Sally
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- (as a female given name): Sallie
Pronunciation [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Sally
- A diminutive of the female given name Sarah, also used as a formal given name.
- 1969, Doris Lessing, The Four-Gated City, Bantam Books (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 (2009), ISBN 1416586652, 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.
- 1969, Doris Lessing, The Four-Gated City, Bantam Books (1970), page 114:
- (UK) A nickname for the Salvation Army
Anagrams [edit]
Danish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From English Sally.
Proper noun [edit]
Sally
- A female given name.
Swedish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From English Sally. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1784.
Proper noun [edit]
Sally
- A female given name.
