120 names
Names starting with S
Muslim names beginning with S in English, with their Arabic and their sourced meanings.
For girls · 49
- ṢabāصَباThe east wind
- ṢaʿbahصعبةHonoured as the name of al-Ṣaʿbah bint al-Ḥaḍramī, mother of Ṭalḥah ibn ʿUbaydillāh
- ṢabīḥahصَبيحةMorning, daybreak
- ṢābirahصابِرةPatient, steadfast
- ṢadafصَدَفA pearl-bearing seashell
- ṢādiqahصادِقةTruthful, true
- ṢafāصَفَاSmooth stones; hill of Makkah
- SaffānahسفّانةName of the Companion Saffānah bint Ḥātim al-Ṭāʾī
- ṢāfiyahصافيةPure, clear
- ṢafiyyahصفيةChosen
- SaḥarسَحَرThe hour before dawn
- SahlahسهلةSoft, sandy soil
- SāʾibahسائبةHonoured as the name of Sāʾibah
- SaʿīdahسعيدةFortunate, happy
- ṢāʾimahصائمةA woman who fasts
- SājidahسَاجِدَةOne who bows in prostration
- ṢakhrahصخرةA great, solid rock
- SakīnahسَكِينَةTranquillity, calm
- SalāmahسلامةSafety, well-being
- SalmāسلمىSoundness and safety
- SalsabīlسَلْسَبِيلA spring in Paradise
- SalwāسَلْوَىSolace, consolation
- SamāʾسَمَاءThe sky
- SamrāʾسمراءTawny, brown
- SanāسناBrightness
- SārahسارةOne who brings joy
- SarrāʾسرّاEase and gladness
- SawdahسودةBlack-stoned ground
- ShahdشَهْدHoney in the comb
- ShamūsشموسHonoured as the name of al-Shamūs bint Abī ʿĀmir, mother of ʿĀṣim ibn Thābit
- ShaʿthāʾشعثاءHonoured as the name of al-Shaʿthāʾ, named in the poems of Ḥassān ibn Thābit
- ShaymāʾشيماءHaving a beauty mark
- ShifāʾشِفَاءHealing
- ShumaylahشميلةA small wrapping cloak
- SidrahسِدْرَةThe lote tree
- SīrīnسيرينName of the Companion Sīrīn
- SuʿādسعادGood fortune and gladness
- SubayʿahسبيعةName of the Companion Subayʿah bint al-Ḥārith al-Aslamiyyah
- SuʿdāسعدىGood fortune and gladness
- SuhaymahسهيمةA share; a little arrow
- SukhaylahسخيلةA little lamb
- ṢukhayrahصخيرةA little rock
- SulāfسلافGoing before, foremost
- SulāfahسلافةThe first and best
- SumayrahسميرةName of the Companion Sumayrah al-Qurashiyyah
- ṢumaytahصميتةQuiet, of few words
- SumayyahسميّةHeight, loftiness
- SunbulahسنبلةAn ear of grain
- SundusسُندُسFine silk brocade
For boys · 68
- ṢaʿbصعبHard, unyielding
- ṢābirصَابِرPatient
- SabrahسبرةA cold morning
- SaʿdسعدGood fortune
- ṢadaqahصدقةCharity to the poor
- ṢādiqصَادِقTruthful
- ṢāfīصَافِيPure, clear
- ṢafwānصَفْوَانA smooth rock
- SāḥilسَاحِلThe seashore
- SahlسهلEasy and smooth
- SāʾibسائبSwift, or flowing water
- SaʿīdسَعِيدHappy, fortunate
- SājidسَاجِدOne who bows in prostration
- ṢakhrصخرA solid rock
- ṢalāḥصَلَاحRighteousness, soundness
- SalamahسلمةSoundness and safety
- ṢāliḥصَالِحRighteous, good
- SalīmسَلِيمSound, whole
- SalīṭسليطEloquent, sharp-tongued
- SallāmسلامPeace, soundness
- SalmānسلمانSoundness and safety
- SamʿānسمعانHearing; good repute
- SāmīسَامِيHigh, lofty
- SāmirسَامِرOne awake at night talking
- SamīrسَمِيرCompanion in night talk
- SamurahسمرةAn acacia tree
- ṢaqrصَقْرA hunting falcon
- SarīسريNoble and generous
- SāriyahساريةA night cloud
- ṢaʿṣaʿahصعصعةStirring and scattering
- SawādسوادBlackness; the great body
- SayfسَيْفA sword
- ṢayfīصيفيChild of one’s old age
- SayyārسيّارGoing on, journeying
- ShabībشبيبGrowing into youth
- ShaddādشدّادStrength
- ShafīqشَفِيقTender, caring
- ShāhidشَاهِدWitness
- ShākirشَاكِرGrateful
- ShammāsشمّاسName of the Companion Shammās ibn ʿUthmān al-Makhzūmī
- ShaqīqشقيقFull brother
- SharafشَرَفHonour, high standing
- SharīfشَرِيفNoble, honourable
- SharīkشريكPartner
- ShaybahشيبةWhite hair
- ShaybānشيبانWhiteness of hair
- ShihābشِهَابA shooting star
- ShuʿaybشُعَيْبA little people or branch
- ShuʿbahشعبةA branch
- ShujāʿشُجاعBrave, bold-hearted
- ShuraḥbīlشرحبيلName of the Companion Shuraḥbīl ibn Ḥasanah
- ShurayḥشريحOpening, making clear
- ṢiddīqصِدِّيقUtterly truthful
- ṢilahصلةA gift
- SimākسماكRaised high
- SinānسنانA spearhead
- SirājسِرَاجA lamp
- ṢubayḥصبيحLittle dawn
- ṢudayyصديّLittle thirsty one
- SufyānسفيانName of the Companion Sufyān ibn ʿAbdillāh al-Thaqafī
- ṢuhaybصهيبReddish-fair
- SuhaylسهيلThe star Canopus
- SulaykسليكTravelling a path
- SulaymسليمSound and safe
- SulaymānسُلَيْمَانName of the Prophet Sulaymān (peace be upon him)
- SulṭānسُلْطَانAuthority
- SurāqahسراقةHonoured as the name of Surāqah ibn Mālik ibn Juʿshum
- SuwaydسويدLittle dark one