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Sally

Gender: F Popularity: this week. Origin of Sally: Diminutive of Sarah Meaning of Sarah: Hebrew, "princess"
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Sally is a cheerful, fresh-faced girl-next-door name that was originally a nickname for Sarah, but haslong been used independently. Sally was popular in the eighteenth century and then again from the 1920s to the 1960s. Though it hasn't been heard as a baby name for decades, we can see Sally bouncing back.

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Sally Field, American actress
Sally Struthers, American actress
Sally Hawkins, English actress
Sally Kellerman, American actres
Sally Mann, American Photographer
Sally Ride, first American woman in space

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Sally, little sister of Dick and Jane in early readers
Sally, The Nightmare Before Christmas
Meg Ryan's character in When Harry Met Sally
Sally Draper, from Mad Men
Sally Malik on the North American version of Being Human
Sally (last name unknown) the first long term girlfriend of Derek Venturi on the Canadian show 'Life With Derek'
Sally Freedman - "Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself" by Judy Blume
Sally Donovan, character on the television show Sherlock
Sally Bowles, protagonist of the musical "Cabaret"

Nicknames & Variations for Sally

Sal, Salaid, Salcia, Saletta, Sallee, Salletta, Sallette, Salley, Salli, Sallianne, Sallie, Sallyann

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