Salvador
PopularA boy's name meaning saviour.
Approved in Portugal. Salvador is on the official IRN list of names you can register. Was in the national top 20 of 2023/24.
Origin
Of Late Latin origin, from Salvator ("saviour"), formed from salvus ("safe, saved"), used as a reference to Jesus Christ.
Story
As a given name, it is used mainly in Portuguese, Spanish and Catalan, keeping the original religious sense of "the one who saves". One of its best-known international bearers is the Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dalí (1904-1989). In Portugal it is a moderately common boy's name.
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- List of admitted given names · IRN · irn.justica.gov.pt (approved-name list & birth statistics)
- Behind the Name · Salvador