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Boy name starting with S

32 replies

k1atakuri · 07/08/2026 08:31

My best friend is very early in her pregnancy and I committed THE cardinal sin!! I showed her a post here where a person was talking about calling a kid named Sebastian “Sea Bass Stain.” She started crying and told me that’s what she wanted to name her baby if it’s a boy…. Help me kindly make new suggestions. She wants it to start with an S… she doesn’t believe me saying Sebastian is a great name, and no normal person would call him “Sea Bass.”

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PersephoneParlormaid · 07/08/2026 09:14

St.John pronounced Sinjun.
This is exactly why you should never discuss names when you’re pregnant.

Fooshufflewickjbannanapants · 07/08/2026 09:35

I have a Sebastian he’s been call bastion, Seb, sneb,snoob and pop pants but never sea bass stain!

MickyMoonshine · 07/08/2026 09:37

Sebastian is a lovely name and I’ve never heard it shortened to Sea Bass.
What about Samuel?

Morepositivemum · 07/08/2026 09:38

Simon? Steven? Sam? Shane … it’s actually a very difficult letter!!!

Fast800goingforit · 07/08/2026 09:41

Saul
Samuel
Sean
Seamus
Simeon

You clearly misjudged your friend's reaction. The only Sebastian I've met irl life was French and a lovely young man.

Potooooooooes · 07/08/2026 09:50

Sebastien would work.

123H · 07/08/2026 09:51

Solomon.

LubyLoo · 07/08/2026 09:55

Seth, Silas, Sam, Stanley, Sylvester

CypressMoon · 07/08/2026 10:02

Sebastian is a great name. There's no 'stain' sound in it. The 'i' comes before the 'a' in the last syllable. Seh-bass-tee-un. The ones I know get Seb or Bass

Other S names:

Samuel
Simon
Simeon
Seth
Severin
Silas
Saul
Stephen
Stefan

edited to say I love Sylvester and Solomon from PP's lists

Pascha · 07/08/2026 10:03

Well I have a Sebastien, (named for a famous racing driver). He gets called Bas, Basi, Bastien, Seb, Sebi etc... It's a beautiful name and in all his nearly 16 years I've never heard what you used at all. so if she reads this then let her know that all versions of Sebastien are lovely and there are lots of them making great lives for themselves in the world.

I'd guess that early pregnancy hormones are playing havoc with her at the moment. Maybe lay off the name search for now and let her find something organically in time.

All my suggestions would only be via Google which she can do for herself.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 07/08/2026 10:09

Samuel
Seth
Silas
Stanley
Saul
Solomon
Stephen
Stefan
Sullivan
Scott
Spencer

And Sebastian is fine! The letters & sounds don’t even break down into Se(a) Bas(s) St(i)a(i)n.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 07/08/2026 10:10

Sidney
Simeon

freshsunday · 07/08/2026 10:21

Struan or Strachan - lovely Scottish boys names.

ToadRage · 07/08/2026 10:34

Simon. My husband is called Simon. It's not very popular these days but i really like it.

eveningprimrose74 · 20/08/2026 14:09

Severous 😂😂 when could that name ever be wrong

user1492757084 · 20/08/2026 14:11

Sylvester
Stirling
Somerset
Simon
Sherlock

Mycatisreal · 20/08/2026 14:12

Sid is cool

HugoThatway · 20/08/2026 20:09

Sylvester
Selwyn
Severiano
Suparman
Sinbad
Swithin
Shet
Slobodan
Saddam
Sluaghadhán

itsgettingweird · 20/08/2026 20:14

Sebastian is a great name.

Ive in ever heard lovely alternative versions.

Seb, Sebby and Bash (he was a nuts toddler 😂)

Of you another S names

Seth
Spencer
Stefan
Stanley

Pinkissmart · 20/08/2026 20:17

I have never heard Sebastian called Sea Bass Stain.

How ridiculous.

Needmorelego · 20/08/2026 20:26

"Sea Bass Stain" doesn't even make sense or mean anything. I mean Sea Bass is a fish. But why the Stain part?
No one would come up with that as a nickname.
As someone has pointed out Sebastian doesn't even have the sound "stain" in it 🤷

S names I like for boys though....
Silas
Simon
and that's about it.

HugoThatway · 21/08/2026 11:03

Sergei
Sholto
Santiago
Stirling
Sawyer
Soren
Shane
Sirius
Stavros

GoodGraciousGeorgie · 21/08/2026 11:08

That's ridiculous, who said that on here?! Sea-Bass-Stain? It doesn't look or sound like that and what even is a sea bass stain?! How many people come across sea bass on a daily basis for that to even be thought of. Bonkers.

Tell her to stick with Sebastian, it's a lovely name.

HugoThatway · 21/08/2026 11:23

@k1atakuri ,could you provide a link to the "post here where a person was talking about calling a kid named Sebastian “Sea Bass Stain." please?

Purplecatshopaholic · 21/08/2026 11:32

Sebastian is a lovely name. He’d likely get Seb or something similar. She sounds a bit bat shit tbh.