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Indian baby names starting with S

We publish 104 names beginning with S — 41 boys', 54 girls' and 9 unisex. Every one is listed with the Devanagari spelling our transliteration engine produces and the Chaldean root number of its full spelling, and with its meaning where we have verified one against a citable source.

Below the lists: how these names distribute across the Chaldean root numbers, and which nakshatra syllables their opening sounds belong to.

104 names 41 boys' 54 girls' 9 unisex 9 root numbers 40 verified meanings

S in Devanagari

Roman spelling hides the vowel length that Devanagari writes out. Our transliteration engine opens these names on 2 different aksharas.

स76 names श28 names

The 104 names

Devanagari from our transliteration engine; the number is the Chaldean reduction of the spelling shown.

Boys' names starting with S

41 names, alphabetically.

NameDevanagariChaldean rootMeaning
Sachin सचिन 9 ♂ Mars —
Saddam सद्दम 8 ♄ Saturn —
Sagar सागर 1 ☉ Sun ocean, sea
Sahid सहिद 5 ☿ Mercury —
Sahil साहिल 4 ♅ Uranus coast, shore
Sajid सजिद 1 ☉ Sun —
Salim सलिम 3 ♃ Jupiter —
Salman सल्मन 8 ♄ Saturn —
Samar समर 2 ☽ Moon battle; fruit of effort
Sameer समीर 2 ☽ Moon breeze, gust
Sandeep संदीप 4 ♅ Uranus —
Sanjay संजय 3 ♃ Jupiter victorious, triumphant
Sanjeev संजीव 8 ♄ Saturn —
Satender सतेंदेर 2 ☽ Moon —
Satish सतिश 8 ♄ Saturn —
Satpal सत्पल 2 ☽ Moon —
Satya सत्य 1 ☉ Sun true, real
Satyam सत्यम 5 ☿ Mercury —
Satyanarayan सत्यनरयन 8 ♄ Saturn —
Saurabh सौरभ 2 ☽ Moon fragrance
Shahid शहिद 1 ☉ Sun —
Shankar शंकर 1 ☉ Sun happiness-causing
Shaurya शौर्या 1 ☉ Sun valour, bravery
Sher शेर 6 ♀ Venus lion
Shiv शिव 6 ♀ Venus auspicious; favourable; kind
Shivam शिवम 2 ☽ Moon —
Shree श्री 2 ☽ Moon —
Shubham शुभम 8 ♄ Saturn —
Shyam श्याम 5 ☿ Mercury black (color)
Sohan सोहन 3 ♃ Jupiter —
Subham सुभम 3 ♃ Jupiter —
Subhash सुभश 7 ♆ Neptune —
Sudhir सुधिर 3 ♃ Jupiter —
Sumit सुमित 9 ♂ Mars —
Sunil सुनिल 9 ♂ Mars —
Sunny सुन्न्य 2 ☽ Moon —
Suraj सुरज 4 ♅ Uranus —
Surender सुरेंदेर 5 ☿ Mercury —
Surendra सुरेंद्रा 1 ☉ Sun —
Suresh सुरेश 6 ♀ Venus —

Showing the first 40 of 41, alphabetically. All 41 are on the boys' names starting with S page, grouped by Chaldean root.

Girls' names starting with S

54 names, alphabetically.

NameDevanagariChaldean rootMeaning
Saanvi सान्वि 8 ♄ Saturn a name of Goddess Lakshmi
Sabana सबना 4 ♅ Uranus —
Sabina सबिना 4 ♅ Uranus —
Sabnam शबनम 7 ♆ Neptune dew
Sadhna सध्ना 1 ☉ Sun —
Sakshi साक्षी 6 ♀ Venus witness, eyewitness
Salma सल्मा 3 ♃ Jupiter —
Samreen सम्रीन 7 ♆ Neptune —
Sana सना 1 ☉ Sun —
Sandhya संध्या 2 ☽ Moon evening, dusk
Sangeeta संगीता 9 ♂ Mars —
Sangita संगीत 9 ♂ Mars music
Sanjana संजना 8 ♄ Saturn —
Sapna सपना 9 ♂ Mars dream, reverie, vision
Sara सरा 7 ♆ Neptune pure; princess
Saraswati सरस्वति 4 ♅ Uranus —
Sarita सरिता 3 ♃ Jupiter river, stream
Saroj सरोज 5 ☿ Mercury lotus
Sashi शशि 4 ♅ Uranus moon
Savita सविता 7 ♆ Neptune the sun
Savitri सवित्रि 9 ♂ Mars —
Seema सीमा 9 ♂ Mars limit
Seeta सीता 9 ♂ Mars a furrow, the track or line of a ploughshare
Shabana शबना 9 ♂ Mars —
Shabnam शबनम 3 ♃ Jupiter dew
Shalini शलिनि 1 ☉ Sun —
Shalu शलु 9 ♂ Mars —
Shama शमा 5 ☿ Mercury —
Shanti शांति 1 ☉ Sun peace, tranquility, quiet, ease
Sharda शर्दा 7 ♆ Neptune —
Sheela शीला 4 ♅ Uranus —
Sheetal शीतल 8 ♄ Saturn cold, cool
Shikha शिखा 8 ♄ Saturn flame
Shilpa शिल्पा 3 ♃ Jupiter —
Shivani शिवनि 4 ♅ Uranus —
Shiwani शिवनि 4 ♅ Uranus —
Shobha शोभा 5 ☿ Mercury splendour, brilliance, lustre, beauty, grace, loveliness
Shreya श्रेया 8 ♄ Saturn auspicious; the most excellent
Simran सिम्रन 7 ♆ Neptune —
Sita सिता 9 ♂ Mars —

Showing the first 40 of 54, alphabetically. All 54 are on the girls' names starting with S page, grouped by Chaldean root.

Unisex names starting with S

9 names the corpus records as used for either.

NameDevanagariChaldean rootMeaning
Sanju संजु 7 ♆ Neptune —
Santosh संतोष 1 ☉ Sun satisfaction, contentment
Sarvesh सर्वेश 7 ♆ Neptune —
Shashi शशि 9 ♂ Mars moon
Shiva शिव 7 ♆ Neptune auspicious; favourable; kind
Sonu सोनु 3 ♃ Jupiter —
Sudesh सुदेश 8 ♄ Saturn —
Sunder सुंदर 7 ♆ Neptune beautiful, pretty; good-looking, handsome
Surjeet सुर्जीत 8 ♄ Saturn —

A blank meaning is one we have not verified against a citable source. We would rather leave the cell empty than fill it with a plausible guess.

Chaldean root numbers under S

Every name above reduced by the Chaldean method — how the letter actually distributes, counted rather than asserted.

RootRuling planetNamesFields traditionally favoured
Root 1 ☉ Sun 15 Leadership, Politics, Entrepreneurship
Root 8 ♄ Saturn 14 Banking, Insurance, Real estate
Root 9 ♂ Mars 14 Defence, Sports, Surgery
Root 7 ♆ Neptune 13 Research, Spirituality, Independent consulting
Root 2 ☽ Moon 12 Hospitality, Diplomacy, Wellness
Root 3 ♃ Jupiter 12 Education, Publishing, Wisdom-focused brands
Root 4 ♅ Uranus 12 Construction, Engineering, Manufacturing
Root 5 ☿ Mercury 7 Media, SaaS / Tech, Communication
Root 6 ♀ Venus 5 Luxury, Fashion, Beauty

Where names starting with S sit in the Avakahada chakra

The chakra is a table of 108 syllables, not of letters — it is the opening sound that places a name, so one letter can spread across several birth stars.

Opening syllableNamesNakshatraRashi
Sa 44 ⭕ Shatabhisha · pada 2 Kumbha
Su 20 ⭕ Shatabhisha · pada 4 Kumbha
Sha 11 ✋ Hasta · pada 2 Kanya
So 8 ⚔️ Purva Bhadrapada · pada 2 Kumbha
Si 4 ⭕ Shatabhisha · pada 3 Kumbha

17 further names beginning with S open on a sound the 108 syllables do not carry, so they are not in this table.

Traditionally the table runs the other way: a pandit reads the birth star and pada from the janam kundli and hands the family a syllable to start the name with. The birth chart is the authority, not the name. This is the reverse lookup, useful once you already have a name in mind.

Questions parents ask about names starting with S

How many Indian baby names starting with S does Naam Dekho publish?

104 — 41 boys', 54 girls' and 9 unisex. Each has its own page carrying the name in ten Indian scripts, its Chaldean reading and its short forms. The list is what our corpus actually holds and it grows as the corpus does; nothing is padded to make the letter look fuller.

Which nakshatra do names starting with S belong to?

The letter does not decide it — the opening sound does. Names on this page open on Sa, Su, Sha, So and Si, which the Avakahada chakra places in Shatabhisha, Hasta and Purva Bhadrapada. A child's actual birth star comes from the Moon's position in the janam kundli, not from the spelling of a name.

Do all names starting with S share the same numerology number?

No. Chaldean numerology values every letter of the spelling, not just the first: S is worth 3, and the rest of the name decides the total. The 104 names here fall across 9 different root numbers — 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 — so two names beginning with S can carry completely different readings.

How is a name starting with S written in Hindi?

Not always the same way. These names open on 2 different Devanagari aksharas — स (76) and श (28) — because Devanagari writes the vowel length that roman spelling only hints at. Every name page shows the full spelling in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi and Odia.

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Where to go next

The same letter split by gender — each page groups its names by Chaldean root

The letters either side of S

Every letter we publish. A letter gets a page once the corpus carries 12 names under it; until then its names sit in the full index

The 9 Chaldean root numbers these names carry

Name pages — the name in ten Indian scripts, its full Chaldean reading, the birth star its first sound belongs to, and the short forms families use