Muslim names starting with S
All names starting with S, for girls and boys, with a one-line meaning.
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- Saadسَعْد “Happiness, good fortune”, the opposite of ill luck
- Sabaصَبَا “The east wind”, the gentle morning breeze sung by poets
- Sadeemسَدِيم “Light mist”; in modern Arabic, “nebula”
- Sadiqصَادِق “Sincere, truthful”, who speaks truth and keeps his word
- Saeedسَعِيد “Happy, fortunate”, the blessed one
- 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
- Sahlسَهْل “Easy, gentle”; the plain, level ground
- 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
- Salihصَالِح “Righteous, upright”; name of the prophet Salih, sent to Thamud
- Salimسَالِم “Safe and sound”, unharmed, kept from all harm
- Salmaسَلْمَى An old Arabic name from the root of peace (s-l-m); “peaceful, safe and sound”
- Salmanسَلْمَان “Safe and sound, preserved”, from the root of peace (salam)
- Salsabilسَلْسَبِيل Name of a spring of Paradise; “sweet water that flows easily”
- Samaسَمَا “Sky, height”: what rises
- Sanaسَنَاء “Brilliance, radiance”; and “height, nobility”
- Saqerصَقْر “The falcon”, a bird of prey trained for hunting
- Sarahسَارَة “Princess, noble lady” in Hebrew; name of the wife of Ibrahim
- Sattamسَطَّام Najdi name linked to sitam, “the edge of the sword”
- 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
- Sharifشَرِيف “Noble, honourable”, of high birth; a title of the Prophet’s ﷺ descendants
- 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
- Shoaibشُعَيْب Arabic diminutive related to shaʿb (“people”); name of the prophet sent to Madyan
- Shuhadaشُهَدَاء “The martyrs, the witnesses”: plural of shahid
- Siddiqصِدِّيق “The truthful one”, who believes without reserve and confirms the truth
- Sidraسِدْرَة “The lote tree”; Sidrat al-Muntaha, the tree of the boundary
- Sirajسِرَاج “The lamp”, that which gives light
- Sofiaصُوفِيَا From Greek sophia, “wisdom”
- Suhaibصُهَيْب “The little red-haired one”, diminutive of ashab, with reddish-fair hair
- Suhailسُهَيْل Diminutive of sahl, “easy, gentle”; the Arabic name of the star Canopus
- Sulaymanسُلَيْمَان Name of the prophet-king Sulayman (Solomon); from the Hebrew Shelomo, linked to “peace”
- Sultanسُلْطَان “Power, authority”; also “compelling proof”
- 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