Unique Names that Start With S

A cool and breezy nature name with a stylish sound, used by Volkswagen for one of its cars.

Scirocco

Slate, Stone and Steel are on the rise, so why not Shale?

Shale

This romantic name of a city in Yemen was chosen for her son by supermodel Liya Kebede.

Suhul

You can call your daughter Sugar, but it's probably best to keep it as a term of endearment. For sweet names, you try Dulcie, Honey, Mitsu, Amai, Sherine, Melita, Eulalia, or Melina, but Sugar does work as a generic nickname.
 
A handful of babies have been registered as 'Sugar' over the years.

Sugar

Winter, Summer, and Autumn are all mainstream names; this covers all bases. 

Season

The name of the lead character -- a purple dragon -- in a long-running series of video games. Technically also a variant of the classic Greek name Spiro/Spyros.

Spyro

Steel

This smoosh between Samantha and Amanda might be in for some 'salamander' teasing.

Samanda

She looked like a model but she was really an evil many-tentacled monster in Men in Black: your child will never forgive you if you choose this name. And neither will we.

Serleena

The Biblical Simon has been rediscovered and this appealing short form, an alternative to Sam, might be a way to make your Simon even more special.

Is there any boys' name more loaded than Stonewall? It evokes, in two syllables, both the Stonewall riots of 1969, the foundational moment of the gay rights movement, and Stonewall Jackson, second in fame only to Robert E. Lee among Confederate generals. Hard to say whether those two connections weirdly cancel each other out, leaving a ruggedly handsome name behind, or amplify each other, rendering the name too controversial to use.

Stonewall

Sister is an old-timey nickname-name for girls, ranking in the Top 1000 as a proper <a href="https://nameberry.com/girls-names">name for girls</a> until the beginning of the 20th century. But more often, Sister was used as a nickname in the truest sense of the word, not a short form ala Kathy but a nickname in the way that Chip and Bud are. Or maybe Junior is a more appropriate name analogy: Sister was sometimes the nickname given to the only girl in a family of boys, so literally a descriptive word name like Junior. 
In the most recent year counted, Sister was given as a full name to zero baby girls in the US and was probably used in a casual way by not that many more.

Sister

Quaint, quirky, and slightly clunky, Shirleyann is a smoosh name with a 30s feel about it. An unexpected vintage choice, a potential honor name, or perhaps for diehard fans of Anne of Green Gables (though maybe Shirleyanne would be better).

Shirleyann

Suellen is a smoosh name that combines two classic names into one that feels both mid-century and modern, a little like Carolyn, a bit like Elowen. Notably used by Margaret Hill in her novel, Gone with the Wind, Suellen peaked in the 1940s and is rarely used today.

Suellen

Shenna

Spence is occasionally used as a name all on its own and it has more of a sense of completeness than many nickname-names.

Spence

Another entry in the fruit name category, this one borne by writer Strawberry Saroyan, granddaughter of William, so named by her hippie parents.  While fruit names may become more familiar, they'll never pass without comment -- but maybe that's what you're looking for.

Strawberry

Name of the 7th century BC Greek lyric poet born on the island of Lesbos, whose name has been synonymous with lesbian love.  Though this name is rarely used today, it certainly could be and, some might say, SHOULD be revived.

Sappho

Undiscovered musical form melodious enough to be a hit on the name charts. 

Sonata

This lively, springy, rarely used surname name has an interesting history. For the English, German, Dutch and Ashkenazic Jews it was a nickname for a lively person or traveling entertainer, deriving from the words springen/springhen/shpringen, and in English it's also a topographical name for someone living near the source of a stream. An unusual option if you're seeking an out-of-the-ordinary 'er'-ending name.  Though for some it might bring to mind Jerry Springer, or a Spaniel.

Springer

unique names that start with the letter S, including Scirocco, Shale, Suhul, Sugar, Season, Spyro, Steel, Samanda, Serleena, Sim, Stonewall, Sister, Shirleyann, Suellen, Shenna, Spence, Strawberry, Sappho, Sonata, and Springer. (Page 23)

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