Muslim girl names starting with S
Girl names, from the Mothers of the Believers to Quranic virtues, with a one-line meaning.
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- Sabaصَبَا “The east wind”, the gentle morning breeze sung by poets
- Sadeemسَدِيم “Light mist”; in modern Arabic, “nebula”
- Safaصَفَا “Purity, clearness”; name of the hill of al-Safa in Mecca
- Safaaصَفَاء “Purity, clearness, serenity”
- Safiyaصَفِيَّة “Pure, chosen, elect”
- Sahabسَحَاب “Clouds”, bearers of rain
- Sahlaسَهْلَة “Easy, gentle”, like the plain as opposed to the mountain
- Sajaسَجَى “The stillness of the night”: what grows calm and spreads
- Sakinaسَكِينَة “Serenity”, the peace of heart that Allah sends down
- Salamسَلَام “Peace, safety”, and the greeting of Muslims
- Salmaسَلْمَى An old Arabic name from the root of peace (s-l-m); “peaceful, safe and sound”
- Salsabilسَلْسَبِيل Name of a spring of Paradise; “sweet water that flows easily”
- Samaسَمَا “Sky, height”: what rises
- Sanaسَنَاء “Brilliance, radiance”; and “height, nobility”
- Sarahسَارَة “Princess, noble lady” in Hebrew; name of the wife of Ibrahim
- Sawdaسَوْدَة An old Arabic name from the root s-w-d: blackness, but also the majority and nobility (siyada)
- Shadenشَادِن “The fawn” that has grown strong, the young gazelle
- Shahadشَهْد “Honeycomb”, honey still in its wax
- Shaimaشَيْمَاء “Bearing a beauty mark”; the name of the Prophet’s ﷺ foster sister
- Shathaشَذَى “Penetrating fragrance”, a scent that spreads
- Shawqشَوْق “Ardent longing, yearning” for what one loves
- Shawwalشَوَّال Name of the tenth month of the Hijri calendar, which follows Ramadan
- Shifaشِفَاء “Healing”, the return to health and the soothing of the heart
- Shuhadaشُهَدَاء “The martyrs, the witnesses”: plural of shahid
- Sidraسِدْرَة “The lote tree”; Sidrat al-Muntaha, the tree of the boundary
- Sofiaصُوفِيَا From Greek sophia, “wisdom”
- Sumayyahسُمَيَّة An old diminutive from the root of height and of the sky (s-m-w); name of the first martyr of Islam
- Sundusسُنْدُس “Fine silk”, the cloth of the people of Paradise