Sally - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Sally \s(al)-

is pronounced SAL-ee. It is of English origin. Variant of Sarah (Hebrew) "princess". Popular in the 18th and 20th centuries. Talk show host Sally Jessy Raphael; actress Sally Field; astronaut Sally K. Ride.

Sally has 10 variant forms: Sal, Salcia, Saletta, Sallee, Salletta, Sallette, Salley, Sallianne, Sallie and Sallyann.

For more information, see also the related name Tally.

Baby names that sound like Sally are Seely and Cilly.

Sally is a very common first name for women (#167 out of 4276) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#21267 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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