Salvador

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Boy · Latin, through Spanish

Salvador

Say it: sahl-bah-DOR

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Meaning

Spanish 'saviour', referring to Christ.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

Most used in the 1990s

In the United States

47,961 babies given this name since 1888
At its height in 1994, about 1 in 2,200 boys
359 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Mexican Central American Andean Argentine Caribbean Spanish

The family of the name

Other spellings: Chava

Portuguese	Salvador
Italian	Salvatore

Famous bearers

Salvador Allende, president of Chile

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Where this comes from

Parish baptism registers
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.

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