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The SL sound gives names a distinctive quality. Names starting with SL are popular across American, Ireland, Slovenia, Slavic countries, Latin traditions. Browse all 21 names below, organized by gender.

Quick facts: names starting with SL

  • 21 names starting with SL are in our database
  • 3 girl names and 17 boy names begin with SL
  • 1 gender-neutral names also start with SL
  • Top origins for SL names: American, Ireland, Slovenia

Girl Names Starting With SL

3 girl names starting with SL — showing top 3

#141
Ireland↑ Rising
A beloved name with deep roots
#933
Slavic countries
glory of the Slavs
India
Sanskrit

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Boy Names Starting With SL

17 boy names starting with SL — showing top 17

#902
Slovenia
Славко
#975
Latin
wooded
#1055
American
A beloved name with deep roots
#1275
American↑ Rising
Originally a surname meaning 'one who slates' or 'from the area of slate.'
#1591
American
To kill or to slay
#1878
American
slender, thin
#1950
USA
English
#2712
American↑ Rising
English
#3437
American↑ Rising
From the village on the slate
#5019
American↑ Rising
slicer of wood
#5575
American↑ Rising
Variant of the name Slade, meaning 'valley'.
#8818
American
One who dwells near the river
American
English
American↑ Rising
One who slides; to glide
English
from the valley of the slade
Ireland↑ Rising
slope, hill
American
From the town on the slate hill

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Unisex Names Starting With SL

1 gender-neutral names starting with SL — showing top 1

#840
Ireland
soughing or tranquil river