit	Triumphant
Sanjeet	Sanskrit	Invincible
Sanjiv	Sanskrit	Reviving
Sankar		see Shankara
Sans		see Santo
Sansone	Italian	see Samson
Santana	Spanish	Combination of Santa and Ana
Santiago	Spanish	Saint James
Santo (also Sancho, Sans, Santa, Santos)	Italian	Saintly
Santosh	Hindu	Satisfied
Saoirbhreathach (sare-vra-huch)	Gaelic	Noble of judgement
Saph	Unknown	Unknown
Saraid	Unknown	Excellent
Saraph	Hebrew	Unknown
Sargent	Old French	Occupation name
Sargon	Unknown	Unknown
Sarki	Unknown	Chief
Sarngin	Hindu	The god Vishnu
Sarojin	Hindu	Lotus-like
Sarosh	Persian	Prayer
Sarren		see Sean
Sasami	Unknown	Unknown
Sasha (also Sacha, Sascha, Sashenka)	Russian (from Alexander)	Protector of mankind
Sashi		see Shashi
Saskia	Germanic	Knife
Sasson	Hebrew	Joyful
Satchel	English	Bag
Satish	Sanskrit	Lord of Sati
Saturn (also Satori, Saturnino, Saturninus)	Latin	Unknown
Saul	Hebrew	Longed for
Saunders	Greek	Son of Alexander
Sava	Russian	see Sabas
Savalus		see Salvalus
Savas	Turkish	War
Saveli	Russian	A Sabine
Saverio	Italian (from Xavier)	The new house
Savino	Italian	see Sabinus
Savon	Native American	Large grassy plain
Sawney	Scottish	see Sandor
Sawyer (also Sayer)	Old English	Wood cutter
Sawyl	Welsh	see Sameul
Saxon (also Saxen, Saxton)	Germanic	Knife
Sayaan	Unknown	Unknown
Sayer	Welsh	see Sawyer
Sayward	Unknown	Unknown
Sayyid	Arabic	Master
Scannal (skon-al) (also Scandal)	Gaelic	Contention
Scevola	Italian	Left handed
Schafer	Germanic	Shepherd
Scoithin (sku-heen)	Gaelic	Blossom
Scolaidhe (also Scully)	Gaelic	Descendant of the scholar
Scolaighe	Gaelic	Descendant of the town crier
Scott (also Scot, Scottie, Scotty)	Old English Scottish	Scotsman Tattoo
Scout	Unknown	Observer
Scully	Gaelic	see Scolaidhe
Seachnall	Gaelic	see Secundius
Seadna (shay-na)	Gaelic	Traveller
Seafraid (sha-fraid)	Gaelic (from Godfrey)	God's peace
Seaghdh (also Seaghdha)	Scottish	Admirable
Seamas (shay-mus) (also Seamus, Seimi, Seumas, Shamus)	Gaelic (from James)	Deceiver
Seamour		see Seymour
Sean (shawn) (also Sarren, Shae, Shane, Shaun, Shawn, Sion)	Gaelic (from John)	God is gracious
Seanan (senan) (also Senan, Sinan, Sinon, Synan, Synon)	Gaelic	Wise
Searlas (shear-lus) (also Searlus, Seoirse, Seoras, Siarl,Siors)	Gaelic (from Charles)	Manly
Searle	English	Armour
Searlus		see Searlas
Season	Unknown	Sowing
Seathrun (shah-rune)	Gaelic	see Siothrun
Seba	Hebrew	Unknown
Sebastian (also Sebasten, Sebastiano, Sebastien, Sebestyen, Seppo, Sevastian)	Latin	From Sebastia
Secundus (also Seachnall, Sechnall, Secundinus)	Latin	Second
Sedric	Gaelic (from Cedric)	Lord of wars
Seeley	English	Blessed
Sef	Egyptian	Yesterday
Sefton	Old English	Town in the rushes
Sefu	African	Sword
Seghen	Unknown	Ostrich
Segub	Hebrew	Unknown
Seibert	English	Bright sea
Seif	Arabic	Sword of religion
Seiko	Unknown	Truth
Seimi (shay-mee)	Gaelic	see Seamas
Sein	Basque	Innocent
Seir	Hebrew	Unknown
Sekar (also Shekhar)	Sanskrit	Crest
Sekel	Yiddish (from Isaac)	He laughs
Selas	Unknown	Trinity
Selby (also Shelby)	Old English	Willow farm
Seled	Hebrew	Unknown
Selig	Yiddish	Blessed
Selim	Turkish	see Salim
Selwyn	Old English	Friend of the manor
Semakiah	Hebrew	Unknown
Semir	Arabic Greek	To talk in the evening Farmer
Sem'on		see Simeon
Semyon	Russian	see Simeon
Sen	Japanese	Wood fairy
Senan	Gaelic	see Seanan
Sener	Turkish	Bringer of joy
Sender	Yiddish (from Alexander)	Protector of mankind
Seneca	Latin Native American	Old Place of stones
Senior	French	Lord
Senon	Spanish	Given life by Zeus
Seoc	Scottish (from Jack)	God is gracious
Seoirse (shor-sha) /Seoras	Gaelic	see Searlas
Seorim	Hebrew	Unknown
Seosamh (sho-saf) (also Sepp, Seppel)	Gaelic (from Joseph)	May he add
Seppo	Finnish	see Sebastian
September	Latin	Seventh month
Septimus	Latin	Seventh
Serafino	Italian	Fiery ones
Seraiah	Hebrew	Unknown
Sered	Hebrew	Unknown
Sergius (also Serge, Sergei, Sergio)	Latin	Servant
Serle	Teutonic	Armed
Serug	Hebrew	Unknown
Servius	Latin	To preserve
Sesto	Italian	see Sextus
Seth (also Sethan)	Hebrew	Granted
Sethur	Hebrew	Unknown
Seumas	Scottish	see Seamas
Sevastian	Russian	see Sebastian
Seve		see Severo
Seven (also Seveyn)	English	Seven
Severo (also Seve, Severiano, Severin, Severino, Soren)	Latin	Stern
Seveyn		see Seven
Sevilin	Turkish	Beloved
Sevinc	Unknown	Delight
Seward	Old English	Victory guard
Sextus (also Sesto)	Latin	Sixth
Seymour (also Seamour)	Norman	Saint Maurus
Shaaph	Hebrew	Unknown
Shachar (also Shahar)	Hebrew	Dawn
Shadi	Arabic	Singer
Shadrach	Babylonian	Command of Aku
Shadwell	English	Shed by a well
Shae		see Sean
Shafiq	Arabic	Compassionate
Shagee	Hebrew	Unknown
Shahar		see Shachar
Shaharaim	Hebrew	Unknown
Shahjahan	Persian	King of the world
Shahpur	Persian	Son of the king
Shahzad	Persian	Prince
Shai	Aramaic	Gift
Shaiming	Chinese	Sunshine
Shakir (also Shakur)	Arabic	Grateful
Shalamar (also Shalimar)	Unknown	Unknown
Shallum	Hebrew	Unknown
Shalom	Hebrew	Peace
Shalya	Hindu	Throne
Shama	Hebrew	Unknown
Shaman (also Shamon)	Sanskrit	Holy man
Shamgar	Hebrew	Unknown
Shamhuth	Hebrew	Unknown
Shamir	Hebrew	Previous stone
Shammah (also Shamma, Shammua)	Hebrew	Unknown
Shammai	Hebrew	Unknown
Shammoth	Hebrew	Unknown
Shamon		see Shaman
Shamsherai	Hebrew	Unknown
Shamus		see Seamas
Shanahan	Gaelic	Clever
Shandar	Sanskrit	Proud
Shane		see Sean
Shankara (also Sankar, Shankar)	Sanskrit	Making auspicious
Shanley	Celtic	Child of the old hero
Shanmah	Hebrew	Unknown
Shapham	Hebrew	Unknown
Shaphan	Hebrew	Unknown
Shaphat	Hebrew	Unknown
Shaquille	Arabic	Handsome
Sharar	Hebrew	Unknown
Sharif (also Shareef)	Arabic	Eminent, virtuous
Sharma	Sanskrit	Protection
Shashak	Hebrew	Unknown
Shashgaz	Unknown	Unknown
Shashi (also Sashi)	Sanskrit	Having a hare
Shattuck	English	Little shad fish
Shaul	Hebrew	Unknown
Shaun		see Sean
Shaver	Hebrew	Comet
Shaw	Old English	Forest
Shawn		see Sean
Shea (also Shay)	Gaelic	Hawk-like
Shealtiel	Hebrew	Unknown
Sheard	Old English	Gap between hills
Sheariah	Hebrew	Unknown
Shear-Jashub	Hebrew	A remnant will return
Sheary	Gaelic	see Siothrun
Sheba	Hebrew	Unknown
Sheber	Hebrew	Unknown
Shebna	Hebrew	Unknown
Shecaniah	Hebrew	Unknown
Shechem	Hebrew	Unknown
Shedeur	Hebrew	Unknown
Sheedy	Gaelic	see Sioda
Sheehan	Gaelic	Little, peaceful
Sheffield	English	Crooked field
Shehariah	Hebrew	Unknown
Shehrevar	Persian	Desirable power
Shekhar		see Seakr
Shel		see Sheldon
Shelah	Hebrew	Unknown
Shelby		see Selby
Sheldon (also Shel)	Old English	Valley with steep sides
Shelemiah	Hebrew	Unknown
Sheleph	Hebrew	Unknown
Shelesh	Hebrew	Unknown
Shell	English	Form of Coral
Shelomi	Hebrew	Unknown
Shelomith	Hebrew	Unknown
Shelomoth	Hebrew	Unknown
Shelton	English	Town on a ledge
Shelumiel	Hebrew	Unknown
Shem	Hebrew	Unknown
Shema	Hebrew	Unknown
Shemaah	Hebrew	Unknown
Shemaiah	Hebrew	Unknown
Shemamah	Hebrew	Desolate
Shemariah	Hebrew	Unknown
Shemeber	Hebrew	Unknown
Shemed	Hebrew	Unknown
Shemer	Hebrew	Unknown
Shemida	Hebrew	Unknown
Shemiramoth	Hebrew	Unknown
Shemuel	Hebrew	see Samuel
Shen	Chinese	Spiritual
Shephatiah	Hebrew	Unknown
Shepho	Hebrew	Unknown
Shephupham/Shephuphan	Hebrew	see Shupham
Sher	Persian	Lion
Sherard	Anglo Saxon	Of splendid valour
Sherebiah	Hebrew	Unknown
Sheresh	Hebrew	Unknown
Sheridan/Sheridon	Gaelic	see Siridean
Sherlock	Middle English	Shear lock
Sherman	Old English	Shear man
Shermel	Unknown	Intelligent and beautiful
Sherrod	English	Clearer of land
Sherwin	Anglo Saxon	Eminent in friendship
Sherwood	Old English	From the bright forest
Sheshai	Unknown	Unknown
Sheshan	Hebrew	Unknown
Sheshbazzar	Hebrew	Unknown
Shethar	Hebrew	Unknown
Shethar-bozenai	Hebrew	Unknown
Sheva	Hebrew	Unknown
Shilhi	Hebrew	Unknown
Shillem	Hebrew	Unknown
Shiloh	Hebrew	He who is to be sent
Shilshah	Hebrew	Unknown
Shimea (also Shimeah)	Hebrew	Unknown
Shimeath	Hebrew	Unknown
Shimei	Hebrew	Unknown
Shimeir	Hebrew	Unknown
Shimmel	Yiddish	see Simeon
Shimon	Hebrew	see Simeon
Shimrath	Hebrew	Unknown
Shimri	Hebrew	Unknown
Shimron	Hebrew	Unknown
Shimshai	Hebrew	Unknown
Shimshon	Hebrew	see Samson
Shin	Korean	Faith
Shinab	Hebrew	Unknown
Shinei	Hebrew	Unknown
Shing	Chinese	Victory
Shiphi	Hebrew	Unknown
Shiphtan	Hebrew	Unknown
Shirley	Old English	Bright clearing
Shiro	Japanese	Fourth son
Shisha	Hebrew	Unknown
Shishak	Unknown	Unknown
Shitrai	Hebrew	Unknown
Shiva (also Sib)	Sanskrit	Benign
Shiza	Hebrew	Unknown
Shlomo	Hebrew	see Solomon
Shmuel	Hebrew	see Samuel
Shneek	Unknown	Unknown
Sho	Japanese	Thriving
Shobab	Hebrew	Unknown
Shobach	Unknown	Unknown
Shobal	Hebrew	Unknown
Shobi	Hebrew	Unknown
Shoham	Hebrew	Unknown
Sholto		see Sioltach
Shomer	Hebrew	Unknown
Shripati	Sanskrit	Husband of Sri
Shuah (also Shua)	Hebrew	Unknown
Shual	Hebrew	Unknown
Shubael	Hebrew	Unknown
Shug	Scottish (from Hugh)	Mind
Shuhan	Hebrew	Unknown
Shui	Chinese	Water
Shukri	Arabic	Thanking
Shuni	Hebrew	Unknown
Shunnar	Arabic	Pleasant
Shupham (also Shephupham, Shephuphan)	Hebrew	Unknown
Shuppim	Hebrew	Unknown
Shuthelah	Hebrew	Unknown
Shyam	Sanskrit	Dark
Si	Chinese	Four
Siadhal (sheel)	Gaelic	Sloth
Siarl	Welsh	see Searlas
Sib	Northern Indian	see Shiva
Sibbecai	Hebrew	Unknown
Sid		see Sidney
Siddhartha (also Sidartha, Siddharta)	Sanskrit	Accomplished goal
Sidney (also Sid, Syd, Sydney)	Old English	Wide island
Sidon	Hebrew	Unknown
Sidonius	Latin	Of Siodon
Sieffre	Welsh	see Siothrun
Siegbert	Germanic	Bright victory
Siegfried (also Sigi)	Germanic	Peaceful victory
Sieghard	Germanic	Brave victory
Siegmund	Germanic	see Sigmund
Siemen	Dutch	see Simeon
Sigeberht	Germanic	Bright victory
Sigi		see Siegfried
Sigiswald	Germanic	Victorious ruler
Sigmund (also Siegmund, Sigismund)	Germanic	Victorious protector
Sigurd (also Sjurd)	Old Norse	Victorious guardian
Sihon	Hebrew	Unknown
Sika	Unknown	Money
Silvanus (also Silas, Silvan, Silvano, Sylvain)	Latin	Forest dweller
Silver	English	Silver
Silvester (also Silvestre, Silvestro, Sly, Sylvester, Sylvestre, Sylwester)	Latin	Of the forest
Silvius (also Silvio)	Latin	Forest
Sim		see Simeon
Simba	African	Lion
Simeon (also Sem'on, Semyon, Shimmel, Shimon,Siemen, Sim, Simo, Simon, Siomon, Szymon)	Hebrew	One who hears
Simms	Hebrew	Son of Simon
Simo/Simon		see Simeon
Sinclair (also Synclair)	French	Saint Clair
Sinan/Sinon	Gaelic	see Seanan
Sioda (also Sheedy)	Gaelic	Silk
Sioltach (also Sholto)	Gaelic	Sower
Siomon (she-mone)	Gaelic	see Simeon
Sion	Welsh	see Sean
Siors	Welsh	see Searlas
Siothrun (shuh-rune) (also Seathrun, Sheary, Sieffre)	Gaelic (from Geoffrey)	God's peace
Siridean (also Sheridan, Sheridon)	Gaelic	Eternal treasure
Sirius	Unknown	Royal dog
Sisera	Unknown	Unknown
Sismai	Hebrew	Unknown
Sithri	Hebrew	Unknown
Sivan	Hebrew	The ninth month
Sivney	Unknown	Wellgoing
Sjurd	Norwegian	see Sigurd
Skipper (also Skip)	Scandinavian	Shipmaster
Skule	Scandinavian	Hidden
Sky (also Skye)	English	Sky
Skylar (also Skyler)	Dutch	Scholar
Slade	English	Child of the valley
Slater	English	Roof slater
Slawomir	Polish	Great glory
Slevin	Celtic	Mountaineer
Sloane (also Sloan, Slone)	Celtic	Warrior
Sly		see Silvester
Smedley	Unknown	Flat meadow
Smith	English	Blacksmith
Sobieslaw	Polish	Usurped glory
Soco	Hebrew	Unknown
Socrates	Greek	Whole power
Sodi	Hebrew	Unknown
Sofronio	Italian	see Sopronio
Sohail	Urdu	see Suhail
Sohl-Bin	Unknown	Unknown
Sokphorn	Unknown	Unknown
Sol (also Sole, Soleil)	Spanish	The sun
Solomon (also Salaman, Salamon, Salman, Salmon, Saloman, Salomon, Shlomo, Solly, Sulaiman, Sulayman, Suleiman, Suleyman)	Hebrew	Peace
Solon	Greek	Wisdom
Somhairle (so-urla) (also Somerled, Sorley)	Gaelic	Summer wanderer
Son	Vietnamese	Mountain
Sondo	Unknown	Born on Sunday
Sonnagh	Unknown	A mound or rampart
Sonny (also Sonnie)	English	Young boy
Soo	Korean	excellence
Sophronio (also Sofronio)	Italian	Self controlled
Sophus	Greek	Clever
Soren	Scandinavian	see Severo
Sorley		see Somhairle
Sorre	French	Reddish brown
Sosimo	Greek	Full of life
Soterios	Greek	Saviour
Spalding	English	Divided field
Spencer (alsp Spence)	Old French	Dispenser of provisions
Spike	English	Spikey hair
Spiridon (also Spiridion, Spiro, Spiros, Spyridon)	Greek	Spirit
Spurius	Latin	Of illegitimate birth
Spyridon		see Spiridon
Sroel	Yiddish (from Israel)	One who struggles with God
Stacey (also Stacy)	Unknown (from Eustace)	Fruitful
Stafford	Old English	Landing place ford
Stamos		see Stephen
Stan		see Stanley
Standish	Old English	Residence name
Stanford	Old English	Stone ford
Stanislaw (also Stanislas, Stanislaus, Stanislav)	Polish	Camp glory
Stanley (also Stan)	Old English	Stony clearing
Stanton	Old English	Stony town
Stanway	Old English	Stony way
Stasio	Polish	Stand of glory
Stavros	Unknown	Crowned
Steaphan		see Stephen
Stedman	Anglo Saxon	Residence name
Steel	English	Steel
Stef/Stefan/Stefano		see Stephen
Steffan/Steffen/Stefon		see Stephen
Sten (also Steen, Steenie, Stein)	Swedish	Stone
Stephen (also Stamos, Steaphan, Stef, Stefan, Stefano, Steffan, Steffen, Stefon, Step, Stepan, Steph, Stephan, Stephane, Steve, Steven, Stevie, Stiofan, Szczepan)	Greek	Crown
Sterling (also Stirling)	Middle English	Little star
Stern	Germanic	Star
Steve/Steven/Stevie		see Stephen
Stewart (also Stew, Stu, Stuart)	Old English	Keeper of the estate
Stigandr (also Stian, Stig)	Old Norse	Wanderer
Stillman	Unknown	Quiet, gentle
Sting	English	Spike of grain
Stiofan (sti-fawn)	Gaelic	see Stephen
Stirling		see Sterling
Stockton	Unknown	Town near a tree trunk
Stoke	English	Village
Stone	English	Stone
Storm	English	Storm
Stowe	English	Hidden
Starton (also Stratton)	Greek	Army
Strom	Germanic	Stream
Stu/Stuart	French	see Stewart
Studs	Unknown	A house
Suah	Hebrew	Unknown
Subhash	Sanskrit	Eloquent
Sudarshana	Sanskrit	Beautiful
Suhail (also Sohail, Suhayl)	Arabic	The star Canopus
Suibhne (swiv-neh) (also Suibne, Sweeney)	Gaelic	Well going
Sulaiman	Indian	see Solomon
Sulayman/Suleiman/Suleyman		see Solomon
Sulislaw	Slavic	Better fame
Sullivan	Gaelic	Black eyed
Sully	Unknown	To stain
Suman	Sanskrit	Well disposed
Sumantra	Sanskrit	Good advice
Sumati	Sanskrit	Wise
Sumner	Old French	A summoner
Sundar/Sundara		see Sunder
Sundeep	Punjabi	Enlightened
Sunder (also Sundar, Sundara)	Sanskrit	Beautiful
Sunee	Unknown	Good thing
Sunil	Sanskrit	Very blue
Sunny	English	Cheerful
Suraj	Sanskrit	Good king
Surendra		see Surinder
Suresh	Sanskrit	Ruler of the gods
Surinder (also Surendra)	Sanskrit	Indra is god
Surya	Sanskrit	Sun
Sushil	Sanskrit	Good conduct
Susi	Hebrew	Unknown
Sutton	Old English	Town of the south
Sven (also Svein)	Old Norse	Boy
Swain	Teutonic	Youthful
Swaran	Sanskrit	Good colour
Sweeney		see Suibhne
Swithin (also Swithun)	Old English	Strong
Syd/Sydney		see Sidney
Sylvain	French	see Silvanus
Sylvester		see Silvester
Sylvestre	French	see Silvester
Sylwester	Polish	see Silvester
Synan/Synon	Gaelic	see Seanan
Synclair		see Sinclair
Syshe	Unknown	Street
Szczepan	Polish	see Stephen
Szczesny	Polish (from Felix)	Successful
Szymon	Polish	see Simeon