Unique Names that Start With S

Soan is a variation of Sohan, an invented French name that may be related to the masculine Jean. Both names rank in France’s Top 100, with the original Sohan pulling slightly ahead. The Soan version was popularized by a French singer Julien Decroix, who performs by the name Soan. He won the 2009 season of a music competition called Nouvelle Star.
 
Soan is also a geographical name in Punjab, Pakistan, as the name of a river and a valley in the region.

Soan

Solas is a surname name in both Norwegian (as Solås) and Spanish (as Solás), but it was introduced as a first name via the video game franchise Dragon Age. In the series, Solas is an Elven mage whose name is derived from the Elven word for "pride".
 
In Irish, solas is a word that means "light", "brightness", and "enlightenment". The similar word sólás means "comfort". Solas may also be associated with the Latin root sol, meaning "sun". 
 
Solas has never made the charts as a baby name, but it hits several trends with its sun-related meaning and S ending. NFL player Cooper Kupp has a son named Solas Reign.

Solas

Despite the reputation of the sagacious ancient Greek lawmaker, this name hasn't moved to the modern world. 

Solon

Striker is one of the new gang of boys' names that have two syllables, end in -er, spring from words, and have a macho, even aggressive meaning and image.  Other examples include Breaker, Heller, and Wilder.  Do the world a favor and desist.

Striker

Long synonymous with the American outlaw Harry Longabaugh, aka The Sundance Kid, who got his nickname from the town of Sundance, Wyoming, where he was incarcerated as a teenager. The place name Sundance was taken from the sun dance ceremony practiced by local Native American tribes.

 Modern bearers of the name include Australian physicist Sundance Bilson-Thompson, and the son of beach volleyball players Casey and Kerri Jennings, born in 2010.

Sundance

Doesn't everything sound better with a French accent? Sylvain, the French variation of the Roman wood god's name, sounds somehow cooler and more sophisticated than Sylvan.

Sylvain

The name of the Inuit goddess of the sea, marine animals, and the underworld. There is also a dwarf planet in the outer solar system called 90377 Sedna, discovered in 2003 and named after the goddess because: "Our newly discovered object is the coldest, most distant place known in the Solar System, so we feel it is appropriate to name it in honor of Sedna, the Inuit goddess of the sea, who is thought to live at the bottom of the frigid Arctic Ocean."

Sedna

Derived from the Hebrew words shai, meaning "gift," and li, "mine." The Shaily variation is more common in Israel and the US.

Shaili

Sonoma, the name of a beautiful northern California wine-growing region, might inspire some parents.  Other California place names beyond Sonoma: Marin, Berkeley, Sierra.

Sonoma

Stately and elegant, but with the familiar sounds of Sophia and Sophie, Sophronia was a familiar choice back in the 19th century but has since fallen into obscurity. Derived from the Greek sophron, it means "sensible, self-restrained".
 
Some people might have first encountered the name in the old children's book series The Five Little Peppers, in which Sophronia, the youngest of the Peppers is nicknamed Phronsie.`It was also used by Dickens in two of his novels: The Old Curiosity Shop and Our Mutual Friend.
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Given to a very small handful of girls most years, it makes a familiar but alternative option.

Sophronia

In 2014, six little girls in the US were given the name Starlit. Starlit has a sweeter meaning than the similar Starlet, and a better ring than Starlight. 

Starlit

Stellan is a traditionally masculine name, used nearly exclusively as such in its native Sweden. However, in Finland — and more recently in the US too — it has been given to a small number of girls, likely owing to its similarity to Stella.
 
While it sounds like the meaning could be celestial, it is more likely derived from the Old Norse stilling meaning "calm", though other sources suggest that it's a variant of the Romanian Stelian and the Greek Stelios, meaning "pillar", or from the German stelle and stellen meaning "place, site" or "arrange". 
 
Alternatively, some parents may just be using it as an alternative to Stella, meaning "star".

Stellan

Place names can be a nod to your cultural heritage or a commemoration of a favorite destination. Scotia comes from the Latin name for Scotland, which may be a perfect fit for a family of Scottish heritage if Scotland feels too on-the-nose. Caledonia is another possibility, used by the Romans for the land north of Hadrian's Wall in England, which marked the upper boundary of the Roman Empire.
And Nova Scotia (meaning "new Scotland") is also the name of a Canadian province.

Scotia

Sidonie is an appealing and chic French favorite that is starting to attract some American fans as a fresher alternative to Sydney. Also spelled Sidony, Sidonie was the birth name of the French novelist Colette. 
In the old form Sindony, it was a common name in Tudor period England, the 'n' being dropped in the seventeenth century, leading to Sidony, Sidonie and Sidney.
 Well-used in France, Sidonie ranks in that country's Top 400.

Sidonie

Actress Sigourney -- born Susan -- Weaver made this unusual name (which she found in The Great Gatsby) famous, if not popular.

Sigourney

African-American and women's rights activist Sojourner Truth was born as Isabelle into enslavement.  She adopted her new name when she began traveling and preaching abolition in 1843.  Sojourner is a heroine name that may, with the rise of spiritual word names such as Journey and Genesis, finally be ready for prime time.

Sojourner

Sua is a short and sweet name with many different origins, including Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Basque. It would make a fresh and offbeat honor name for a familial Sue.

In Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, Stelmaria is the beautiful name of Lord Asriel's snow leopard daemon. It's a pretty and plausible combo name reminiscent of Marian names like Stellamaris and Maristela.

Stelmaria

Obsolete Swanhild gives way to oh-so-modern Swan, joining the flock of newly fashionable bird names such as Wren and Lark. In France, the Swann spelling is fashionable for both sexes. But Swan carries an image of grace, though perhaps also a bit of languor. It's a lovely and original name, right for our times.

Swan

Evocative of the beautiful South Pacific islands, Samoa has very occasionally been used as a given name in American Samoa, Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, and Brazil. Also used as a surname, Samoa could mean "holy centre" or "sacred middle", though other theories include it was the name of a local chieftain or from an indigenous phrase meaning "place of the chicken", moa being the Samoan word for the fowl. 
 
Samoa has never appeared in the US charts, though Samoan has ranked in 1989 and 1994.

Samoa

unique names that start with the letter S, including Soan, Solas, Solon, Striker, Sundance, Sylvain, Sedna, Shaili, Sonoma, Sophronia, Starlit, Stellan, Scotia, Sidonie, Sigourney, Sojourner, Sua, Stelmaria, Swan, and Samoa. (Page 14)