Salvatore

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 25 languages 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◐

Salvatore is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name447K records spelled Salvatore39 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German, Chinese

  Also written Salvatoré, Sālvātorē, Salvätorę, Sàlvàtòrè, Sàlvàtòré

• Hindi given name36K records spelled Salvatore7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, United Kingdom, Belgium

  Languages: Hindi, Sinhala, Urdu

  Also written Sàlvàtòrè, Salvatorè

• Polish given name7.6K records spelled Salvatore28 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Italy, Czechia

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Croatian

  Also written Сальваторе, Салваторе, Sal'Vatore, Сальваторэ, Šąlvatore

• Indonesian given name2.2K records spelled Salvatore3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, Indonesia, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Šãlvãtõré

• Danish given name2.0K records spelled Salvatore7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Denmark, Italy, Norway

  Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

  Also written Salvatorē, Salvatoré

• Turkish given name1.4K records spelled Salvatore3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, Türkiye, United Kingdom

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Sälvatore

• Finnish given name855 records spelled Salvatore5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Italy, United States, Switzerland

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Salvatoré, Sàlvàtòrè, Sãlvatõrę

60 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●

Salvatore is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, rescuer

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

• In Italian, Nome cristiano che significa 'colui che salva'; sostituisce Gesù.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In German, in den i96oer-Jahren entlehnter männl. Vom., italienische Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Italian, forma italiana de Salvator.

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• Colui che salva

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 136 years between 1888–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Salvator Rosab. 1615ITnot in their usual nameItalian painter, poet and printmaker (1615 –1673)
• Vincenzo Bellinib. 1801ITnot in their usual nameItalian opera composer (1801–1835)
• Lucky Lucianeb. 1897ITnot in their usual nameItalian American mobster (1897–1962)
• Salvatore Quasimodob. 1901ITItalian writer (1901-1968)
• Sonny Bonob. 1935USnot in their usual nameAmerican entertainer, musician and politician (1935–1998)
• Sal Mineob. 1939USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (1939-1976)
• Salvatore Adamob. 1943ITBelgian recording artist of Italian birth; musician, songwriter, singer
• Toto Cutugnob. 1943ITnot in their usual nameItalian recording artist; musician, songwriter, record producer (1943–2023)
• Salvatore Garaub. 1953ITItalian artist (born 1953)
• Salvatore Schillacib. 1964ITItalian association football player (1964–2024)

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 · 732 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Salvatore?

We estimate roughly 39 thousand people bear Salvatore (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Salvatore have the most bearers?

Salvatore is most frequently recorded in Italy, where it is most often spelled salvatore.

How common is Salvatore compared with other names?

In Italy, Salvatore is the 45th most common given name of 102,519 given names recorded there.

Is Salvatore a male or female name?

Salvatore is a male 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 Salvatore mean?

Recorded meaning: Religious name borne in honour of Christ the Saviour: from Late Latin salvator ‘saviour’.