Salvatore

Where Salvatore comes from

Borrowed from Italian Salvatore. Doublet of Salvador.
— Wiktionary's entry for Salvatore
  • Italian
  • Vowel-ended
Salvatore through the years
  1. 1888
    First appearance
    #1,031 among boys with 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, its best rank.
  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.