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BABY NAME CATEGORY

Modern Baby Names (Page 139)

Explore modern baby names that are short, easy to pronounce, and culturally versatile.

Shehu

Boy

Shehu means elder, chief, or sheikh.

Usage
Hausa
Category
All

Sheila

Girl

A variant of Shei, meaning "Unique and exotic".

Usage
Irish, English
Category
English

Shel

Boy

Shel means a short form of Shelby.

Usage
English
Category
English

Shelbi

Girl

A lovely baby name of English (Modern) origin, traditionally chosen for girls.

Usage
English (Modern)
Category
English

Shelby

Unisex

Shelby means from the willow farm.

Usage
English
Category
English

Shelia

Girl

Shelia means blind or heavenly.

Usage
English
Category
English

Shell

Girl

Shell means shell or seashell, who is like God, or clearing on a bank.

Usage
English
Category
English

Shelly

Unisex

Shelly means meadow's edge or mine.

Usage
English
Category
English

Sheng

Unisex

Sheng means victorious, to be able, flourishing, prosperous, or holy.

Usage
Chinese
Category
Chinese

Sher

Boy

Sher means lion.

Usage
Urdu, Pashto
Category
Pakistani

Sherif

Boy

Sherif means honorable, eminent, virtuous, noble, or highborn.

Usage
Arabic
Category
Arabic

Shi

Unisex

A variant of Shia, meaning "Gift of God; Followers; Sect; Moon; Happiness".

Usage
Chinese
Category
Chinese

Shib

Boy

A variant of Shibl, meaning "A lion cub".

Usage
Bengali
Category
Bengali

Shideh

Girl

Shideh means bright.

Usage
Persian
Category
Persian

Shifra

Girl

Shifra means beautiful.

Usage
Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Category
Hebrew

Shigeo

Boy

A lovely baby name of Japanese origin, traditionally chosen for boys.

Usage
Japanese
Category
Japanese

Shihab

Boy

Shihab means shooting star or meteor.

Usage
Arabic
Category
Arabic

Shihan

Unisex

A lovely baby name of Chinese origin, traditionally chosen for children.

Usage
Chinese
Category
Chinese

Shiho

Girl

A lovely baby name of Japanese origin, traditionally chosen for girls.

Usage
Japanese
Category
Japanese

Shilo

Boy

Shilo means his gift or tranquil.

Usage
Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Category
Hebrew

Shimaa

Girl

Shimaa means a feeling of ectasy and joy.

Usage
Arabic
Category
Arabic

Shimon

Boy

Shimon means hearing or listening.

Usage
Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Category
Hebrew

Shin

Boy

A variant of Shina, meaning "Graceful hour; Goods; Dignity; Warrior; Yahweh is gracious".

Usage
Japanese
Category
Japanese

Shingo

Boy

Shingo means genuine self.

Usage
Japanese
Category
Japanese

Shinji

Boy

Shinji means real boss or true ruler.

Usage
Japanese
Category
Japanese

Shinju

Girl

Shinju means pearl.

Usage
Japanese
Category
Japanese

Shinta

Girl

A variant of Shinta, meaning "A person who develops, cultivates things; Lengthen; A name for Sita; Furrow".

Usage
Javanese
Category
Javanese

Shinzō

Boy

A lovely baby name of Japanese origin, traditionally chosen for boys.

Usage
Japanese
Category
Japanese

Shion

Unisex

Shion means aster or sound of a poem.

Usage
Japanese
Category
Japanese

Shiori

Unisex

Shiori means bookmark, bending, or weaving poem.

Usage
Japanese
Category
Japanese

Shir

Girl

Shir means song.

Usage
Hebrew
Category
Hebrew

Shira

Girl

Shira means singing.

Usage
Hebrew
Category
Hebrew

Shiran

Girl

Shiran means happy song.

Usage
Hebrew
Category
Hebrew

Shirel

Girl

Shirel means song of God.

Usage
Hebrew
Category
Hebrew

Shiri

Girl

Shiri means my song.

Usage
Hebrew
Category
Hebrew

Shirin

Girl

Shirin means sweet.

Usage
Persian, Uzbek, Tajik, Kyrgyz
Category
Kyrgyz

Shirli

Girl

Shirli means song for me.

Usage
Hebrew
Category
Hebrew

Shiro

Boy

Shiro means fourth son, castle, or white.

Usage
Japanese
Category
Japanese

Shirou

Boy

A variant of Shira, meaning "singing".

Usage
Japanese
Category
Japanese

Shiv

Boy

Shiv means Lord Shiva, auspicious, or lucky.

Usage
Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi
Category
Pakistani

Shiva

Boy

Shiva means benign, kind, or auspicious.

Usage
Hinduism, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Nepali
Category
Nepali

Shizue

Girl

A lovely baby name of Japanese origin, traditionally chosen for girls.

Usage
Japanese
Category
Japanese

Shlomo

Boy

A lovely baby name of Hebrew origin, traditionally chosen for boys.

Usage
Hebrew
Category
Hebrew

Shmuel

Boy

Shmuel means name of God or God has heard.

Usage
Hebrew
Category
Hebrew

Sho

Boy

A lovely baby name of Japanese origin, traditionally chosen for boys.

Usage
Japanese
Category
Japanese

Shō

Boy

A lovely baby name of Japanese origin, traditionally chosen for boys.

Usage
Japanese
Category
Japanese

Shoaib

Boy

Shoaib means midianite prophet in Quran or abundance.

Usage
Arabic, Urdu
Category
Arabic

Shōhei

Boy

A lovely baby name of Japanese origin, traditionally chosen for boys.

Usage
Japanese
Category
Japanese

Shohre

Girl

A variant of Shohreh, meaning "famous".

Usage
Persian
Category
Persian

Shōji

Boy

A lovely baby name of Japanese origin, traditionally chosen for boys.

Usage
Japanese
Category
Japanese

Shon

Boy

Shon means God is gracious.

Usage
English
Category
English

Shota

Boy

Shota means happy or glad.

Usage
Georgian
Category
Georgian

Shōta

Boy

A lovely baby name of Japanese origin, traditionally chosen for boys.

Usage
Japanese
Category
Japanese

Shou

Boy

Shou means soar or prize.

Usage
Japanese
Category
Japanese

Shouji

Boy

A lovely baby name of Japanese origin, traditionally chosen for boys.

Usage
Japanese
Category
Japanese

Shouta

Boy

Shouta means to call out.

Usage
Japanese
Category
Japanese

Shqipe

Girl

Shqipe means albanian.

Usage
Albanian
Category
Albanian

Shreya

Girl

Shreya means superior or better.

Usage
Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati
Category
Bengali

Shu

Girl

Shu means good, pure, seed, sprout, or he who rises up.

Usage
Chinese
Category
Chinese

Shuai

Unisex

A variant of Shua, meaning "Ray of sunlight".

Usage
Chinese
Category
Chinese

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