Salvatore

What Salvatore means

Same root as Salvador, meaning “savior”

Doublet of Salvador || From Spanish and Portuguese Salvador, chiefly various placenames honoring Jesus Christ, from Spanish and Portuguese salvador (“savior”), from Latin salvator, from salvāre (“to save”) + -tor (forming agent nouns).

Source: Wiktionary, “Salvatore” (revision 83969340) and “Salvador” (revision 93487600), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Salvatore?

US: Steady: #958 in 2015, #943 now. England & Wales: Falling: down from #2150 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1914, when 635 boys got the name (#148 that year). First in the US records in 1888.

How common

• About 1 in 6,860 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 54,387 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in CT (1.14 per 1,000 boys), NJ (0.91 per 1,000 boys), NY (0.77 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Salvatore is #943 in the US and #3684 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Salvatore were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Salvador341 US · 16 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Salvatore

Boys

• Alberto#819Spanish and Italian form of Albert, meaning “noble + bright, famous”^*
• Jaime#657Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1980, with 1,462 babies; 420 in 2025
• Pedro#455“stone, rock”^*
• Francisco#322Same root as Francis, meaning “Frankish (man); a Frank”^*
• Alfredo#819Same root as Alfred, meaning “elf + counsel”^*
• Raul#634Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2000, with 1,519 babies; 440 in 2025

For a sister

• Ana#245Editor’s note Down from #211 in 2015 to #245 in 2025 in the US
• Bianca#500Form of Blanche, meaning “white”^*
• Angelica#707Italian, meaning “angelic”^*
• Alejandra#604Same root as Alexandra, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Andrea#235Feminine form of Andreas, meaning “manly”^*
• Luz#838Spanish, meaning “light”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Salvatore’s. Rank is US 2025.