Unique Names that Start With S

Unfortunate name that's become a caricature, like Muffy, say, or Bruce. 

Shaniqua

Sanelma is an invented Finnish name derived from the verb sanella, meaning "to dictate."

Sanelma

Saimi is a sharp but sweet variation of Saima, which is in turn derived from Saimaa, the name of the largest lake in Finland. The meaning of the name is unknown, with linguists suggesting it might come from a now lost ancient language, or perhaps from the word sápmi , meaning "of the Sami people", and Indigenous people living in Norway, Finland and Sweden. Saimi currently ranks in the Finnish Top 50.

Saimi

Seabrook is a habitational surname denoting a person from the town of Seabrook, Buckinghamshire in England. The name of the town was derived from the Old English river name Sorge, meaning "trickling," along with the root broc, "stream."

Seabrook

Seagrass plays an important role in the aquatic ecosystem. They are the only plants that can flower underwater and provide food and shelter to many organisms. Seagrasses also improve water quality, slowing down pollution, and help prevent coastal erosion. Those passionate about marine conservation may find Seagrass a meaningful name — probably as a middle, unless you're particularly brave.

Seagrass

Sirje is a uniquely Estonian name of unconfirmed origins, although the story goes that it was created and offered up by Julius Mägiste, a linguist, in 1929. He derived it from the word sinisirje, meaning "blue-feathered" and tied to a mythical bird creature in the Kalevipoeg, Estonia's national epic. Eugen Kapp used Sirje for one of the characters in his 1945 opera Tasuleegid, which roughly translates to "The Flames of Fame."
 
Sirje Runge is an esteemed Estonian artist.

Sirje

Is there a more fitting choice for your unique and well, special little girl? For six sets of parents one recent year, the answer was no.

Special

This traditional Cherokee name could easily be borne by a modern baby girl with connections to the tribe.

Salali

This term of endearment has a longer history as a given name than you might expect. Sweetie first appeared on the charts in 1894 and was given to a peak total of 20 baby girls in 1916. But the most likely reason you're on this page — YouTube stars Rydel and Capron Funk named their daughter Sweetie Mary Funk in 2022, a sister for Super. As with her older brother's name, we don't expect Sweetie's name to inspire a generation of others. A couple of copycats, maybe.

Sweetie

A feminine form of the Indian and Arabic name, Shaan.

Shaana

Shalyn

Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la... Shalonde, Shalondie, Shalondra, Shalondria. 

Shalonda

A traditional female name in the Choctaw tradition.

Satima

The name of a pretty white flower with star-shaped flowers makes for a very on-trend celestial and nature name for a baby girl.
 
This word name could also double up as a compound name, blending Stella and Aria, to make a name meaning "star song" or "star lion".

Stellaria

Slim may be too on-the-nose for the child of two beautiful models, but it's the name Nara Pellman and Lucky Blue Smith chose for their son, Slim Easy. Smith, who has daughters named Gravity Blue and Rumble Honey, is known for choosing outrageous word names. But Slim — when pronounced as "SLEEM" — can also be a short form of the Arabic name Slimane. This origin is shared with Pellman's middle name, Aziza.
 
Slim is primarily used as a given name among Muslims, and historically has been a nickname in the US. Photographer Slim Aarons was born George Allen. Slim has been the nickname of several professional baseball players, including Slims Jones, Harriss, Love, and Sallee. Other pop cultural references include the song The Real Slim Shady by rapper Eminem and the musican Fatboy Slim.

The name also appears in John Steibeck's classic novella, Of Mice and Men, worn by the calm, skilled, and thoughtful laborer, known as "the prince of the ranch".
 
If you like Slim but don't have Arabic heritage and aren't a celeb, we'd suggest keeping it a potential nickname, perhaps for one of these <a href="https://nameberry.com/list/448/cowboy-baby-names"> cool cowboy names</a> or if you'd prefer something more direct, Solomon, Simeon , and Samuel might fit the bill.

Slim

A rare and evocative name which calls to mind warm, endless summer days. This is an Anglicized form of the Old Norse name Sumarliði, also found in Scottish Gaelic as Somhairle (pronounced SO-ar-lee). The Sorley spelling is now more popular in Scotland. 

 Somerled was the name of a 12th-century king of Mann and the Scottish Isles.

Somerled

Grimes and Elon Musk created this name for their daughter Y, full name Exa Dark Sideræl. Grimes explained it is "a more elven" spelling of sidereal, "the true time of the universe, star time, deep space time, not our relative earth time."

Sideræl

Sideræl was created by Grimes and Elon Musk, who used it as a middle name for their daughter Y, whose full name is Exa Dark Sideræl. They were inspired by the word sidereal, which Grimes explains as, "the true time of the universe, star time, deep space time, not our relative earth time."

Shalona

Sachli, pronounced "sahch-lee", is a Turkish girl name that feels extra cool today with both the trendy "lee" sound, and the "-i" ending that has been red-hot for girl names recently. 

Sachli Gholamalizad is an Iranian actress who wears this name. 

Sachli

unique names that start with the letter S, including Shaniqua, Sanelma, Saimi, Seabrook, Seagrass, Sirje, Special, Salali, Sweetie, Shaana, Shalyn, Shalonda, Satima, Stellaria, Slim, Somerled, Sideræl, Sideræl, Shalona, and Sachli. (Page 17)

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