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An enclyclopedic website based on ABC TV show LOST
 
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The Meaning of Lost Names
''Every single name on the show has purpose and meaning." --Damon Lindelof.
S
Meaning: (Latin) Of the Sabine tribe; The Sabine were an ancient tribe in Italy. Legend has it that when the city of Rome was founded, the early Romans abducted female Sabines to help them populate their new city. In the story "The Rape of the Sabine Women," Livy's version of the story was that Romulus gavethe women the choice to join them, with full citizen rights, and that their children would be freemen. When the Sabine men waged war on the Romans, the Sabine women stopped them, reconciling their fathers with their husbands and children.
Character: Sabine, an Other that dies while pregnant
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Meaning: (Latin) from the border land
Character: Sabrina Rutherford, Boone Carlisle's mother, Shannon Rutherford's Step-mother, Adam Rutherford's wife
See also: Flashback Cast & Summary - ABANDONED
Name Meanings - Rutherford
Meaning: (Hebrew) short for Samuel; his name is God; Biblical figure who anointed David as the King of Israel
Character: Sam Austen, Kate's step-father
Sam Toomey, husband of Martha Toomey, heard the numbers and used them
See also: Flashback Cast & Summary - NUMBERS
Meaning: (Muslim) High, lofty, exalted
Character: Sami, husband of Amira, the woman who beleived sayid had tortured her in Iraq
See Also: Flashback Cast & Summary - ENTER 77
Name Meanings - Sam
Meaning: (Sanskrit) triumphant
Character: Sanjay, hotel clerk that checks Kate into hotel
See also: Flashback Cast & Summary - BORN TO RUN
Meaning: (Hebrew) princess; Biblically, Sarah was Abraham's wife. She was childless, and offered her handmaiden, Haagar to her husband. Haagar and Abraham had Ishmael. Sarah later gave birth to Isaac.
Meaning: (Russian) Pet form of Alexander
Character: Sasha, friend of Claire
See also: Flashback Cast & Summary - RAISED BY ANOTHER
Meaning: (English) one who saws wood
Character: James "Sawyer" Ford
An alaias for Anthony Cooper, who had an affair with James "Sawyer"Ford's mother, leading to his parents' murder-suicide
See also: Name Meanings - James
Name Meanings - Ford
Meaning: (Arabic) Chief, leader; a term for a descendent of Mohammed; an honorific before the names of Alevi Muslim saints; possibly a reference to the philosopher Edward Said
Meaning: (English) from Scotland
Character: Scott Jackson, fuselage survivor
See also: Name Meanings - Jackson
Meaning: (English) From a surname which was itself derived from an Old English personal name meaning "victory guard" from sige "victory" and weard "guard."
Character: Adam Seward, one of Anthony Cooper's aliases
See also: Flashback Cast & Summary - THE MAN FROM TALLAHASSEE
Name Meanings - Adam
Meaning: (Celtic) God's gift
Character: Shawna, girlfriend/wife of Travis, the man Ana-Lucia pulled her gun on
See also: Flashback Cast & Summary - COLLISION
Meaning: One who herds sheep; Jesus is known as a shepherd of the Christian flock, accordingly, Christian spiritual leaders are known as Shepherds
Meaning: (French) Dear one
Character: Sherry, Edmund Burke's girlfriend/assistant
See also: Flashback Cast & Summary - NOT IN PORTLAND
Meaning: (Koren) from the town of Shin
Character: Mrs. Shin, matchmaker that sets up Sun Paik with Jae Lee
See also: Flashback Cast & Summary - AND FOUND
Meaning: (German) Silversmith
Character: Marc Silverman, boy Jack saves, best man at Jack's wedding
See also: Flashback Cast & Summary - WHITE RABBIT
Name Meanings - Mark/Marc
Meaning: (Hebrew) harkening, or listening; Simon was one of the twelve apostles, also known as Saint Peter and as the first Pope.
Character: Simon Pace, Charlie's father
See also: Flashback Cast & Summary - GREATEST HITS
Name Meanings - Pace
Meaning: (Hebrew) he who hears; Scottish, shortened form of Simon; Simon Peter, also knownn as Saint Peter, was "called" by Jesus to follow him; The Sims is a popular series of video games: "The Sims is sometimes described as a "god game": a game that lets the player create and control the lives of virtual people."
Character: Leonard Sims, the man in Santa Rosa Institution, where Hurley originally hears the numbers
See also: Flashback Cast & Summary - NUMBERS
Name Meanings - Leonard
Meaning: (Korean) excellence, long-life
Character: Jin-Soo Kwon
Tai Soo, Jin-Soo Kwon's friend
See also: Flashback Cast & Summary - AND FOUND
Name Meanings - Jin
Name Meanings - Kwon
Name Meanings - Tai
Meaning: (Greek) Wisdom
Character: Sophie, ballet student in Shannon's class, daughter of Philippe
See also: Flashback Cast & Summary - ABANDONED
Staples
Meaning: "the origin of the family surname STAPLE comes from the various village and port ‘place-names’ appointed by English and French monarchy to designate a settled marketplace for trade goods. The word STAPLE which designated a place where principal goods were stored and traded between countries eventually became to mean a place where principal commodities are bought and sold."
Charlotte Staples Lewis is an homage to C.S. Lewis, whose middle name was also Staples
Character: Charlotte Staples Lewis
See also: Name Meanings - Charlotte
Meaning: Star
Character: Starla, record-store girl on whom Hurley has a crush
Meaning: (Greek) crowned one
Character: Redshirt who died in the crash. Memorialized at the fuselage funeral.
Meaning: (Teutonic) keeper of the state
Character: Arlene Stewart & Joseph Stewart, potential adoptivve parents to Aaron
Stewart, the name of Hurley's childhood pet turtle
Meaning: (English) The hill of fresh springs; the motto of the coat of arms for the family Stratton reads "I strive to rise again."
Character: Dexter Stratton, Charlie and Liam's ancestor
See also: Flashback Cast & Summary - GREATEST HITS
Name Meanings - Dexter
Meaning: Straum is a town in Norway
Taken with his last name, Miles Straum - sounds like maelstrom
Character: Miles Straum
See also: Name Meanings - Miles
Meaning: (Gaelic) black eyes
Character: Sullivan, fuselage survivor
See also: Redshirts and Supporting Cast - Sullivan
Meaning: (Korean) goodness; Sun earth's nearest star
Character: Sun Kwon
See also: Name Meanings - Kwon
Susan
Meaning: (Hebrew) Lily
Character: Susan Lloyd, mother of Walter Lloyd, wife of Brian Porter
See also: Flashback Cast & Summary - SPECIAL
Meaning: (Hebrew) Lily
Character: Suzanne, Kevin's mother, Kate's mother-in-law
See also: Flashback Cast & Summary - I DO
Name Meanings - Susan
Name Meanings - Lily
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This list is updated after each episode.
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