Salvadora

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Salvadora is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Arabic given name54 records spelled Salvadora3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States

  Also written Sàlvàdorà

41 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Salvadora is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Latvian, El Salvador (a country in Central America)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latvian, Salvadoras Republika - valsts Centrālamerikā ( sp. val. "El Salvador"), platība - 21041 kvadrātkilometrs, 6052000 iedzīvotāju, galvaspilsēta - Sansalvadora, administratīvais iedalījums - 14 departamentu, robežojas ar Gvatemalu un Hondurasu, apskalo Klusais okeāns

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

• In Latvian, pilsēta Brazīlijas ziemeļaustrumos (port. val. "Salvador"), osta Atlantijas okeāna krastā, Baijas štata administratīvais centrs, 2,8 mlj iedzīvotāju (2007. g.)

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

AR datos.gob.ar — nombres.datos.gob.ar per-name lookup (1922–2015) — 71 years between 1922–2012. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Salvadora Colodrob. 1650ESSpanish poet
• Laura Gossens Uribeb. 1877CLnot in their usual namemother of Salvador Allende
• Salvadora Medina Onrubiab. 1894ARArgentinian writer, feminist and anarchist (1894-1972)
• Dora del Hoyob. 1914ESnot in their usual nameOpus Dei member
• Salvadora Silvia Marti Morellb. 2000ESSpanish politician
• Salvadora Luján RamónESSpanish philologist and researcher
• Salvadora CorominasESexecuted for witchcraft

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 307 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Salvadora?

We estimate roughly 7.5 thousand people bear Salvadora (counting its spellings and scripts) across 5 countries in our records.

In which country does Salvadora have the most bearers?

Salvadora is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled salvadora.

How common is Salvadora compared with other names?

In Nicaragua, Salvadora is the 87th most common given name of 16,612 given names recorded there.

Is Salvadora a male or female name?

Salvadora is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Salvadora mean?

Recorded meaning: La que redimió a los hombres