Unique Names that Start With S

Elaboration of Sophia created for the character Sophitia Alexandra in the video game Soulcalibur.

Sophitia

Saybie

A popular choice in contemporary Iceland, in Norse mythology, Sigrún was a Valkyrie. She married Helgi, a legendary Danish king, and dies of sadness after he is slain by her brother, Dagr. As a name, it combines the elements sigr meaning "victory" and <em<rún meaning "secret lore, rune", adding to the mythological, mystical feel it holds.

Sigrun

Definitely usable for an American baby with Indian heritage.

Shalini

Slash is here because model Amber Rose and Def Jam Records exec Alexander AE Edwards named their baby boy Slash Electric Alexander. Is it cool? Or is it violent and terrifying? Or is it both? We're going to go with Door Number 2 and place it in the same category as names like Dagger and Pistol, but we are not models or record execs.

Slash

Sago

Skylar may be mainstream now, but Skylark is fresh and offbeat. With Lark gaining more attention as a name — following in Wren's footsteps — Skylark feels fashionable yet distinct. Skylark debuted on the US charts in 2022.

Skylark

Spur

A word name with a fire-y personality. Sparky is an old-school nickname for a boy, but Spark sounds both more grownup and modern.

Spark

A nonbinary word name that could work perfectly in the middle, especially for a child born under a fire sign.

Historically, the samurai were a professional warrior class in pre-industrial Japan, who would train from a young age to be highly skilled in archery, swordmanship, and fighting on horseback. It is believed their name comes from the word saburau, and means "one who serves", in reference to the fact that they would serve the lords of Japan.
 
While the samurai had lost most of their status and power by the 1870s, owing to foreign trade, pressure from America, the introduction of modern firearms, and the shift to capitalism, the warrior figure remains prominent in films, folktales, and anime. 
 
But why is Samurai in the Nameberry Database? Title names, regal names, and wild word choices have been popular in recent years, with Saint, Kaiser, Legend, and Royal included in the contemporary name pool. Additionally, several Japanese names have begun to be used more internationally, such as Kenji, Kenzo, and Raiden, making Samurai less unlikely than at first glance.
 
In 2026, Food Network star Duff Goldman and his wife Johnna named their son Samurai Jack — quite the departure from their old daughter Josephine's name. Goldman has stated that he'd always wanted to name his son Sam, but liked the idea of having something totally surprising on the birth certificate, and Samurai is that. 
 
With nicknames Sam, Sammy. Rai, and Sai, the celebrity couple aren't the first to use it in the US. It has been given in small numbers since 2004, in fact.

Samurai

A mystical name with a watery feel to it, selkies are mythical creatures that resemble seals in the water but assume human form on land. Appearing in Scottish folklore, their name comes from the word selch meaning "gray seal".
 
As mythical creatures, they have dual natures: kind and helpful or cruel and destructive, able to deceive and seduce humans but also able to be tricked. As a name, Selkie holds appeal as a mythological option linked to the sea, that also shares sounds with the likes of Scottie, Elvie, Frankie, and Zelda.

Selkie

Sentinel

Stanza

Salvation

Also called an outwash plain, a sandur is a plain formed of glacial sediments deposited by meltwater outwash at the edge of a glacier.

Sandur

Étienne de Silhouette (1709–67), French author and politician, gave his name to this portraiture technique – although, strangely, no one knows why.

Silhouette

A sweet and simple Quechua choice with an equally pretty meaning.

Sisa

The tale-spinning heroine of The Thousand and One Nights, Sheherazade is an extravagantly elaborate name for a little girl. Too extravagantly elaborate? It's lovely and beguiling, and with the rise of such evocative monikers as Persephone and Ophelia, Sheherazade may have a chance in the modern baby name world.

Another accepted spelling is Scheherazade. While the origin of this name is Persian, there are also modern Arabic forms of the name.

Sheherazade

Shakespeare invented the names Salerio, Solanio, and Salarino for his play The Merchant of Venice. The names are puns on salario, the Italian word for "salary," as each character shows great concern with money.

Salerio

unique names that start with the letter S, including Sophitia, Saybie, Sigrun, Shalini, Slash, Sago, Skylark, Spur, Spark, Spark, Samurai, Selkie, Sentinel, Stanza, Salvation, Sandur, Silhouette, Sisa, Sheherazade, and Salerio. (Page 16)

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