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Baby boy names beginning with S – with origins and meanings

On the hunt for baby name ideas for a boy that start with the 19th letter of the alphabet? We’ve got some smashing suggestions, along with their origin and meaning

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Let us help you compile a list of perfect baby boy names. Take a look at these names for newborns with their origin an meaning to find out if you new baby could be a Sabin, Seamus or Surinder

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1. Sabath

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: rest

2. Sabin

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: a Sabine man, from the Central Apennine Mountains in Italy

3. Sacha

• Origin: xxxx
• Meaning: xxxx
• Also: Alexander

4. Sacheverell

• Origin: Norman
• Meaning: the roebuck’s leap

5. Sagar

• Origin: India
• Meaning: great sea
• Also: Saagar

6. Sahil

• Origin: India
• Meaning: guide

7. Sajjad

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: one who worships God
• Also: Sajad

8. Salah

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: goodness

9. Salathiel

• Origin: Babylonian
• Meaning: requested of God

10. Salim

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: flawless, perfect
• Also: Saleem

11. Salman

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: untouched

12. Sam

• Origin: xxxx
• Meaning: xxxx
• Also: Samuel

13. Samir

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: one who entertains with his conversation
• Also: Sameer

14. Samson

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: child of the sun

15. Samuel

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: the name of God
• Also: Sam, Sammy

16. Sancho

• Origin: Spanish
• Meaning: truthful, sincere

17. Sandy

• Origin: xxxx
• Meaning: xxxx
• Also: Alexander

18. Sanford

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: the sandy water crossing

19. Sanjay

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: victorious

20. Saul

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: asked for

21. Scott

• Origin: Scottish
• Meaning: painted warrior

22. Seamus

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: xxxxxxx; Irish form of James
• Also: James, Seamas

23. Sean

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: xxxxxxx; Irish form of John
• Also: Shaun, Shawn, Shane

24. Searle

• Origin: Norse
• Meaning: protector, defender

25. Seaton

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: town by the sea
• Also: Seton

25. Sebastian

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: a man from Sebastia
• Also: Seb, Sebbie

26. Secundus

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: second

27. Seeley

• Origin: Old French
• Meaning: blessed
• Also: Sealey

28. Sekani

• Meaning: Mixed African
• Meaning: laugh

29. Selwyn

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: the home of a friend

30. Senior

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: manor village; also used as a girl’s anme

31. Septimus

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: seventh

32. Seth

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: compensation

33. Seumas

• Origin: Gaelic
• Meaning: xxxx
• Also: James

34. Sevilen

• Origin: Turkish
• Meaning: beloved

35. Sewell

• Origin: xxxxx
• Meaning: xxxx
• Also: Sewall, Sewald

36. Sexton

• Origin: Anglo-Saxon
• Meaning: sea victory

37. Sextus

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: sixth

38. Seymour

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: marshy land by the sea

39. Shahid

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: witness

40. Shahin

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: falcon
• Also: Shaheen

41. Shane

• Origin: xxxxx
• Meaning: xxxx
• Also: Sean

42. Shanley

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: small and mature

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43. Shannon

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: a river In Ireland used as a first name; also used as a girl’s name

44. Shaquille

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: handsome

45. Sharad

• Origin: Indian
• Meaning: autumn

46. Sharadchandra

• Origin: Indian
• Meaning: harvest moon

47. Sharif

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: honourable

48. Shaurya

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: brave

49. Sheldon

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: steep valley

50. Sherbourne

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: bright stream
• Also: Sherborne

51. Sheridan

• Origin: Gaelic
• Meaning: seeker

52. Sherlock

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: fair-haired

53. Sherwin

• Origin: Persian
• Meaning: eternal soul

54. Sherwood

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: bright wood

55. Shevon

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: zany

56. Shontae

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: hopeful

57. Siddharth

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: accomplished goal

58. Sidney

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: wide meadow; also used as a girl’s name
• Also: Sydney, Sid

59. Siegfried

• Origin: Old German
• Meaning: peace from victory

60. Sigmund

• Origin: Old German
• Meaning: safety through victory
• Also: Sig

61. Sincere

• Origin: Modern American
• Meaning: honest

62. Silas

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: probably a shortened form of Silvanus, the god of trees

63. Silvester

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: from a wood
• Also: Sylvester

64. Simon

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: listening of hearing
• Also: Simone, Simeon, Sim

65. Sinclair

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: Pure, renowned
• Also: St. Clair

66. Sion

• Origin: xxxx
• Meaning: xxxxx
• Also: John

67. Skelton

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: dwellings on a bank

68. Skipper

• Origin: Middle English
• Meaning: high-spirited
• Also: Skip, Skippy

69. Skipton

• Origin: Anglo-Saxon
• Meaning: sheep town

70. Skye

• Origin: Norse
• Meaning: cloud; a Scottish island

71. Slade

• Origin: Saxon
• Meaning: a valley

72. Smith

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: to strike; an occupational name of someone who works with metal

73. Snehin

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: friendly

74. Snowdon

• Origin: xxxxx
• Meaning: a surname used as a first name
• Also: Snowden

75. Solomon

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: man of peace
• Also: Sol, Solly

76. Somerled

• Origin: Old Norse
• Meaning: Viking
• Also: Sorley (English form)

77. Somerset

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: possibly summer settlement

78. Somerton

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: possibly summer town

79. Speed

• Origin: Old High German
• Meaning: prosperity, wealth, success

80. Spencer

• Origin: English
• Meaning: steward or administrator

81. Stacey

• Origin: xxxx
• Meaning: xxxxx
• Also: Eustace Stacy

82. Stafford

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: the ford by the landing place

83. Standish

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: stone land

84. Stanford

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: stone ford

85. Stanhope

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: dweller on the ridge

86. Stanislas

• Origin: Slavonic
• Meaning: camp of glory

87. Stanley

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: stoney meadow
• Also: Stan

88. Stanton

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: stoney settlement

89. Stephen

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: a crown
• Also: Steven, Steve, Stevie, Steffan (Welsh form) Stefan (used across Europe)

90. Sterling

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: of high quality
• Also: Stirling

91. Stetson

• Origin: American
• Meaning: a nickname for a cattle dealer or a wild, young person

93. Stockley

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: meadow with trees

94. Stockton

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: settlement by the trees

95. Stoddard

Origin: Old English

Meaning: herdsman

96. Stoke

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: simply, a place

97. Storm

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: tempest, windswept, dramatic

98. Stowe

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: meeting place

99. Strachan

• Origin: Scottish
• Meaning: the river in the valley
• Also: Strahan

100. Stratford

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: the shallow ford

101. Stuart

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: a steward; a Royal Scottish name
• Also: Stewart

102. Suhayl

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: the name for the star Canopus
• Also: Suhail

103. Sujan

• Origin: Indian
• Meaning: trustworthy

104. Suleiman

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: peaceful
• Also: Sulaiman (African American form)

105. Sunil

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: dark blue

106. Suraj

• Origin: Indian
• Meaning: the sun

107. Surinder

• Origin: Indian
• Meaning: The King of Gods; Lord Indra
• Also: Sunni

108. Sutherland

• Origin: Norse
• Meaning: south land

109. Sutton

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: southern settlement

110. Swithin

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: strong

111. Syshe

• Origin: German
• Meaning: suss or sweet

About our author Catherine Ball

Catherine Ball is a freelance journalist who specialises in writing about parenting and health. She has been a journalist for 20 years, writing for a wide range of regional and national publications. She is also mum to 4 children between the ages 3 and 12, so has drawn up many, many lists of baby names over the past few years.

Illustration: Emma Winchester

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