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Sallie

Sallie: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“princess”
Origin
English
Say it
SAL-ee · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Diminutive spelling of Sally, itself a pet form of Sarah. Sarah comes from Hebrew and means 'princess.'

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How popular is Sallie?

20246.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Sallie in 202420

Peak year1882

Total US babies since 188050,063

Sallie is steady now but far below its 1882 peak.

Names like Sallie

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Sallyprincess · English
  • Oliviaolive tree · English
  • Evelyndesired; little bird · English
  • Harperharp player · English
  • Averyruler of elves · English
  • Violetviolet flower · English
  • Hazelhazel tree · English
  • Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English

Sallie questions

What does the name Sallie mean?

Sallie means "princess". It comes from English. Diminutive spelling of Sally, itself a pet form of Sarah. Sarah comes from Hebrew and means 'princess.'

Is Sallie a boy or girl name?

Sallie is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Sallie?

20 US babies were named Sallie in 2024. Its peak year was 1882.

How do you pronounce Sallie?

Sallie is usually pronounced SAL-ee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.