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604 Unisex Names That Start With S (With Meanings and Popularity)

Pamela Redmond
By Pamela Redmond
Updated Thu Aug 22 2024
604 Unisex Names That Start With S (With Meanings and Popularity)

Unisex names that start with S have some serious style cred, with so many celebrity babies sporting striking S-starting monikers: think Satchel and Sailor, Shiloh and Story, Scout and Sage.

The most popular gender-neutral S names in the US today — Sawyer, Skyler and Spencer — share the same stylish shape, but there are plenty of smart unisex S names to choose from if you want to break the mold. We’d love to see underused options like Sorrel, Salem and Solo get more love.

The most popular gender-neutral names starting with the letter S include Sawyer, Seth, Shane, Shelby, Skylar, and Sydney.

Here, our full selection of unisex names that start with S, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.

Each name is used more often for the gender indicated by its heart.

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  1. Soren

    • Origin:

      Danish, Norwegian

    • Meaning:

      "stern"
  2. Sawyer

    • Origin:

      English

    • Meaning:

      "woodcutter"
  3. Sloane

    • Origin:

      Irish

    • Meaning:

      "raider"
  4. Sullivan

    • Origin:

      Irish surname

    • Meaning:

      "black-eyed one"
  5. Sutton

    • Origin:

      English

    • Meaning:

      "from the southern homestead"
  6. Sage

    • Origin:

      Herb name, Latin

    • Meaning:

      "wise and knowing"
  7. Seth

    • Origin:

      Hebrew

    • Meaning:

      "appointed, placed"
  8. Stellan

    • Origin:

      Swedish, meaning unknown, possibly "calm"

    • Meaning:

      "calm"
  9. Simone

    • Origin:

      French feminine variation of Simon, Hebrew

    • Meaning:

      "listening, hearkening"
  10. Saffron

    • Origin:

      Spice name

    • Meaning:

      "orange-yellow color; a type of crocus"
  11. Spencer

    • Origin:

      English

    • Meaning:

      "house steward, dispenser of provisions"
  12. Sasha

    • Origin:

      Russian, diminutive of Greek Alexander

    • Meaning:

      "defending men"
  13. Scottie

    • Origin:

      English nickname

    • Meaning:

      "Scot"
  14. Shiloh

    • Origin:

      Biblical place-name, Hebrew

    • Meaning:

      "tranquil"
  15. Sage

    • Origin:

      English botanical name and Latin

    • Meaning:

      "wise and knowing"
  16. Sierra

    • Origin:

      Spanish

    • Meaning:

      "saw"
  17. Sterling

    • Origin:

      English

    • Meaning:

      "of the highest quality"
  18. Sidney

    • Origin:

      English from French

    • Meaning:

      "Saint Denis"
  19. Sonny

    • Origin:

      English

    • Meaning:

      "son"
  20. Skylar

    • Origin:

      Spelling variation of Schuyler, Dutch

    • Meaning:

      "scholar"