Girls Names Beginning With S

Sébastienne

Sébastienne is the French feminine form of Sébastien (Sebastian), derived from the Greek 'Sebastos' meaning 'revered' or 'venerable'. This elegant name carries the formality and sophistication often…

Séraphine

Séraphine is a feminine French name derived from the Hebrew word "seraphim," referring to a celestial being or a type of angel described in Biblical texts. The name carries powerful religious…

Špela

Diminutive of Elizabeta, Slovene and Croatian

"pledged to God"

Originally a nickname for Elizabeta, the Slovene and Croatian form of Elizabeth, now Špela is more common as a stand-alone name.

Selen

Selen is a feminine name with multiple cultural origins. In Turkish, it combines 'sel' (flood) and 'en' (most), meaning 'one like a flood' or expressing abundance. It's also considered a variant of…

Safiyya

Arabic

"confidante, best friend"

The fact that this is pronounced sah-FEE-yah would cause Western ears to hear it as Sophia.

Sora

Japanese or Korean

"sky; conch shell"

A simple and pretty multicultural name: as a Japanese name, it's unisex and means "sky"; as a Korean name, it's feminine and means "conch shell".

Sideræl

Invented name

"with respect to the distant stars"

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…

Stori

Variation of Story, English

"account of past events"

This spelling twist on the word name Story could make it lean less whimsical and literary and more trendy and Kardashian, a la Storm vs. Stormi. Equally, it could make it feel like less of a word…