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Meaning of the nameSalvador

Salvador is a male name of Latin origin meaning 'savior', from the Portuguese word salvador, from Latin salvator.

Meaning

“savior, from Latin salvator”

Source: Wiktionary: Salvador · Behind the Name: Salvador · Wiktionary: salvador

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People (2022)
25,173
Rank in Brazil
#914
Median age
62 years
2010 Census
33,395
people

Salvador in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Salvador, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (7,023 people).

76 women 25,097 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Salvador is most common

States with the highest share of people named Salvador in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Piauí 0.040%
  2. Bahia 0.027%
  3. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.019%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.016%
  5. Tocantins 0.015%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo6,5100.015%
Bahia3,8780.027%
Minas Gerais3,2540.016%
Rio de Janeiro2,3260.015%
Paraná1,6760.015%
Piauí1,3140.040%
Rio Grande do Sul1,0380.010%
Goiás9860.014%
Santa Catarina5560.007%
Mato Grosso do Sul5100.019%
Mato Grosso4920.013%
Distrito Federal4030.014%
Pará3760.005%
Espírito Santo3660.010%
Maranhão2890.004%
Tocantins2260.015%
Pernambuco1780.002%
Rondônia1690.011%
Amazonas1570.004%
Ceará1480.002%
Sergipe910.004%
Paraíba560.001%
Rio Grande do Norte550.002%
Alagoas380.001%
Roraima370.006%
Amapá230.003%
Acre210.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Salvador

Salvador comes from the Portuguese word salvador, which Wiktionary derives from Old Galician-Portuguese salvador and, before that, from Latin salvatorem, from salvare. Behind the Name describes it as the Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan form of the Late Latin name Salvator, 'savior', which referred to Jesus, with the root salvus. The feminine is Salvadora. It is a name most frequent among those born from 1940 to 1960, almost always male. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 25,173 people named Salvador, with a median age of 62; proportionally, it is most common in Piauí.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Salvador · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Salvador · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: salvador · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Salvador · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Salvador

What does the name Salvador mean?

Salvador means “savior, from Latin salvator”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Salvador in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 25,173 people with the first name Salvador, which ranks it number 914 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Salvador a boy's or a girl's name?

Salvador is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 76 women and 25,097 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Salvador?

Salvador is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Salvador most common?

Proportionally, in Piauí: 0.040% of the state's population is named Salvador (1,314 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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