Given name & surname
Sale
“willow tree”
Sale is a surname from Old English. It is used in English and Finnish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sale goes back to Old English sealh, meaning “willow tree.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Sale’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Sale is a nickname for SAULI. In English usage, Sale as a surname has a related form in Seal. In Greek usage, Sale as a surname is a transliteration of Σαλέ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Around the world
Sale has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Old English roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
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.
Similar names
If you love Sale, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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“sea”
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“ash tree”
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“kind of small bird”
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“tree trunk”
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“sea”
44% boys · 56% girls
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“large, spacious, wide” · “water meadow”
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Liddle
“loud, River Lid”
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Ashwood
“ash tree”
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