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Roan
Roan is an Irish name — a variant of Rowan, from the Old Irish ruadhán meaning "little red one," derived from ruadh ("red"). With 2,585 SSA records and a 2024 peak, Roan is at its…
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Robyn
Robyn is a variant spelling of Robin — from the Germanic name Robert through its medieval diminutive, meaning "bright fame." With over 63,000 SSA records and a 1964 peak, Robyn wa…
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Rowen
Rowen is a Middle English variant of Rowan — from the Old Norse reynir , the rowan tree, a mountain ash species sacred in Celtic and Norse traditions as protection against evil sp…
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Sama
Sama is an Arabic name meaning "sky" or "heaven" — from the root samāʾ , the same word that appears throughout classical Arabic poetry as the symbol of vastness, elevation, and th…
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Sana
Sana is an Arabic name meaning "radiance," "brilliance," or "praise" — a short, luminous name that has been used across the Arab world, South Asia, and the wider Muslim diaspora f…
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Scotlyn
Scotlyn is a modern American invention — combining the place-name root Scot (from Scotland, or the Germanic tribe the Scots) with the popular feminine suffix -lyn . With 1,229 SSA…
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Seamus
Seamus is the Irish form of James, itself from the Hebrew Yaakov (Jacob) meaning "supplanter", that has been the standard Irish-language name for James since medieval times. With…
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Selina
Selina is a Latinate name most likely derived from Selene — the Greek goddess of the moon, from selene (moon). With about 19,045 SSA records and a 1995 peak, Selina occupies an in…
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Serafina
Serafina is the Italian form of Seraphina — both derived from the Hebrew seraphim , the six-winged celestial beings described in Isaiah. "Burning ones" is the literal translation,…
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Shea
Shea is an Irish name — anglicized from the Gaelic Ó Séaghdha , meaning "hawk-like" or "learned," from the root séaghdha — that has been used for both boys and girls in American n…
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Sia
Sia is an African origin name — used across West African communities, particularly in Sierra Leone and neighboring countries, often meaning "love" or given as a birth-order name.…
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Skylar
Skylar is a Dutch-origin name — from the surname Schuyler, meaning "scholar" or "schoolmaster" from Dutch schuylen (to shelter) or possibly schuler (scholar) — that peaked in 2000…
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Sofie
Sofie is a Greek name — a variant of Sophia meaning "wisdom" — spelled in the style common across Scandinavia, Germany, and the Netherlands rather than the Greek-Latin tradition t…
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Stellan
Stellan is a Swedish name of uncertain origin, possibly from a Norse form related to peace or stillness, that has been gaining momentum in American naming as part of the broader S…
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Sulaiman
Sulaiman is the Arabic form of Solomon — from the Hebrew Shlomo , meaning "peace" or "peaceful one" — and in Islamic tradition, Sulaiman (also spelled Suleiman) was one of the gre…
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Sultan
Sultan is an Arabic name and title meaning "authority," "power," or "ruler" — from the Arabic root sulta (authority, dominion). Ranked #1297 with a peak in 2024 and about 2,200 to…
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Syaire
Syaire is a rare, modern American name with Latin roots, appearing to derive from or relate to the Shakespearean name Cesario or the broader Latin naming tradition. With only arou…
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Taj
Taj comes from the Arabic and Persian word for "crown" — and it's one of those names where the meaning and the sound are perfectly matched. Short, declarative, and globally recogn…
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Taylen
Taylen is a modern American invented name — most likely a blend of Taylor and the popular -len/-lan suffix pattern — that peaked in 2021 with 2,065 total SSA records and currently…
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Theresa
Theresa is a Greek-origin name, likely meaning "to harvest" or possibly related to the island of Thera, that accumulated 404,471 SSA records and peaked in 1961, making it one of t…
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