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Girl · English pet form of a Hebrew name
Sallie
Say it: SAL-ee
Meaning
A pet form of Sarah, from Hebrew sarah 'princess, noblewoman'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A common American spelling of Sally in the late 1800s, especially in the South.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 49,979 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1882, about 1 in 221 girls
- 18 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Sally
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.