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Girls' names beginning with S

Names official statistics record as used for girls, whose recorded spelling begins with this letter.

Usage is read from official statistics — which of a registrar's lists published the name — never from an opinion about the name and never as a statement about any child. A name published on both lists is recorded as used for both and is not in either of these pages.

708 names beginning with "S"

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Sarah

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From Hebrew, meaning 'lady, princess, noblewoman'. In the Old Testament, Sarah's name was changed from Sarai by God, alongside Abraham's own name change (Genesis 17:15); she is regarded as matriarch of the Jewish people.

Biblical Hebrew
Sophie

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The French form of Sophia, from Ancient Greek 'sophia' meaning 'wisdom'.

Greek, via French transmission
Susan

female

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Silje

female

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Shannon

female

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Sharon

female

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From a Hebrew place name — a fertile plain on the central west coast of Israel, also referenced in the biblical 'rose of Sharon' flowering plant. Used as a feminine given name in English since the 1920s.

Biblical Hebrew (place name origin)
Sofie

female

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Sinead

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Irish form of Jeannette/Janet; the underlying chain traces to the Hebrew name Yochanan, commonly interpreted as 'God is gracious'.

Irish, via Anglo-Norman French Jeannette
Samantha

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Likely a feminine adaptation of Samuel, incorporating a suffix possibly derived from Greek 'anthos' ('flower'). Emerged in 18th-century America; boosted to wide popularity by the 1964 television series Bewitched.

Hebrew, feminine adaptation (uncertain suffix origin)
Sandra

female

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Stine

female

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Sara

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A variant spelling of Sarah, traditionally interpreted as 'lady', 'princess', or 'noblewoman'.

Hebrew, widely used across Arabic and other languages
Sophia

female

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Wisdom.

Greek
Stephanie

female

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The feminine form of Stephen, from Greek Stephanos meaning 'crown, wreath'.

Greek
Sadie

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A diminutive form of the name Sarah.

Biblical Hebrew, diminutive form
Selma

female

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Shauna

female

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Sienna

female

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From the English word for the orange-red colour, ultimately from the Italian city of Siena, known for its distinctive reddish clay.

English (colour/place name)
Sofia

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A form of Sophia used across many languages, from the Greek word for 'wisdom'.

Greek, via Sophia
Solveig

female

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Sissel

female

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Saoirse

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Means 'freedom' in Irish; first adopted as a given name in the 20th century, reportedly with nationalist/political resonance given the meaning.

Irish
Stacey

female

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Siobhán

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Shares the meaning of Joan/Jehanne: commonly interpreted as 'God is gracious'.

Irish

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