Salvador

Salvador: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“savior”
Origin
Spanish
Say it
sal-vuh-DOR · 3 syllables
Used for
Boys

Spanish and Portuguese form of Salvador, from Late Latin salvator 'savior'. A well-known bearer is Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.

How popular is Salvador?

2024109 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 Salvador in 2024364

2024 rank#720 boys

Peak year1994

Total US babies since 188049,442

Salvador has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Salvador

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Salvador questions

What does the name Salvador mean?

Salvador means "savior". It comes from Spanish. Spanish and Portuguese form of Salvador, from Late Latin salvator 'savior'. A well-known bearer is Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.

Is Salvador a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Salvador?

364 US babies were named Salvador in 2024. Its peak year was 1994.

How do you pronounce Salvador?

Salvador is usually pronounced sal-vuh-DOR.

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.