Given name
Salve
“sun”·“temple”
Salve is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Norwegian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Salve is built from elements meaning “sun” and “temple”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Salve’s family of names
Salve has a surname derivative in SALVESEN. In Norwegian usage, Salve has a related form in Sǫlvi.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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.
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