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Sal - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Sal
 
 

 


The girl name Sal [ 1 syll. sal, sa-l ] is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being far more popular. It is pronounced SAEL KEY. Sal has its origins in the Hebrew language and it is used largely in English. Sal is a short form of the English, French, and German Sarah.

Sal is not commonly used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2007, among the family of girl names directly related to Sal, the English, French, and German Sarah was the most frequently used.

Baby names that sound like Sal include the English Shell, the Irish and German Sile, the Portuguese and Spanish Sol, the English Syl, the English and French Sally, the English Scilla, the English Shayla, the Indian Sheela, the English and Irish Sheila, the English Shelia, the English Shelley, the English Shelly, the Indian Shila, the English and Hebrew Shiloh, the Frisian, German, and Scandinavian Silja, the Spanish Soli, the Italian and Spanish Celia, the French Cécile, the French Célia, the English Cilla, the Arabic and Turkish Saliha, the Polish Sylwia, the English Cecelia, the English, German, Italian, Scandinavian, and Spanish Cecilia, the German Cecilie, and the English Cecily.

KEY: Pronunciation for Sal: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"


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