Given name
Salvadora
“savior”·“a savior”
Salvadora is a feminine form of Salvador. One Latin interpretation is “a savior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Spanish use, Salvadora carries the interpretation “savior.” Salvadora is a feminine form of Salvador. One Latin interpretation is “a savior.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
Salvadora is used as a feminine counterpart of Salvador.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Salvadora through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 5 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 5 in 1920. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 508 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Salvadora’s family of names
Salvadora is a feminine form of Salvador. Salvadora has a related form in Salbatora. Salvadora has a related form in Salbatoria.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Salvadora
- Dora del HoyoOpus Dei member1914–2004
- Salvadora Medina OnrubiaArgentinian writer, feminist and anarchist (1894-1972)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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