Scutt
Occupational surname for a scout or spy, from Middle English scout, or a nickname for a swift person, from Middle English scut (“hare”).
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Page 66 of 180Scyth
From Latin Scytha, from Ancient Greek Σκύθης (Skúthēs). Doublet of Saca, Saka, and Shaka.
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionsSdrol
Clipping of Superdrol.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSeah
From Hokkien 謝／谢 (Siā) or 佘 (Siâ).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSeal
* As an English surname, spelling variant of Sale. * As an occupational English surname, related to seal. * As an occupational English surname, from Old French sele (“saddle”). * As an English nickname-derived surname, f
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionSean
Anglicised form of Irish Seán, from Old French Jehan, from Latin Johannes, variant of Ioannes, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān, literally “God is gracious”). Doublet of John, Jack, Johan
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsSear
Variant of Sayer.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSeat
Perhaps a variant of Sait.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSeb
Clipping of Sebastian.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSebek
Borrowed from Egyptian sbk.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordSebeș
From Romanian Sebeș.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSebiș
From Romanian Sebiș.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSecaș
Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Secaș.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSeck
Borrowed from both from Wolof and German Seck.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSecu
Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Secu.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSeda
Borrowed from Latvian Seda.
3 source sections · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordSedam
Unidentified.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSedan
From French, from Medieval Latin Sedensi.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSeder
From the Hungarian surname, Americanized from Szeder, from the noun szeder (“cranberry”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSedna
Borrowed from Inuktitut ᓴᓐᓇ (sanna, “Inuit goddess, Mother of the Sea”). The dwarf planet and the planitia are named after the goddess.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionSeek
* As a North/Low German surname, from Seek, variant of Seeck, shortened from compound names containing the element Sieg (“victory”) (as in Siegfried) or siech (“ill”). * As a Chinese surname, Romanized from 薛 (xuē), see
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsSeely
Spelling variant of Seely.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSeema
Borrowed from Sanskrit सीमा (sīmā).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSeery
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Saoraidhe (“descendant of Saoraidhe”), a personal name based on saoraidhe (“freeman”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionSeff
Variant of Zeff.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSega
Borrowed from Japanese セガ (Sega), an abbreviation of service games, because the company's earliest products were aimed at American servicemen on military bases.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionSegal
Borrowed from Hebrew סגל (Segel).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSegel
Variant of Segal.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSegou
From French Ségou, which is transcription of Bambara Segu.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSegu
From Bambara Segu.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSegui
Anglicization of Spanish Seguí. Also a Filipino surname, from the same Spanish surname.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSeibt
Borrowed from German Seibt.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSeif
Two possible origins: * Borrowed from German Seif, a metonymic occupational surname for a soap-maker, from Seife (“soap”). * A variant spelling of Saif, an Arabic surname which can be found in both Muslim and Christian c
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionSeiji
Borrowed from Japanese せいじ (Seiji).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSeine
From French Seine.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSeitz
Multiple etymologies: * German Seitz, from the personal name Seifried * variant of German Seiss * Germanized form of Slovene Zajec and dialectal Zajc, both meaning "hare"
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsSejm
Etymology tree Russian Сейм (Sejm)bor. Polish Sejmbor. English Sejm Borrowed from Polish Sejm.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSeki
Borrowed from Japanese 関 (Seki).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSekt
Borrowed from German Sekt.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSel
Clipping of Selena.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSela
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew סֶּלַע (Sela‛, “rock”); compare Arabic السَّلَع (as-salaʕ).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSelah
Biblical Hebrew סֶלָה (selāh); according to some scholars, from סָלָה (salah, “to hang”, implying “to weigh”, “to measure”).
2 source sections · 1 relationship mentionSelby
From Old Norse selja (“willow, sallow”) + býr (“settlement, farm”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSeles
From Serbo-Croatian Seleš/Ceлeш, from Hungarian Széles.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsSelf
* From self. A surname taken up by freed slaves, who have become of themselves, they being self-owned.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSelig
Borrowed from German Selig and Yiddish זעליג (Zelig).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsSelim
Borrowed from Arabic سليم (salīm). This surname is mostly found in Egypt.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsSelma
Taken to use in the 19th century when similar-sounding names, Elma, Thelma, Alma, Wilma, etc. were in vogue. Perhaps a shortening of Anselma, or from the name of a place in the James Macpherson's Ossian cycle of epic poe
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsSelva
Borrowed from Catalan and Italian Selva.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSemaj
James reversed.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSemey
From Kazakh Семей (Semey).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSemu
Borrowed from Mandarin 色目 (sèmù).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSen
Abbreviation.
3 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsSene
Two main origins: * Borrowed from Serer Sène; this surname is predominantly found in the Thiès Region of Senegal. * Possibly a respelling of French Sené, a nickname from Old French sené (“sage, wise”).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsSenga
The name was relatively common in West Central Scotland until the 1980s, and is sometimes said to derive from Agnes.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSenn
South German surname for a dairy farmer, from the common noun German Senn(e) (“herdsman in the Alps”) (15th century), from Old High German senno (“shepherd”) (11th century), from Proto-West Germanic *sannjō (“herdsman, d
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionsSenna
Borrowed from Italian Senna; this surname is predominantly attested in Brazil, however it is not of Portuguese origin.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSenne
* As a German surname, spelling variant of Senn. * As a French surname, from Old French sené (“sage, wise”). * As an Italian surname, spelling variant of Senna, from the placenames Senna Lodigiana and Senna Comasco, both
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsSens
Source etymology material for Sens; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSensi
Shortening.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSeo
From Korean 서(徐) (Seo). Cognate with English Xu (from Mandarin).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsSeong
Borrowed from Korean 성 (seong).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSeoul
From French Séoul, from Korean 서울 (Seoul, literally “capital city”), originally from Claude-Charles Dallet's French-based romanization of Korean, reinforced by the 1959 South Korean Ministry of Education romanization of
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsSeow
From Chinese 蕭／萧 (Cantonese: siu1, Hakka: Sêu, Hokkien: Sio, Siau, Teochew: siao1, siou1), etc.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSepe
Borrowed from Italian Sepe.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSephu
Borrowed from Dzongkha སྲས་ཕུག་ (sras phug).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSeppo
Etymology tree English septic tank Latin ō Old French ohbor. Middle English o English O ▲ Middle English o English oh English -o English Seppo From septic tank (rhyming slang for Yank) + -o (colloquialising suffix).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsSera
From Hebrew שָׂרָה (sará, “lady, princess”), which was originally converted from the given name שָׂרָי (saráy, “Sarai”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionSeram
From Manipuri ꯁꯦꯔꯥꯝ (serām).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSerb
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser-der. Proto-Slavic *sьrbъ Serbo-Croatian Срби /Srbider. English Serb From Serbo-Croatian Срби /Srbi, from Proto-Slavic *sьrbъ (“ally, Serb, Sorb”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“
1 source section · 9 relationship mentionsSeres
From Latin Sērēs, from Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “the North Chinese; North China”), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsSeric
From Latin Sēricus, from Ancient Greek Σηρικός (Sērikós), from Σῆρες (Sêres, “Seres”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”). Equivalent to Seres + -ic. Doublet of S
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsSerna
From Spanish.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSerob
Borrowed from Armenian Սերոբ (Serob).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSerpe
Two possible origins: * Borrowed from Italian Serpe, a nickname for a treacherous or malignant person, from serpe (“snake”). * Borrowed from French Serpe, a metonymic occupational surname for a maker or seller of billhoo
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsSers
From Armenian Սերս (Sers).
3 source sections · 3 relationship mentions · brief recordSerzh
Etymology tree Etruscanbor.? Latin Sergius French Sergebor. Armenian Սերժ (Serž)bor. English Serzh Borrowed from Armenian Սերժ (Serž), borrowed from French Serge, from Latin Sergius, possibly borrowed from Etruscan. Doub
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionSesia
From Italian.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSet
Borrowed from Coptic ⲥⲏⲧ (sēt), from Egyptian s-t:X (stẖ).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsSeth
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σήθ (Sḗth), from Biblical Hebrew שֵׁת (Šet, literally “chosen one, appointed, placed”).
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentionsSeto
Borrowed from Cantonese 司徒 (si1 tou4).
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordSeton
Variant of Seaton.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSette
Borrowed from French or Italian Sette.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSetty
Borrowed from Telugu శెట్టి (śeṭṭi, “merchant”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSeva
Romanization of Russian Се́ва (Séva), a diminutive of Все́волод (Vsévolod)
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSevan
From Armenian Սեւան (Sewan).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSewri
Borrowed from Marathi शिवडी (śivḍī).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSeyed
Borrowed from Iranian Persian سید (seyyed), from Classical Persian سَیِّد (sayyid), from Arabic سَيِّد (sayyid).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSeyer
Borrowed from German Seyer.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSeyli
From Uyghur سەيلى (seyli).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSeym
Borrowed from Russian Сейм (Sejm) and/or Ukrainian Сейм (Sejm).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsSf
Abbreviation of sixty-fourth
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSfax
Borrowed from French Sfax, from Tunisian Arabic صفاقس (ṣfāqis), from Arabic صَفاقِس (ṣafāqis).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsSgro
Borrowed from Sicilian Sgrò. Compare also Sicilian Sgroi and Isgrò.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsSgroi
Borrowed from Sicilian Sgroi.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShad
* As an Urdu and Persian surname, from شاد (šâd, “glad, cheerful”). This surname is mostly found in Pakistan. * As an English surname, from the noun shad. * As a German surname, Americanized from Schade, itself related t
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsShadi
Borrowed from Arabic شَادِي (šādī), Iranian Persian شَادی (šâdi).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShaff
Americanized spelling of German Schaff.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShafi
Borrowed from Urdu شفیع.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShah
Two main origins: * Borrowed from Persian شاه (“shah, king”), a Persian surname which is widespread in Iran and in the subcontinent. * Borrowed from Gujarati સાહ (sāh, “merchant”), an occupational surname from Sanskrit स
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsShalë
Borrowed from Albanian Shalë, itself from shalë (“arid, infertile land”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSham
It could be from Arabic شَام (šām, literally “Syria”), from which it spread also to Gujarat. Perhaps also an altered spelling of French Cham.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsShami
Borrowed from Arabic شَامِيّ (šāmiyy, “Syrian; Damascene”). This surname is predominantly found in Yemen and Iran.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsShamo
From the Mandarin word for desert, 沙漠 (shāmò, literally “sandy desert”), historically used as the proper name of the Gobi Desert.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsShams
Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *śamš- Arabic شَمْس (šams)bor. English Shams Borrowed from Arabic شَمْس (šams).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordShamy
Blend of Sheldon + Amy.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordShan
From Burmese ရှမ်း (hram:), from Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam). Doublet of Siam.
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentionsShana
Anglicized variant of the Welsh name Siân (pet form Siana) - or a version of the French name Jeanne.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordShand
From the Scottish Gaelic and Irish surname, shortened from McShane.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordShane
Anglicized form of the Northern Irish pronunciation of Irish Seán, from Old French Jehan, from Latin Johannes, variant of Ioannes, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān, literally “God is grac
1 source section · 35 relationship mentionsShang
From Mandarin 商 (Shāng).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShani
Borrowed from Sanskrit शनि (Śani).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShao
From the Wade–Giles and Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of various Chinese surnames.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mentionShapa
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཤར་པ་ (shar pa).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShar
Borrowed from Arabic شَرْع (šarʕ).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordShare
* As an English surname, perhaps a variant of Shear. * As a Serbo-Croatian surname, Americanized from Šare, Sare.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSharp
* As an English, Scottish and occasionally Irish (translated from géar) surname, from the adjective sharp. * As a German surname, Americanized from scharf (“sharp”), same meaning as above.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsShart
From a contraction of Shadowheart, itself a compound of shadow + heart, likely chosen as a jocular homonym of shart (“wet fart”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsShasi
Borrowed from Mandarin 沙市 (Shāshì).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordShat
Named after the Shatterers, from shatterer, a group of labourers hired to "shatter" (break) rocks during the construction of local railway and deep cuttings in the 19th century. Some locals also suggest this nickname ref
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsShaul
See Saul.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordShaun
A variant of Sean, from Irish Seán, from Old French Jehan, from Latin Johannes, variant of Ioannes, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān, literally “God is gracious”). Doublet of John, Jack,
1 source section · 34 relationship mentionsShaw
From shaw.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordShawi
* (Shawinigan): From French Shawi; Clipping of Shawinigan.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShawn
A variant of Sean, from Irish Seán, from Old French Jehan, from Latin Jōhannēs, variant of Iōannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (yōḥānān, yokhanán, literally “God is gracious”). Doublet of Ev
1 source section · 18 relationship mentionsShay
Variant of Shea, from Irish Ó Séaghdha.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShaya
From Mandarin 沙雅 (Shāyǎ).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShe
See she.
3 source sections · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordShea
Anglicised from Irish Ó Séaghdha.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShear
From Middle English schyre (“pure, bright, fair”). Also a German surname, variant of Schier, itself a variant of Scheuer or from a cognate of the Middle English word.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionSheba
From Biblical Hebrew שְׁבָא (Šəḇāʾ).
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordShed
Variant of Shedd.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordShedd
Topographic surname for someone who lived in a hovel, from Middle English schade (“shade, shadow; shad”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSheen
From Old English Sceon (“shelter, shed”), from Proto-Germanic *skūrō.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsSheet
From Old English sceat (“corner”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShefa
From the initial letters of its main constituent islands: the Shepherd Islands and Efate.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordShehu
Borrowed from Albanian Shehu.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShek
Borrowed from Cantonese 石 (sek⁶), when the initial was still [ɕ] during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShem
From Ancient Greek Σήμ (Sḗm), from Hebrew שם (Šēm).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsShema
Borrowed from Hebrew שְׁמַע.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordShemu
Borrowed from Egyptian šmw, S-mw-hrw.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShen
* As a Chinese surname of multiple origins: ** Mandarin form of 沈 ** Mandarin form of 申 (shēn) ** Mandarin form of 慎 (shèn) ** Mandarin form of 莘 (see Xin) ** Variant Romanization of 孫 /孙, see Sun. ** Variant Romanizatio
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsSheng
Blend of Swahili + English.
2 source sections · 8 relationship mentionsSheol
Borrowed from Hebrew שְׁאוֹל, שְׁאֹל (sheól, “abode of the dead, underworld, netherworld, etc.”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSheqi
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 社旗.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSheri
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شرع (şerʿ, şeriʿ), from Arabic شَرْع (šarʕ).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsSheth
Indian surname, spelling variant of Seth, of Hindu, Jain, and Parsi origin, all from derivatives of Sanskrit श्रेष्ठिन् (śreṣṭhin, “banker, head of a guild”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionSheu
From Mandarin 許 /许 (Sheu) in Gwoyeu Romatzyh romanization.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShi
Romanization of Mandarin 石 (shí), 史 (shǐ), 師／师 (shī), 時／时 (shí), 士 (shì), 釋／释 (shì), and 施 (shī)
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordShi'a
From Arabic شِيعَة (šīʕa, “sect, faction, party; [collectively] followers, partisans”), as the word has been used in شِيعَة عَلِيّ (šīʕat ʕalī, “the faction of Ali; [collectively] the followers of Ali”) or الشِّيعَة (aš-
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsShi'i
Borrowed from Arabic شِيعِيّ (šīʕiyy), from الشِّيعَة (aš-šīʕa, “the Shi'a”) + ـِيّ (-iyy). By surface analysis, Shi'a + -i.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionShiba
Borrowed from Japanese 芝 (Shiba).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShick
* As a Jewish and German surname, Americanized from Schick. * As a Czech and Slovene surname, Americanized from Šik. Compare Sick.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsShide
From Old English scēad (“boundary, division”), referring to the stream that ran through it.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShiel
Variant of Shield or Shields.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordShift
From shift.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordShiga
Borrowed from Japanese 滋賀(しが) (Shiga).
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordShigu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 石鼓 (Shígǔ).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShih
From Wade–Giles Romanization of Mandarin 石 (shí), 史 (shǐ), 師／师 (shī), 時／时 (shí), 士 (shì), 釋／释 (shì), and 施 (shī). Doublet of Thach.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionShihe
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 溮河 /浉河.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShill
Unexplained.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordShim
Borrowed from Korean 심(沈) (Sim).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShima
Borrowed from Japanese 島 (Shima).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShin
From Scottish Gaelic abhainn Sin.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsShina
Borrowed from Shina ݜݨیاٗ (ṣiṇyaá), from Sanskrit श्रेण्यक (śreṇyaka), from श्रेण्य (śreṇya, “tribesman”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsShing
From Cantonese 盛 (sing⁶). Doublet of Sheng, Seng, and Sing.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsShion
* (given name): Transliteration of Japanese しおん.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordShipp
Occupational surname, from ship.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordShiqi
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 石岐 (Shíqí).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShira
Americanized spelling of Shearer.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordShire
English and Irish surname, from shire.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordShiro
Borrowed from Japanese しろう (Shirō).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShit
From Persian شيت (šīt).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShiu
Borrowed from Cantonese 蕭／萧 (siu1) or 邵 (siu6).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordShiv
Variant of Shiva, from Sanskrit शिव (Śivá, “the auspicious one”).
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShiva
Borrowed from Sanskrit शिव (śivá, “the auspicious one”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShoah
From Hebrew שׁוֹאָה (šōʾā, “catastrophe”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShock
* As an English surname, variant of Shuck. * As a German surname, Americanized from Schock, itself a variant of Scheck, or from the sense Schock (“heap”). Compare Schoch.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsShoen
Americanized spelling of German Schön, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShoji
Borrowed from Japanese しょうじ (Shōji).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShoka
From Japanese 彰化(しょうか) (Shōka).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordShoma
Borrowed from Japanese しょうま (Shōma).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShon
As a Yiddish and German surname, spelling variant of Schoen. As a Korean surname, from 손 (son).
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordShona
Scottish Anglicized form of Seonag ( =Joan) and an American variant of Shauna.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordShone
Anglicized form of Welsh Siôn (“John”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShoni
From French Shoni.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShoop
* As a German surname, Americanized from Schupp. * Also an Americanized spelling of Dutch and North German Schoop, from Middle Dutch schoepe and Middle Low German schōpe (“ladle”) (for which see modern Schöpflöffel).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsShore
* As an English surname, from the noun shore. * As a Jewish surname, spelling variant of Schorr, Szor, Schauer.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordShorr
Variant of Shor.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordShosh
From Albanian Shosh, derived from shosh (“to sift”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShota
From Georgian შოთა (šota).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShoun
Americanized spelling of German Schön.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShowa
Borrowed from Japanese 昭和 (Shōwa).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShrek
From the fictional ogre Shrek, created by the American author William Steig for his 1990 picture book Shrek! and popularized by the DreamWorks computer-animated movie franchise, whose name derives from Yiddish שרעק (shre
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionShrey
Borrowed from Sanskrit श्रेय (śreya).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShri
From Sanskrit श्री (śrī), possibly through a modern Indian language. Compare Bengali শ্রী (sri), Gujarati શ્રી (śrī), Tamil ஶ்ரீ (śrī), Hindi, Nepali, and Marathi श्री (śrī), Malayalam ശ്രീ (śrī).
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionsShrub
A play on his surname Bush, a shrub being a smaller bush, thus indicating that he is the junior Bush in relation to his father George H. W. Bush. Popularized by American newspaper columnist Molly Ivins (1944–2007), who c
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsShu
Borrowed from Egyptian šw (“Shu”, literally “Emptiness”), a derivative of the verb šwj (“to be empty, devoid of”).
5 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsShubh
Borrowed from Sanskrit शुभ (śubha).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShuck
* As an English surname, from Old English scucca (“evil spirit”). * As a German andJewish surname, Americanized from Schuck.
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