Given name & surname
Sali
“princess; lady”
Sali is a variant of Sally. In English use, Sally carries the interpretation “princess; lady.”
Original Arabicصالح
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sali is a variant of Sally. In English use, Sally carries the interpretation “princess; lady.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Sali developed from صالح.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sali through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7
- 0 boys · 7 girls
- Most popular year
- 1951
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 1951. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 625 as a first name in 2020; 446 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sali’s family of names
Sali developed from the Arabic form صالح. Sali has a related form in Sally. In Georgian usage, Sali is a Roman-alphabet rendering of სალი.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 7
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sali
- Sali BerishaAlbanian politicianborn 1944
- Sali ButkaGuerilla leader and delegate to Congress of Lushnjë (1852–1938)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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