Others Dog Names

Savash

Saxo

Latinized Old Norse given name, recorded as masculine

Sayen

Meaning uncertain; possibly from Mapuche ay n, "love".

Scally

An Irish surname, also spelled Skelly or Skally

Schari

Schira

Scully

Derived from the Irish surname 'O'Scuilidhe', meaning 'descendant of Scuilidh'.

Seamus

Anglicized form of Séamus, the Irish form of James

Sean

Anglicised form of the Irish name Seán, from Hebrew Yohanan, 'God is gracious'

Selke

Recorded as a Low German feminine given name

Selta

Senan

Anglicized form of Senán

Senga

A Scottish name meaning 'the old one' or 'the wise one'

Seren

Means "star" in Welsh

Seska

Shae

A variant of Shea, meaning 'admirable' or 'hawk

Shah

Persian royal title meaning "king"

Shaheen

A type of falcon known for its speed and hunting abilities.

Shaila

Shakti

Sanskrit शक्ति (śakti), meaning "power, energy"

Shaman

English word for a practitioner in shamanism

Shambala

Sanskrit Śambhala, a spiritual kingdom in Tibetan Buddhist tradition

Shane

Anglicized form of Seán, from Hebrew Yōḥānān, "God is gracious"

Shania

A name derived from the Native American Algonquin language meaning 'on her way'.

Shanlee

Shannon

Irish name meaning 'old river' or 'sacred river'

Shanti

Sanskrit śāntī, meaning "quiet, peace, tranquility"

Sharan

Shasta

Recorded as a given name in English (feminine) and Hinduism (masculine)

Shaun

Anglicized form of the Irish name Seán, from Hebrew 'God is gracious'

Shauna

Feminine form of Shaun, from Irish Seán, from Hebrew Yōḥānān, "God is gracious"

Shawn

Anglicized form of Seán, from Hebrew yōḥānān, "God is gracious"

Shayna

From Yiddish שיין (sheyn), "beautiful"

Shea

Anglicized form of the Irish name Sághdha, also an anglicization of Ó Séaghdha.

Sheena

Anglicized form of Sìne

Sheeva

Sheila

Anglicized form of the Irish name Síle, from Latin Caelia, meaning 'heavenly'

Shila

Sanskrit śīla, meaning "conduct, disposition, character"

Shiraz

Recorded as a given name in Armenian and Persian (masculine) and Hebrew (feminine)

Shotzie

Shrek

A Scottish term for fear or terror; also a slang term for a scary creature

Shyla

Variant of Sheila, or a blend of the sounds shy and la

Shylah

No documented meaning; recorded as a rare modern American English given name

Shyva

Sigga

A term of endearment or a diminutive form of the name 'Sigrid' meaning 'victory' in Old Norse

Sigge

Diminutive of Sigurd and Sigfrid, from Old German sigu, "victory"

Siggy

User-submitted: a masculine given name in modern, rare Swedish use

Signy

Norwegian variant form of Sign

Sigrid

From Old Norse Sigríðr, sigr "victory" and fríðr "beautiful, beloved"

Sigrun

Norwegian form of Sigrún, from Old Norse sigr "victory" and rún "rune"

SigrúN

Old Norse "victory rune"; Norwegian form of Sigrún

Sigurd

From the Old Norse name Sigurðr, from sigr "victory" and vǫrðr "guard, guardian"

Sikka

Silja

Finnish and Estonian diminutive of Cecilia

Silwa

Sindi

Recorded as a feminine given name in Albanian; also a word for other things

Sinead

Irish feminine name, from French Jeanette, from Hebrew Yohanan, "God is gracious"

Sinja

Recorded as a feminine given name in North Frisian

Sinopa

Recorded as a given name in Siksika, a user-submitted entry

Sinta

Javanese and Indonesian form of Sita

Sintra

A town and municipality in Portugal, on the Portuguese Riviera

Siofra

Irish term for a fairy or sprite

Sioux

An exonym, from a French transcription of the Ojibwe term Nadowessi

Sirka

Sirracha

Siska

A name used in Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Hungarian and Estonian

Sissa

Portuguese term for a small or young girl

Sitan

Siti

From the Arabic title سيّدتي (sayyidatī), meaning "madam, my lady"

Sivo

Skadi

Anglicised form of Old Norse Skaði, a name of uncertain etymology

Skald

A poet in the Norse tradition, often recounting tales of gods and heroes

Skallie

Skar

Recorded as a given name in English (Australian), used as a feminine name

Skenna

Skoll

Old Norse Skǫll, the wolf that chases the Sun in Norse mythology

Skyler

Variant of Schuyler, an Anglicized spelling of the Dutch surname

Sloane

From the Irish surname Ó Sluaghadháin, "descendant of Sluaghadhán"

Smilla

Invented by Peter Høeg for his 1992 novel, explained in the book as a short form of Smillaaraq

Snorri

The name Snorri is derived from Old Norse, meaning 'the one who snores'.

Sobek

Ancient Egyptian god associated with water and fertility.

Sofus

Danish masculine name, from the Latin cognomen Sophus, from Ancient Greek "wisdom"

Sokko

Soko

Soley

Solfrid

From Old Norse elements meaning "sun" and "beautiful, beloved"

Solveig

From Old Norse elements sól "sun" and veig "strength"

Sonja

Form of Sonya, a name of Greek origin meaning "wisdom"

Sonoma

From a Suisun word variously said to mean "valley of the moon" or "many moons"

Soraya

Persian form of the Arabic name Thurayya, from a word meaning 'brilliant gem' or 'Pleiades'

Soren

English form of Søren, from Latin severus ("severe, strict")

Sorin

Romanian masculine name, from or related to soare, "sun"

Sorka

Norwegian Bokmål name of unknown origin; a rare Bulgarian given name

Sorley

Derived from an Irish surname meaning 'the place or island of the sea.'

Sorsha

A name of Gaelic origin meaning 'free' or 'liberated'

Stara

Recorded as a rare feminine given name in English

Stepan

Russian, Ukrainian and Armenian form of Stephanos (see Stephen)

Stina

A variant of Christina, meaning 'follower of Christ'

Stoffel

A Dutch given name and German surname, from a diminutive of a reduced form of Christoffer

Stuart

Scottish occupational surname for a steward; Old English stig "house", weard "guard"