Sally

Diminutive of Sarah

"princess"

Sally Origin and Meaning

Variation of Sarah

Sally Rank in US Top 1000

# 918 in the US

Sally Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 346 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Sally

• 346 Nameberry 2025
• 98 Unique 2024
• 983 England 2014
• 42 sweden 2024
• 100 Cats 2021

20 Names Similar to Sally

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• Nancy
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• Jean
• Susie
• Judy
• Ginny
• Betsy
• Gloria
• Connie
• Virginia
• Betty
• Barbara
• Polly
• Penny
• Shirley
• Minnie
• Pauline
• Dolly
• Dora

Famous People Named Sally

• Sally Margaret Field American actress
• Sally Anne Struthers American actress
• Sally Cecilia Hawkins English actress
• Sarah Margaret "Sally" Roffey Jewell 51st U.S. Secretary of the Interior
• Sarah "Sally" Hemings slave of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, and mother to his children
• Sally Claire Kellerman American actress
• Sally Turner Mann American photographer
• Sally Kristen Ride first American woman in space
• Sally Dynevor English actress
• Sally Anne Bowman English model
• Sally Jane Morgan Australian Aboriginal author and artist
• Sally Carrighar American naturalist and writer
• Sally Alina Ingeborg Salminen Finnish author
• Sally Chepyego Kaptich Kenyan long,distance runner
• Sally Rand (born Helen Gould Beck) American burlesque dancer and actress
• Sally Jing Chinese actress
• Sally Caroline Quillian Yates Deputy Attorney General of the United States
• Sally Fitzgibbons Australian professional surfer
• Sally Bradshaw Republican political operative
• Sally June Mulroney (b. 2009) daughter of American actor Dermot Mulroney
• Sally James McDonald Swenson (b. 2016), daughter of actors Audra McDonald and Will Swenson

The name Sally in Pop Culture

• Sally Brown sister of Charlie Brown in the comic strip "Peanuts"
• Sally Owens main character in the Book and Film Practical Magic
• Sally main character in "Practice Makes Perfect" (2012)
• Sally little sister of Dick and Jane in early readers
• Sally character in "The Nightmare Before Christmas"
• Sally Albright character in the '80s hit "When Harry Met Sally..."
• Sally Draper character from TV's "Mad Men"
• Sally Malik character on the North American version of "Being Human"
• Sally girlfriend of Derek Venturi on Canadian show "Life with Derek"
• Sally Freedman character in "Starring Sally J. Freedman As Herself" by Judy Blume
• Sally Donovan character on the BBC television show "Sherlock"
• Sally Sparrow character in "Blink" of the BBC show "Doctor Who"
• Sally Bowles protagonist of the musical "Cabaret"
• Sally Carrera Lightning McQueen's girlfriend in the "Cars" movies
• Sally Webster character on British soap "Coronation Street"
• Sally Ryan from the movie "Patriot Games," played by Thora Birch
• Sally Owens from "Practical Magic" played by Sandra Bullock
• Sally Rose from the movie "Grudge Match" played by Kim Basinger
• Sally Jackson Percy Jackson's mother in the "Percy Jackson" series
• Sally Hope character in Enid Blyton's "Malory Towers" series
• Sally Solomon character on the 90s TV show "3rd Rock from the Sun"
• Sally Hardy character in "Sims" series
• Sally Boyle character in "We Happy Few"
• Sally Anne Perks, character in J.K. Rowling's "The Original Forty"
• Sally Rayburn character on Netflix's "Bloodline," played by Sissy Spacek
• Sally character in film "Oblivion"
• "Mustang Sally " song by Wilson Pickett
• "Sally Cinnamon " the Stone Roses song
• Sally Acachalla A character from the YouTube channel VenturianTale
• Sally Stageplay fictional character in the 2017 video game "Cuphead"
• Sally, When the Wine Runs Out Song