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Associated with scarlet cloth and the colour scarlet red.

English · British English /ˈskɑː.lɪt/; American English /ˈskɑɹ.lɪt/

ClassicBold

Sebastian

“From Sebaste”; also linked to Greek “venerable” or “exalted”.

Greek · German /ze.ˈbas.ti.an/; American English /sə.ˈbæs.t͡ʃən/.

ClassicElegant

Siegrun

Elements meaning “victory” and “secret”.

Germanic · German: stress on the first syllable, as in the related form Sigrun.

TraditionalStrong

Silas

Uncertain; possibly connected with “forest” or “asked for”.

Greek · English: /ˈsaɪ.ləs/

ClassicGentle

Simone

Unisex

Hebrew · French /si.mɔn/; English /səˈmoʊn/; German /ziˈmoːnə/; Italian /siˈmoːne/.

Hearing or listening, through the Hebrew root of Simon.

ClassicElegant

Sofia

Greek · Italian /so.ˈfi.a/; German /zo.ˈfiː.a/.

Wisdom.

ClassicGraceful

Sophia

Wisdom, from Greek sophia.

Greek · English: /soʊˈfiːə/; German: /zoˈfiːa/.

ClassicElegant

Sophie

French · English: /ˈsəʊfi/ or /ˈsoʊ.fi/, SOH-fee; French: /sɔ.fi/; German: /zo.ˈfiː/

Wisdom.

ClassicGentle

Stella

Nature-inspiredCelestialBright

Latin · English /ˈstɛl.ə/; Italian /ˈstel.la/

Star

Taim

Servant; associated with devotion through its Arabic root

Arabic · Arabic /tajm/

Simple and sweetWarm

Teodoro

Greek · Spanish: [te.oˈðo.ɾo], te-o-DO-ro

Gift of God

Teresa

Uncertain; a connection with Greek “to harvest” has been proposed.

Spanish · Spanish: /teˈɾesa/; English: /təˈriːsə/ or /təˈriːzə/

Thea

Gift of God through Dorothea or Theodora; also linked to Greek ‘goddess’.

Greek · English /ˈθi.ə/, with th as in thin; German /ˈteː.a/ starts with t.

Simple and sweetBright

Theo

“Gift of God” through Theodore; other full forms give Theo different roots.

Greek · English: THEE-oh /ˈθi.oʊ/. German: /ˈteː.o/.

Simple and sweetWarm

Theodore

Greek · British English: /ˈθiː.ə.ˌdɔː/; American English: /ˈθi.ə.ˌdɔɹ/.

Gift of God.

Theresa

Uncertain; “harvest” is one proposed connection

German · English /təˈɹiːsə/ or /təˈɹiːzə/

TraditionalGraceful

Thiago

A Brazilian spelling of Tiago, related to James and Jacob; traditionally associated with “holder of the heel” or “supplanter”.

Portuguese · Brazilian Portuguese: /t͡ʃi.ˈa.ɡu/; roughly chee-AH-goo

ModernLyrical

Thomas

Aramaic · /ˈtɒməs/ (British English); /ˈtɑːməs/ (American English); /ˈtoːmas/ (German); /tɔma/ (French)

Twin

Tiago

Portuguese form of James, through Santiago (‘Saint James’)

Portuguese · European Portuguese /ti.ˈa.ɡu/; one Brazilian Portuguese form /t͡ʃi.ˈa.ɡu/

Tim

Honouring God; through Dietmar, people and fame

Greek · English and German /tɪm/

Tobias

God is good; more specifically, Yahweh is good.

Hebrew · German /toˈbiː.as/; English /təˈbaɪ.əs/, with a different middle vowel.

TraditionalFriendly

Toni

Unisex

Latin · German /ˈtoːni/; English /ˈtoʊni/

No securely established literal meaning; from the Antonius name family.

Tuomas

“Twin”, from the Aramaic root of Thomas.

Finnish · Finnish /ˈtuo̯mɑs/; Tuo-mas, first stress; uo glides within one syllable.

Vaino

Possibly linked to the Estonian word for a village green or grassy common.

Estonian · Estonian spelling Vaino: retain a and o, rather than substituting the ä and ö of Finnish Väinö.