Names like Sheila

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Selma

From English Selma. Borrowed from English, from various similar-sounding female given names.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

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Shauna

From Shaun + -a, variant of Irish Seán, from Old French Jehan, from Latin Johannes, variant of Ioannes, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān,…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

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Sienna

From the colour sienna.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

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Sorcha

Borrowed from Irish and Scottish Gaelic Sorcha (literally “light, radiant”). From sorcha (“bright, clear, conspicuous”), from Old Irish sorchae (“bright, luminous”). From…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

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Aisaya

Borrowed from English Isaiah.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

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Alma

Usually explained as Latin alma (“nourishing, kind”). It has also been used as a short form of Germanic compound names beginning with the element Amal-, as in Amelia. From…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

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