Vintage girls names starting with an S

I want a less common girls name starting with an S. So far I really like [name_f]Summer[/name_f] but I’m nervous it sounds trashy. I don’t particularly like [name_u]Shelby[/name_u]. It doesn’t have to be vintage. I want to name her after my two grandmothers ([name_f]Shirley[/name_f] and [name_f]Ellen[/name_f]) but just with their first letters. All suggestions welcome.

Shireen could work as a combination of [name_f]Shirley[/name_f] and [name_f]Ellen[/name_f]. Some S names that aren’t [name_f]Summer[/name_f] or [name_u]Shelby[/name_u]:

[name_f]Sarah[/name_f]
[name_f]Samara[/name_f]
[name_f]Samantha[/name_f]
[name_u]Sydney[/name_u]
[name_f]Sophia[/name_f]
[name_f]Sigrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Savannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabine[/name_f]
[name_u]Simone[/name_u]
[name_f]Sadie[/name_f]
[name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u]
[name_f]Svea[/name_f]
[name_u]Sequoia[/name_u]

I happen to agree with your perspective on [name_f]Summer[/name_f]:slight_smile:

The pp has great suggestions. I would add:

[name_f]Serena[/name_f]
serene
[name_f]Selene[/name_f]
[name_f]Sheila[/name_f]
[name_f]Salma[/name_f]
selma
Shereen
sharaine
[name_f]Sheryl[/name_f]

I’m not a huge fan of [name_f]Summer[/name_f] either.

Actually, I would love to meet a little [name_f]Shirley[/name_f]! Perhaps [name_f]Shirley[/name_f] [name_f]Ella[/name_f] or [name_f]Shirley[/name_f] [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], depending on what your last name is :slight_smile:

[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] (love!!)
[name_u]Shelley[/name_u]
[name_f]Sabina[/name_f]
[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]

I don’t think [name_f]Stella[/name_f] has been suggested yet!

[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Suellen[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabrina[/name_f]
[name_f]Sela[/name_f]

[name_f]Summer[/name_f] is an attractive name in my mind. One of my names is [name_f]Reine[/name_f] and I feel that this name has been somewhat trashed through people using [name_u]Reign[/name_u] or [name_u]Rain[/name_u] associations but I personally have not had this experience with [name_f]Summer[/name_f]. I am in Australia as well.The only negative vibe I get is that because its a very defining word name, people say its lovely, but tend to choose an arbitrary name perhaps because so many [name_f]Summers[/name_f] seems to be worse than so many Sofias.
[name_f]Saskia[/name_f], [name_f]Savannah[/name_f], [name_u]Seren[/name_u], [name_f]Sienna[/name_f], [name_u]Skye[/name_u], [name_f]Sara[/name_f], [name_m]Soren[/name_m], [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f], [name_u]Shea[/name_u]
or Séarlait - Old Irish [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] translation I believe.
Not exactly -Vintage “S” names, sorry.
edited to add Shelley as an honor name.

The first name I thought of is [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f], [name_f]Saskia[/name_f], [name_u]Sierra[/name_u], [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]/[name_u]Scout[/name_u] and [name_f]Stella[/name_f] are nice too.

I actually love [name_f]Summer[/name_f]!
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Sienna[/name_f]/[name_f]Siena[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabine[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabrina[/name_f]
[name_f]Sadie[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]

Maybe:
[name_f]Susanna[/name_f] / [name_f]Susannah[/name_f], [name_f]Sadie[/name_f], [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f], [name_f]Sabrina[/name_f], [name_f]Sabine[/name_f], [name_f]Saskia[/name_f], [name_f]Sabra[/name_f], [name_f]Sanna[/name_f], [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f], [name_f]Serena[/name_f], [name_f]Selene[/name_f], [name_f]Selena[/name_f], [name_f]Severine[/name_f], [name_f]Sidonie[/name_f], [name_u]Simone[/name_u], [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f], [name_u]Sloane[/name_u], [name_u]Sasha[/name_u], [name_f]Sosie[/name_f], [name_f]Solita[/name_f], [name_f]Sukey[/name_f].

My favourite S girl names are [name_f]Sabrina[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Sari[/name_f]), [name_f]Susie[/name_f] and [name_f]Sally[/name_f].