Salli

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/saɫli/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Salli is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: table Borrowed from English Sally in the 19th century.

rarermore common
  • FIFinland1 in 3.4K(measured from records)
  • DKDenmark1 in 50K
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 53K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Finland (measured from records)

1,643 people

Sources
60 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 3.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Finland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

table Borrowed from English Sally in the 19th century.

Sources 2

Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Salli counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Salli is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FI Finland1,6431 in 3.4K5.4KSalli28
TR Türkiye≈1,500 est.≈1 in 53K—Salli5
US United States6471 in 514K647Salli60
ID Indonesia≈410 est.≈1 in 659K—Salli36
GB United Kingdom≈190 est.≈1 in 356K20Salli5
DZ Algeria≈190 est.≈1 in 232K—Salli4
SE Sweden1641 in 62K164Salli6
DK Denmark1181 in 50K118——

1,643 people counted by DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Salli is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name16 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Şalli, Saelli, Sälli, Sallí, Sålli

  • Turkish given name8 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

    Also written Şallı, Sallı, Şalli, Șallı

  • Hindi given name6 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Şalli, Sallì

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Şalli, Sallì, Sälli

  • Danish given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, United States, Sweden

    Languages: Danish, Swedish

    Also written Şalli, Sälli

  • Italian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States

    Also written Sallì

40 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(measured from records)

Salli is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latin, second-person singular present active imperative of salliō

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Estonian, genitive singular of sall

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In ff, cantor, muezzin

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In dag, 1. flat, level 2. smooth

    as a wordDagbani Dictionary CD

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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18501900195020002050Aili-Salli Ahde-Kjäldman, b. 1892Salli Karuna, b. 1902Salli Terri, b. 1922Salli Saari, b. 1944Salli Sachse, b. 1946Salli Richardson, b. 1967Salli Saffioti, b. 1976Salli Wills, b. 1979Salli Lin, b. 2002

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalMerhaba Salli,Hi Salli, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 41 sources across 21 countries.

Official registers attesting Salli
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—5.4K#318
FI FinlandDVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register)—1.6K—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020647#17,167
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—164#6,035
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)1999142—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2000141—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2002138—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2001138—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2003131—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2004125—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2005124—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2006120—

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Salli mean, and where does it come from?
table Borrowed from English Sally in the 19th century. Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
How do you pronounce Salli?
A machine transcription gives /saɫli/ (IPA) for Turkish.
Is Salli a male or female name?
Salli is a female 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 are other forms of the name Salli?
In the etymology graph, Sarah, Sara and Sally are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Salli have the most bearers?
In Finland, the national register counted about 1.6 thousand people named Salli, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled salli.
Where is Salli most common?
Salli is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 3.4 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Salli?
In Finland, the national register counted 1,643 people named Salli, about 1 in 3.4 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Salli”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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