List of Baby Names for Boys Starting with S

Shaw

Shaw Family History. Shaw Name Meaning. English: topographic name for someone who lived by a copse or thicket, Middle English s(c)hage, s(c)hawe (Old English sceaga), or a habitational name from any of the numerous minor places named with this word.

Meaning: Grove Origin: English

Sheffield

The name Sheffield is Old English in origin. It derives from the River Sheaf, whose name is a corruption of shed or sheth, meaning to divide or separate. Field is a generic suffix deriving from the Old English feld, meaning a forest clearing.

Meaning: Crooked field Origin: Anglo-Saxon

Shel

The meaning of the name “Shel” is: “Derivative: Form of Sheldon”.

Meaning: A short form of shelby, sheldon

Sherill

Given Name SHERILL. GENDER: Feminine. USAGE: English (Rare) PRONOUNCED: SHER-əl [details]

Meaning: Shire on a hill Origin: English

Sherlock

Sherlock is actually an English surname, which was used by Doyle as his character's first name. The name translates from Old English roots scir, meaning 'bright', and locc, meaning 'lock of hair'.

Meaning: Light haired Origin: Anglo-Saxon

Sherman

Sherman is a surname that originated in the Anglo-Saxon language. It means a "shearer of woolen garments", being derived from the words scearra, or "shears", and mann, or "man". The name is cognate with Sharman, Shearman and Shurman. Sherman has also been regularly used as a given name in the United States.

Meaning: Sheep shearer Origin: English

Sherwin

Shervin (Persian: شروین‎‎), also spelled Sherveen or Sherwin, is a Persian given name. Although predominantly a boys name, the name is occasionally given to girls in the form of "Shervineh" or "Shervin Dokht". ... One interpretation of the name is a combination of "anousheh", meaning eternal, and "ravan", meaning soul.

Meaning: Swift runner, one who cuts the wind Origin: English

Shiloh

Hebrew Meaning: The name Shiloh is a Hebrew baby name. In Hebrew the meaning of the name Shiloh is: The one to whom it belongs. In the bible Shiloh is a prophetic name for the Messiah; Also Shiloh is significant as the site of a crucial battle in the American Civil War.

Meaning: Peaceful, tranquil Origin: Hebrew

Shipley

Shipley Name Meaning. English: habitational name from any of the various places, for example in Derbyshire, County Durham, Northumberland, Shropshire, Sussex, and West Yorkshire, so called from Old English sceap, scip 'sheep' + leah 'wood', 'clearing'.

Meaning: Sheep meadow

Shulamith

Shulamis (שולמית) or Shulamit is the feminine form of the Hebrew name Solomon (in Hebrew, "Shlomo", שְלמה), related to the word "shalom" (שָׁלוֹם), or "peace". See Salome (disambiguation). " Shula" is a shortened form. The name Salome is also a related form.

Meaning: Peaceful Origin: Hebrew