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What does Sally mean?
Sally 
▼ 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 Moira (S.M.), ..
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 #1211 presently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Popular variation forms of Sally (#1211 FROM RECENT DATA) are Sarah (#67), Sadie (#87), Sara (#173), Sarai (#408), Sadye, Saira, Sallie, Sallyann and Sari. Other forms, like Sadella, are uncommon. These forms of Sally were popular as baby names a century ago (ADOPTION OF 2.1%) and have become significantly less common since (ADOPTION 0.6%, ▼73%), with versions like Sally going out of style. Sarai is the most chic girl name 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 sound-alike 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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