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First name origin & meaning:

Spanish: Savior

First name variations: Salvatore, Sauveur, Sal

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Spanish, Catalan, and Portuguese: from the popular Christian personal name Salvador, meaning ‘Savior’ (Latin Salvator, a derivative of salvare ‘to save’), bestowed in honor of Christ.
  2. In some cases, possibly a Spanish, Asturian-Leonese, or Galician habitational name from any of the places called Salvador, in Valladolid, Lugo, and Asturies.

This name appears in the following lists: Heroes and Heroines