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Salvador

A boy's name meaning saviour.

Approved in Estados Unidos. Salvador is on the official SSA list of names you can register. 3,822 births registered in 2016–2025.

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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