Salvador

Spanish from Latin Salvator

"savior"

Salvador Origin and Meaning

The name Salvador is a boy's name of Spanish origin meaning "savior".

A common epithet of Christ, frequently heard in the Hispanic community, Salvador could also be a great choice for artistic parents, given the continuing popularity of Dada and Surrealist painter Salvador Dalí. (If Monet and Raphael get a look in, why not Salvador?)

Salvador Rank in US Top 1000

# 708 in the US

Salvador Popularity

• 708 US 2022
• 1808 Nameberry 2024
• 16 Portugal 2022
• 56 Chile 2021
• 102 Mexico 2021

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Famous People Named Salvador

• Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí (i Domènech) 1st Marqués de Dalí de Pubo, Spanish surrealist painter
• Salvador Guillermo Allende (Gossens) 29th President of Chile
• Salvador Minuchin Argentine psychiatrist, founder of Structural Family Therapy
• Salvador Edward Luria Italian microbiologist, winner of the Nobel Prize
• Salvador Cabañas (Ortega) Paraguayan footballer
• Salvador Daniel Maida (b. 2008) son of singer Chantal Kreviazuk and Raine Maida

Salvador in Pop Culture

• El Salvador country in Central America
• Salvador Bahia, Brazil