Sally

See also: sally

English

Alternative forms

  • (as a female given name): Sallie

Etymology

A diminutive lambdacism of Sarah. Compare Hal from Harry and Moll from Mary).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsæl.i/
  • Rhymes: -æli
  • (file)

Proper noun

Sally

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Sarah, also used as a formal given name.
    • 1969, Doris Lessing, The Four-Gated City, Bantam Books, published 1970, page 114:
      She submitted―for what alternative did she have?―to being Sally in this family, but she always signed herself, Sarah.
    • 2008, Stephen King, Just After Sunset, Simon and Schuster, published 2009, →ISBN, page 8:
      Maybe her first name was Sally, but David thought he would have remembered a name like that; there were so few Sallys these days. Now the world belonged to Ambers, Ashleys, and Tiffanys.
  2. (British, slang) A nickname for the Salvation Army

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From English Sally.

Proper noun

Sally

  1. a female given name from English

Swedish

Etymology

From English Sally. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1784.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Sally c (genitive Sallys)

  1. a female given name from English

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Sally.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsali/ [ˈsa.lɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ali
  • Syllabification: Sa‧lly

Proper noun

Sally (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒ)

  1. a female given name from English
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