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Saab ♀ ☆ Sabas ♂ Aramaic elder or grandfather through Greek ☆ Sabiniano ♂ Latin Sabinianus; Sabine name family ☆ Sabino ♂ A Sabine, from the ancient people of central Italy ☆ Sabrina ♀ Latin form of the River Severn’s name ☆ Sabrine ♀ Variant of Sabrina, the historical Severn name ☆ Saburo ♂ Japanese Saburō; 三郎 combines three and son ☆ Sadat ♂ Plural of the Arabic title sayyid ☆ Sadie ♀ Familiar form of Sarah; princess-name tradition ☆ Said ♂ Happy or fortunate ☆ Sakina ♀ Arabic: calmness or peace ☆ Salamat ♂ Arabic safety-name tradition; Filipino thanks word ☆ Salatiel ♂ Biblical Shealtiel-name form; I have asked of God ☆ Saleh ♂ Righteous, virtuous, or pious ☆ Salem ♂♀ Arabic safe-name form or Hebrew place-name tradition ☆ Sali ♂ Cheerful in an Arabic account; speaker in a separate Old Nubian account ☆ Salik ♂ Greenlandic name; separately a Tagalog factor word ☆ Salim ♂ Arabic names: safe, sound or intact ☆ Sally ♀ Familiar form of Sarah; lady or princess ☆ Salma ♀ Safe or sound in Arabic ☆ Salome ♀ Peace-name form through Aramaic and Hebrew ☆ Salud ♀ Health, in the Spanish name tradition ☆ Salustiana ♀ Feminine Sallustianus family; possible health root ☆ Salvacion ♀ Salvation, in a Philippine Marian title-name ☆ Salvador ♂ Saviour ☆ Salvadora ♀ Feminine Salvador; saviour name tradition ☆ Salvio ♂ Safe ☆ Sam ♂♀ Short form of Samuel, Samantha or Samson ☆ Samad ♂ Arabic name: eternal ☆ Samantha ♀ Possibly formed from Samuel with an -antha ending ☆ Samira ♀ Feminine evening-conversation companion in the Arabic account ☆ Sammy ♂♀ Diminutive of Samuel, Samson, or Samantha ☆ Samsam ♂♀ Shared familiar form in several Sam-name families ☆ Samson ♂ Sun-related Hebrew Shimshon ☆ Samuel ♂ Biblical Shemu’el, often explained as name of God ☆ Samuel Jude ♂ Samuel: Biblical Shemu’el, often explained as name of God; Jude: Praised, from the Judah name family ☆ Samy Denis ♂ Samy: Arabic Sami transcription, elevated or sublime; Denis: medieval French Dionysius form connected with Dionysos ☆ Sancho ♂ Possibly from sanctus, “holy” ☆ Sander ♂ Short form of Alexander ☆ Sandino ♂ ☆ Sandra ♀ Short form of Italian Alessandra ☆ Sandro ♂ Defending people, through the Alexander family ☆ Sandy ♂♀ Familiar form of Alexander or Sandra ☆ Saning ♀ Lily or rose, through familiar Susan ☆ Sansan ♀ Repeated familiar form of Susan ☆ Santiago ♂ Saint James ☆ Santos ♂ Saints; associated with All Saints’ Day ☆ Santos Victor ♂ Santos: Saints, associated with All Saints’ Day; Victor: Conqueror, one who wins ☆ Sara ♀ Lady or princess ☆ Sarah ♀ Lady, princess, or noblewoman ☆ Sarah Jane ♀ Sarah: Lady, princess, or noblewoman; Jane: God is gracious, a feminine form of John ☆ Sari ♀ Indonesian essence-name; independent Finnish use also exists ☆ Sarina ♀ Diminutive of Sara; sometimes a Serena variant ☆ Sarita ♀ Spanish Sara diminutive; a separate Indic river/flowing name ☆ Satomi ♀ Japanese Satomi; village or intelligence with beauty ☆ Satoshi ♂ Intelligent in 聡 or wisdom in 智 in Japanese ☆ Saturnina ♀ Feminine of Saturninus, derived from Saturn ☆ Saturnino ♂ Form of Roman Saturninus, derived from Saturn ☆ Saul Samson ♂ Saul: Hebrew asked for or prayed for; Samson: Hebrew Shimshon, derived from the sun word ☆ Saulo ♂ Asked for or obtained through prayer, in the Saul name family ☆ No matches Try fewer filters or another spelling.
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More than a list of spellings 232 meaning and editorial entries
96 with dictionary IPA readings
18 recorded compound forms
Recorded name spelling
Wikidata records Saab as a personal-name spelling. The linked name item includes the source labels and related forms.
Read the meaning and history → Aramaic elder or grandfather through Greek
The exact Sabas account derives the Spanish name through Greek Sabbas from Aramaic sava, old man or grandfather. Several saint traditions carried the name across languages.
Read the meaning and history → Latin Sabinianus; Sabine name family
The exact dictionary of names at Santi e Beati derives Sabiniano from Latin Sabinianus and associates it with the Sabines. The Vatican independently uses the exact Spanish Sabiniano for the historical pope.
Read the meaning and history → A Sabine, from the ancient people of central Italy
Sabino is documented in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese as a form of Sabinus. The Roman name referred to the Sabine people of central Italy.
Read the meaning and history → Where these forms come from 136 Dictionary evidence117 Wikidata130 Philippine source recordsA name can have more than one evidence layer, so these counts overlap. An exact spelling record supports its use in that source; the meaning and pronunciation need their own evidence. How we research names →