Names beginning with S

Sacagawea

Bird woman (Lewis & Clark Expedition guide)

Hidatsa/Shoshone

Saffron

Yellow spice (Saffron Burrows; Saffron Aldridge)

Arabic/English

Safiya

Pure / chosen (Safiyya bint Huyayy wife of Prophet Muhammad)

Arabic/Urdu

Sahaj

Natural ease, spiritual peace

Sanskrit/Punjabi

Sahar

Dawn

Arabic/Persian

Salinger

From Salzburg (J.D. Salinger; Catcher in the Rye)

German/French

Sally

Princess (Sally Ride, first American woman in space)

English/Hebrew

Salome

Peace

Aramaic/Hebrew

Salome Alexandra

Hasmonean Jewish queen of Judea

Hebrew/Greek

Samaira

Enchanting (modern Indian top baby name)

Sanskrit/Arabic

Samira

Companion in evening conversation (Samira Wiley, OITNB Emmy)

Arabic/Urdu

Sammuramat

Historical Assyrian queen (basis of Semiramis)

Akkadian/Assyrian

Sanaa

Splendor, brilliance

Arabic/Swahili

Sanam

Beloved (Sanam Saeed - Pakistani Zindagi Gulzar Hai)

Persian/Arabic

Sandra

Defender of mankind (Sandra Day O'Connor; Sandra Cisneros)

Greek/Italian

Sandrine

Defender of the people (French Sandra; Sandrine Bonnaire)

French/Greek

Sandy

Defender of men (Sandy Dennis, Oscar; Sandy in Grease)

English/Greek

Sangeetha

Music

Sanskrit/Tamil

Sanna

Lily (Sanna Marin, youngest sitting PM in the world)

Finnish/Swedish

Sansa

Praise (Game of Thrones' Queen in the North)

Sanskrit/Modern

Sapphira

Sapphire, beautiful

Aramaic/Greek

Sela

Rock (Sela Ward; Hebrew + Polynesian)

Hebrew/Tongan

Selamawit

Peace (Amharic-Ethiopian)

Amharic/Ethiopian

Semiramis

Legendary Assyrian queen

Akkadian/Greek

Senait

Sister, peace

Tigrinya/Amharic

Senesh

Hungarian-Jewish poet-paratrooper (executed by Nazis at 23)

Hungarian/Hebrew

Setareh

Star

Persian/Urdu

Severina

Stern (iconic Croatian Eurovision singer)

Croatian/Italian

Shabana

Nocturnal / lovely (Shabana Azmi, 5 National Film Awards record)

Urdu/Persian

Shabnam

Morning dew

Persian/Pashto/Urdu

Shadi

Joy / happiness (Arabic heritage)

Persian/Arabic

Shaheen

Royal falcon (iconic Iqbal poetry)

Persian/Urdu

Shahrazad

One Thousand and One Nights narrator

Persian/Arabic

Shanice

God is gracious (Shanice Wilson, "I Love Your Smile")

American/Hebrew

Sheena

God is gracious (Scottish Jane)

Scottish/Gaelic

Sheree

Beloved / dear (Sheree North; Sheree Whitfield)

French/English

Sherry

Beloved (Sherry Lansing, first woman to head a major Hollywood studio)

Spanish/English

Sheryl

Beloved (Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In; Sheryl Crow)

English/French

Shinsawbu

Only female Mon monarch (built Shwedagon)

Burmese/Mon

Shirin

Sweet

Persian/Urdu

Shuri

Princess of Wakanda (Marvel's Shuri, Black Panther successor)

African (Wakandan, fictional)/Japanese

Sigourney

Conqueror (Sigourney Weaver, Alien franchise icon)

French/English

Simin

Silver (first Iranian female novelist)

Persian/Urdu

Simone

She has heard (Simone de Beauvoir; Simone Biles, greatest gymnast)

French/Hebrew

Simran

Meditation, remembrance of God

Punjabi/Sanskrit

Sinclair

Saint Clair (Upton Sinclair Pulitzer; modern unisex)

French/Scottish

Sindiswa

We have been saved (Xhosa)

Xhosa/Zulu

Sinta

Indonesian Sita (Ramayana heroine)

Indonesian/Sanskrit

Siri

Beautiful victory (Apple's Siri; Siri Hustvedt, author)

Scandinavian/Old Norse

Siriporn

Glory + blessing

Sanskrit/Other

Sissy

Sister (Sissy Spacek, Best Actress Oscar; Empress Sissi)

English/German

Sitara

Star (Sitara Devi)

Sanskrit/Urdu

Skyler

Scholar / fugitive (Skyler White, Breaking Bad)

Dutch/English

Snezhana

Snow

Bulgarian/Slavic

Sofya

Wisdom (Sofya Kovalevskaya, first female PhD in math)

Russian/Greek

Solomiya

Peace (Ukrainian Salome)

Ukrainian/Hebrew

Sonia

Wisdom (Sonia Sotomayor, first Latina US Supreme Court Justice)

Russian/Greek

Sonya

Wisdom

Russian/Greek

Sopheary

Clean, fair beauty (Khmer)

Khmer/Cambodian

Soraya

The Pleiades

Persian/Urdu

Soriya

Sun

Khmer/Sanskrit

Sothea

Perfect, accomplished (Khmer)

Khmer/Cambodian

Srikandi

Mahabharata warrior princess

Sanskrit/Other

Stacey

Resurrection (Stacey Abrams, voting-rights organizer)

English/Greek

Steffi

Crown (Steffi Graf, 22 Grand Slam titles)

German/Greek

Stephanie

Crown (peaked #6 in 1986; Princess Stéphanie of Monaco)

French/Greek

Subbulakshmi

First musician to receive Bharat Ratna (Indian classical singer)

Tamil/Sanskrit

Sue

Lily (Sue Bird, all-time WNBA assists leader)

English/Hebrew

Suhana

Beautiful (iconic Suhana Khan - SRK's daughter Bollywood)

Persian/Sanskrit

Sukhleen

Absorbed in peace

Punjabi/Sikh

Suki

Beloved (Suki Waterhouse; Avatar's Suki)

Japanese/English

Sumaya

Iconic first martyr of Islam (Sumayyah bint Khabbat)

Arabic/Urdu

Suraya

The Pleiades, star cluster

Arabic/Persian

Suri

Red rose; princess

Persian/Hebrew

Susan

Lily (Susan B. Anthony; Susan Sontag)

English/Hebrew/Urdu

Susie

Lily (Susie Wiles, first female White House Chief of Staff)

English/Hebrew

Sutherland

Southern land (Kiefer + Donald Sutherland)

Scottish/English

Suzanne

Lily (Suzanne Pleshette, The Bob Newhart Show; Suzanne Somers)

French/Hebrew

Suzette

Little lily (Crêpes Suzette + Suzette Charles, Miss America)

French/Hebrew

Suzy

Lily (Suzy Bae, Miss A + acting career)

English/Korean/Hebrew

Svetlana

Light, luminous

Russian/Slavic

Sydney

Wide meadow (Sydney McLaughlin, 400m hurdles world-record holder)

English/French

Sól

Sun (Norse goddess; also Spanish)

Old Norse/Spanish