Baby girl names beginning with S – with origins and meanings

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: morning

2. Sabina

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: a Sabine woman
• Also: Sabine (French form)

3. Sabrina

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: Latin name for the River Severn

4. Sacha

• Origin: Russian
• Meaning: short form of Alexander; also used for boy’s name
• Also: Sasha

5. Sadda

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: support, help

6. Sadie

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: princess
• Also: Sarah

7. Saffron

• Origin: English
• Meaning: the saffron flower is a purple crocus that blooms in the fall and the name of a food spice that comes from the saffron flower

8. Sahara

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: desert

9. Sahila

• Origin: Indian
• Meaning: leader

10. Sakara

• Origin: North American Indian
• Meaning: sweet

11. Sal

• Origin: English
• Meaning: saviour
• Also: Sarah

12. Saliha

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: kindliness

13. Salima

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: protected

14. Sally 

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: princess
• Also: Sarah

15. Salma

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: peaceful

16. Salome

• Origin: Aramaic
• Meaning: peace

17. Samaira

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: enchanting

18. Samantha

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: the name of God; the feminine form of Samuel
• Also: Sam and Sammy

19. Samima

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: honest
• Also: Sameema

20. Samira

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: lively conversation
• Also: Sameera

21. Sana

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: splendour
• Also: Saniyya

22. Sanchia

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: holy
• Also: Sancha

23. Sandra

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: protector of man
• Also: Alessandra, Sandie, Sandy

24. Sapphire

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: blue

25. Sarah

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: princess
• Also: Sara, Sadie, Sal, Sally

26. Sarama

• Origin: Mixed African
• Meaning: nice

27. Sarika

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: cuckoo

28. Saturnia

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: sowing, planting

29. Savannah

• Origin: Spanish
• Meaning: flat tropical grassland

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30. Sawyer

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: woodcutter

31. Scarlett

• Origin: English
• Meaning: a surname, given to people who sold cloth of scarlet or red; the name of the heroine in Margaret Mitchel‘s epic novel Gone With The Wind
• Also: Scarlet

32. Scout

• Origin: Old French
• Meaning: to listen; derived from escouter

33. Sejal

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: pure flowing water

34. Selina

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: moon
• Also: Selena, Céline, Célina (French forms)

35. Selma

• Origin: Old German and Arabic
• Meaning: helmet of God or safe

36. Septima

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: seventh; the feminine form of Septimus

37. Seraphina

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: high-born

38. Serena

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: calm and serene
• Also: Serenity

39. Shahida

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: a witness

40. Shamina

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: perfume

41. Shani

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: crimson
• Also: Sian

42. Shannon

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: wise river

43. Sharada

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: Autumnal
• Also: Sharadini

44. Sharifa

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: distinguished

45. Sharlene

• Origin: American
• Meaning: free
• Also: Charlene

46. Sharmaine

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: beautiful soul
• Also: Charmaine

47. Sharon

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: a Biblical area of great beauty used as a first name
• Also: Shari

48. Sheba

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: promise
• Also: Bathsheba

49. Sheena

• Origin: Gaelic
• Meaning: God is gracious
• Also: Shona

50. Sheila

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: heavenly
• Also: Shelagh, Sheela, Shayla, Celia

51. Shelby

• Origin: English
• Meaning: estate on the ledge

52. Shelley

• Origin: English
• Meaning: clearing on a bank
• Also: Shelly

53. Sheree

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: a Biblical area of great beauty used as a first name
• Also: Cherie

54. Sheryl

• Origin: French
• Meaning: beloved
• Also: Cheryl

55. Shirley

• Origin: English
• Meaning: bright meadow

56. Shizu

• Origin: Japanese
• Meaning: quiet, clear

57. Shona

• Origin: Scottish
• Meaning: God is gracious
• Also: Sheena

58. Shreya

• Origin: Hindi
• Meaning: fortunate

59. Sian

• Origin: Welsh
• Meaning: God is gracious
• Also: Jane, Siani, Shani

60. Sibyl

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: a prophetess
• Also: Sibylla and Sybil

61. Sidney

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

62. Sienna

• Origin: Italian
• Meaning: possibly derived from the Italian city of Siena, itself is possibly influenced by the word sienna, meaning orange-red

63. Sierra

• Origin: Spanish
• Meaning: mountain range

64. Sigrid

• Origin: Old Norse
• Meaning: victory

65. Silvia

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: from the wood
• Also: Sylvia, Silvie, Sylvie

66. Simone

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: listening of hearing, the feminine form of Simon
• Also: Sim

67. Sine

• Origin: Scottish
• Meaning: God is gracious
• Also: Sheena

68. Sinead

• Origin: Irish and Hebrew
• Meaning: God is gracious
• Also: Siobhan

69. Sissy

• Origin: American
• Meaning: sister
• Also: Cecilia

70. Sita

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: a furrow
• Also: Seeta, Seetha

71. Skye

• Origin: Old Norse
• Meaning: cloud; the name of a Scottish island

72. Skylar

• Origin: English
• Meaning: eternal life, strength

73. Sneha

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: friendly
• Also: Snehal

74. Snowdrop

• Origin: German
• Meaning: white flower

75. Solace

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: comfort, relief, a soothing quality

76. Sonal

• Origin: Hindi
• Meaning: golden

77. Sonia

• Origin: Russian/Ukrainian
• Meaning: wisdom
• Also: Sonya and Sonja

78. Sophia

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: wisdom
• Also: Sophie, Sophy

79. Sophie

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: wisdom
• Also: Sophia

80. Spring

• Origin: English
• Meaning: origin or source; the name of a season

81. Sri

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: beauty
• Also: Shree, Shri and Sree

82. Stacey

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: resurrection
• Also: Anastasia

83. Star

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: in astrology the heavenly body that is believed to influence a person’s character or their future

84. Steffie

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: crown
• Also: Stephanie

85. Stella

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: star

86. Stephanie

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: a crown; the feminine form of Stephen
• Also: Steph, Steffi,  Steffie

87. Suki

• Origin: Japanese
• Meaning: beloved

88. Summer

• Origin: German
• Meaning: the season

89. Sunila

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: sapphire

90. Sunita

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: righteous
• Also: Suniti

91. Susan

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: a Lily
• Also: Susanna, Susanna; Suzanne, Suzette (French forms), Sue, Susie, Suzy

92. Suvi

• Origin: Indian
• Meaning: summer

93. Sylvie

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: woods

94. Syke

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: mulberry tree

Illustration: Emma Winchester

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