Salesi

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Salesi by the numbers

Salesi was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 1989, making it a 1980s name.

What we can tell you about Salesi

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Salesi. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Salempeace; derived from place name366 in the US (2017)
  • Salehrighteous, good, virtuous34 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Saleemsafe, peaceful, healthy14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Selasiblessed; third-born child5 in the US (2017)

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