Given name & surname · also Polish

Salak

Salak is a surname from Polish, ultimately from Slovak.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Salak comes from Polish, and ultimately from Slovak.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Salak as a surname is an affectionate form of Salamon.

Salak’s family of names

In English usage, Salak as a surname is an affectionate form of Salamon. In English usage, Salak as a surname was borrowed from the Slovak form Šalák. In Greek usage, Salak as a surname is a transliteration of Σαλάκ.

Walk Salak’s family in the name graph

SalakΣαλάκSalamonSallakŠalák

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

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Slovak

Sotak

Sotak is a surname from Slovak.

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Slavic

Sostak

“sixth”

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Polish

Staszak

Staszak is a surname from Polish. It is used in English and Polish.

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Polish

Sawade

Sawade is a surname from Polish. It is used in German.

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Ukrainian

Șpac

“starling”

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Slovak

Sabol

Sabol is a surname from Slovak. It is used in English and Slovak.

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Polish

Sadow

Sadow is a surname from Polish.

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Polish

Sawka

Sawka is a surname from Polish.

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Salak’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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