Sally
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning princess; a diminutive of Sarah.
Sally by the numbers
In 2025, 31 babies in England and Wales were named Sally. In the US, 242 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 5,266 babies in 1947, so it is a 1940s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Sarah
Like Sally, each of these traces back to Sarah: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Sariahprincess; a modern respelling of Sarah370 in the US (2017)
- Sariyahprincess; a variant of Seraiah or Sarah313 in the US (2017)
- Sarahiprincess; a form of Sarah248 in the US (2017)
- Zadieprincess; a form of Sarah or Sadie38 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zarahblooming flower; a form of Sarah or Zara42 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sarinaprincess; a form of Sarah131 in the US (2017)
- Sairaflowering plant or a form of Sarah; princess20 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sarayahprincess of god; a form of Sarah8 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sally. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Saily6 in the US (2017)
- Salempeace; derived from place name366 in the US (2017)
- Salmasafe, peaceful, secure63 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sammygod has heard; a form of Samuel28 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sandydefender of men; a form of Alexander105 in the US (2017)
- Sarayprincess; a form of Sarah43 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Sally
Names that are said the same way as Sally, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Sallieprincess; a form of Sarah22 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a prince or princess
Like Sally, each of these has a prince or princess in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sarahprincess3,986 in the US (2017)
- Sadieprincess; from Sarah3,695 in the US (2017)
- Saraprincess; variant of Sarah427 in England and Wales (2025)
- Parisson of priam; the trojan prince1,149 in the US (2017)
- Zarablooming flower or princess625 in England and Wales (2025)
- Amiraprincess; female form of amir396 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Sally
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