Salvatore

Where Salvatore comes from

Borrowed from Italian Salvatore. Doublet of Salvador.
— Wiktionary's entry for Salvatore
  • Italian
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1888
    First appearance
    #1,031 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1901
    Salvatore Quasimodo born
    Italian writer
  3. 1915
    Peak, #148
    800 babies named Salvatore — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1964
    Salvatore Schillaci born
    Italian association football player
  5. 1973
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #388.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Italian.
Namesakes
  • Salvatore Quasimodo · Italian writer, 1901–1968
  • Salvatore Schillaci · Italian association football player, 1964–2024
  • Salvatore Sirigu · Italian association football player, born 1987
  • Salvatore Riina · Sicilian mafia boss, 1930–2017
  • Salvatore Adamo · Belgian recording artist of Italian birth; musician, songwriter, singer, born 1943

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.