Salvador

Where Salvador comes from

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). In Spanish placenames, frequently a clipping of Spanish San Salvador (“Holy Savior”). Doublet of savior, Salvator, and Salvatore.
— Wiktionary's entry for Salvador
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1888
    First appearance
    #1,031 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1904
    Salvador Dalí born
    Spanish artist
  3. 1908
    Salvador Allende born
    28th president of Chile (1908–1973
  4. 1990
    Peak, #289
    869 babies named Salvador — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2015
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #633.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Spanish or Portuguese.
Namesakes
  • Salvador Dalí · Spanish artist, 1904–1989
  • Salvador Allende · 28th president of Chile (1908–1973, 1908–1973
  • Salvador Sobral · Portuguese singer, born 1989
  • Salvador Luria · Italian American microbiologist, 1912–1991
  • Salvador Sánchez Cerén · president of El Salvador, born 1944

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.