Sally (name)

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Sally is an English language feminine given name. The name originated as a pet name for the Hebrew name Sarah, but has since become used independently. It is also a nickname for Salome and Salimeh, which are especially popular in the Eurasian country Georgia.[1] The name peaked in popularity in the U.S. in 1939, when it was ranked 52nd in popularity.

People[]

Sally Field is among the most famous people named Sally
Sally Ride was the first American female astronaut
Smiling, blonde woman
Actress Sally Kellerman
Former acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates

Fictional characters[]

  • Mustang Sally (song), R&B song about a Sally who rides
  • Sally Solomon (3rd Rock From the Sun)
  • The title character of Sally the Witch, a Japanese manga and anime series
  • Sally (Black Clover), a character in the manga series Black Clover
  • Sally (The Nightmare Before Christmas)
  • Princess Sally Acorn, from the American Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon and comic book
  • Sally Albright, a title character from When Harry Met Sally..., a 1989 American romantic comedy film
  • The title character of Sally Bollywood: Super Detective, a 2009 cartoon series
  • Sally Bowles, a cabaret singer in Christopher Isherwood's Goodbye to Berlin and the musical Cabaret
  • Sally Botsford, in the PBS Kids show WordGirl
  • Sally Brown, Charlie Brown's little sister
  • Sally Carrera, a Porsche 911 Carrera in the Pixar film Cars
  • Sally Day, a character from the 1986 film Demons 2
  • Sally Draper, a character from the American period drama Mad Men
  • Sally Fletcher, from the Australian soap opera Home and Away
  • The title character of Sally Forth (syndicated strip), a comic strip
  • The title character of Sally Forth (Wally Wood) (1968–1974), a comic strip created by Wally Wood
  • Sally Gold, a girl in Tennessee Williams's Little New Orleans Girl
  • Sally Jackson, the mortal mother of demigod Percy Jackson in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Heroes of Olympus
  • Sally Jones / Alison Page, a character in the 1997 American martial arts comedy movie Beverly Hills Ninja
  • Sally Lockhart, in a series of books by Philip Pullman
  • Sally Metzner, a character from the 1997 film Jack Frost
  • Sally Simpson, from the musical Tommy
  • Sally Syrup, Flapjack’s girlfriend from The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
  • Sally Tomato, a Mobster in Sing Sing from Breakfast at Tiffany's
  • Sally Webster, from the British soap opera Coronation Street
  • Sally (film series), an antisemitic stereotype from the 1910s, played by Ernst Lubitsch
  • Sally, the subject and partial narrator in some versions of the English folk song Hares on the Mountain

References[]

  1. ^ Teresa Norman, A World of Baby Names (2003), page 309.
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