Sal - Meaning of Sal

What does Sal mean?

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Sal

[ 1 syll. sal, sa-l ] The baby boy name Sal is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is SaeL †. Sal is largely used in the English language, and its origin is Old French and Latin.

Sal is a short form of the name Salinger.

Sal is also an English short form of the name Salvador (English and Spanish).

See also the related categories, english, latin, and french.

Sal is rare as a baby name for boys. At the modest peak of its usage in 1958, 0.005% of baby boys were given the name Sal. It ranked at #706 then. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity, and is now of infrequent use. Out of the group of boy names directly linked to Sal, Salvador was the most commonly used in 2018. Sal has in the past century been mostly given to baby boys.

Baby names that sound like Sal include Saele, Sail, Saile, Salâh, Saul, Saúl, Saül, Sawl, Sayle, Schley, Scull, Seal, Seale, Seall, Seel, Seele, Sha'ul, Shail, Shaile, and Shakeel.

† Pronunciation for Sal: S as in "see (S.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)"