Names that Begin with S

• Sherif

  Variant transcription of Sharif.

• Sherill

  Variant of Cheryl.

• Sherilyn

  Variant of Cherilyn.

• Sherisse

  Variant of Charisse.

• Sherley

  Variant of Shirley.

• Sherlock

  Used by Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for his character Sherlock Holmes, who was a detective in Doyle's mystery stories beginning in 1887.

• Sherman

  From a surname meaning "shear man" in Old English, originally denoting a person who cut cloth.

• Sherri

  Variant of Sherry.

• Sherrie

  Variant of Sherry.

• Sherry

  Before the 20th century this was probably from the Irish surname Ó Searraigh meaning "descendent of Searrach" (a name meaning "foal" in Gaelic).

• Sherwin

  Sherwin is an Anglo-Saxon name, derived from the Old English words "schere", which means "to cut through", and "wind", which means "wind".

• Sherwood

  From an English place name (or from a surname which was derived from it) meaning "bright forest".

• Sheryl

  Variant of Cheryl.

• Sheryll

  Variant of Cheryl.

• Shet

  Hebrew form of Seth.

• Shevaun

  Anglicized form of Siobhan.

• Shevon

  Anglicized form of Siobhan.

• Shi

  From Chinese "time", "real, honest" or "history".

• Shichiro

  Variant transcription of Shichirou.

• Shichirou

  From Japanese (shichi) "seven" and (rou) "son".

• Shideh

  Means "bright" in Persian.

• Shifra

  Hebrew form of Shiphrah.

• Shihab

  Means "shooting star, meteor" in Arabic.

• Shikoba

  Means "feather" in Choctaw.

• Shila

  Derived from Sanskrit (shila) meaning "character, conduct".

• Shiloh

  From an Old Testament place name possibly meaning "tranquil" in Hebrew.

• Shimmel

  Yiddish diminutive of Simon.

• Shimon

  Hebrew form of Simon.

• Shimshon

  Hebrew form of Samson.

• Shin

  Means "real, true" in Japanese.