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What does Sally mean?
Sally 
[sal-ly]▼ as a girls' name is pronounced SAL-ee. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Sally is "princess". Variant of Sarah. Popular in the 18th and 20th centuries. Talk show host Sally Jessy Raphael; actress Sally Field; astronaut Sally K Ride.
ASSOCIATED WITH princess, 18th century, 20th century (modern)
Variations
VARIANTS Sal, Salcia, Saletta, Sallee, Salletta, Sallette, Salley, Sallianne, Sallie▼, Sallyann
SEE ALSO Tally
RELATED FORMS VIA SARAH Sadee, Sadella, Sadelle, Sadie▲, Sadye▼, Saira, Salli, Sara▼, Sarai▲, Saralyn, Saran, Sarely, Sarha, Sari, Saria, Sarie, Sarka, Sarra, Sarrey, Sasa
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Sily, ..
(male) Salie, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Sally Laken (S.L.), ..
How popular is Sally?
Sally is a very prominent first name for women (#167 out of 4276, Top 4%) and also a very prominent last name for both adults and children (#20456 out of 150436, Top 14%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Sally reached its apex rank of #65 in the U.S. during 1940-1949, and is at #1139 presently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2015)
Which version is better?
Popular variation forms of Sally (#1139 FROM RECENT DATA) are Sadie (#52), Sarah (#58), Sara (#162), Sarai (#440), Sari, Sadye, Saira, Sallie and Sallyann. Other forms, like Sadella, are uncommon. These forms of Sally were popular as baby names 4 decades ago (ADOPTION OF 2.9%) and have become significantly less common since (ADOPTION 0.9%, ▼69%), with versions like Sally going out of style. Sadie and Sarai are two of the more chic girl names in this compilation.
Similar Names
Sally▼ is pronounced similarly to Cilla, Cilly, Seely, Seila, Sela, Selia, Selie, Seula, Silia, Siliya, Sillia, Silliya, Silya, Suelo, Sula, Zalia and Zilla. Other recommended names are Ally, Bailly, Baily, Bayly, Billy, Cally, Carly▼, Colly, Daly, Delly, Dolly▼, Elly, Gilly, Hadly, Haely, Haily, Hally, Harly, Hilly, Holly▼, Jilly, Jully, Kally, Kaly, Karly, Kelly▼, Laily, Lally, Lilly▲, Lolly, Mally, Melly, Milly, Molly, Nelly, Pauly, Polly▼, Sable, Salma▲, Samey, Sandy▼, Sanny, Selby, Sharly, Shelly▼, Silvy, Tilly, Tully, Vally, Wally and Willy. These names tend to be less frequently used than Sally.
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