The name collection

Names with meaning.

3,600+ baby names from 25 cultures, each with its meaning, origin, pronunciation and story.

Nature

Trees, rivers and wild things

49–65 of 65 names

Korean

Si-woo

Beginning; protection (始祐 example)

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Swahili

Simba

Lion in Swahili

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Sanskrit

Sindhu

River; the Indus

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Bulgarian

Snezhana

Form of Snježana: snowy

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Icelandic

Sóley

Buttercup

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Vietnamese

Son

Mountain

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Chinese

Song

Pine tree with the cited Chinese characters

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Japanese

Sota

Wind and greatness in one Japanese spelling

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English

Starling

Starling bird; also an English surname name

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Scottish Gaelic

Struan

From a Scottish place name associated with streams

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Japanese

Sui

Blue-green in one Japanese spelling

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Japanese

Sumire

Violet in one Japanese spelling

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Japanese

Suzume

Meaning depends on kanji; sparrow is one possibility

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French · English

Swann

Surname with swan or servant origins

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French · Latin

Sylvain

Of the woods

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