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Sal

boy name · Italian origin · 1 syllable

Meaning

nickname-style short form of Salvatore, warmly used as a name in its own right

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 1920s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Sal peaked in the 1920s.

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