Given name & surname
Salvatore
“a savior”
Salvatore is a variant of Salvador. One Latin interpretation is “a savior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Salvatore is a variant of Salvador. One Latin interpretation is “a savior.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Salvatore is a variant of Salvador. An origin associated with Salvador is Late Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1888. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Salvatore through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 57,445
- 57,364 boys · 81 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 1,064 babies
- 2025
- 249
- #945 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +6%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 249 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 945 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 5.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 1,058 in 1927. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (65). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 33,417 as a first name in 2020; 4,874 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.
Salvatore’s family of names
In English usage, Salvatore has a diminutive in Sal. In Italian usage, Salvatore shares a linguistic root with the Spanish form Salvador. In Italian usage, Salvatore has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Σωτήριος.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Salvatore has relatives in 7 languages.
11 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Salvadorvariant · English, Spanish
- Saldiminutive · English
- Turidiminutive · Sicilian, gallo-italique de Sicile
- Salvattorelikely variant
- Salvatorrelikely variant
- Salvodiminutive · Italian
- Totodiminutive · French, Italian
- Totòdiminutive · Italian
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Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Salvatore
- Salvatore QuasimodoItalian writer (1901-1968)
- Toto CutugnoItalian recording artist; musician, songwriter, record producer (1943–2023)
- Salvatore SchillaciItalian association football player (1964–2024)
- Salvatore SiriguItalian association football playerborn 1987
- Salvatore RiinaSicilian mafia boss (1930–2017)
- Sonny BonoAmerican entertainer, musician and politician (1935–1998)
- Salvatore GarauItalian artist (born 1953)
- Salvatore AdamoBelgian recording artist of Italian birth; musician, songwriter, singerborn 1943
- Salvatore BocchettiItalian association football player and managerborn 1986
Characters named Salvatore: Salvatore Tessio (The Godfather series), Sal Maroni (fictional character throughout the DC Universe).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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