Names

Originally denoted a person from the town of Sallern in Bavaria, possibly from a Celtic element meaning “stream”.

Occupational name for a salt worker or someone who lived bear a salt works, from Spanish salina “salt works, salt mine”, ultimately from Latin sal “salt”.

Means “son of Salih”.

Derived from Latin salix meaning “willow tree”. The name was originally given to one who lived near a willow tree.

From Spanish sala meaning “hall” and Basque zahar meaning “old”. It can also refer to the town of Salazar in Burgos, Spain, which is of the same origin.

Derived from the given name Salamon or Salomon.

Originally indicated a person from Salamanca, a city in western Spain that is of unknown meaning.

Occupational name for a worker at a manor house, from the Romance word sala meaning “hall, large room”, of Germanic origin.

From Japanese 坂, 阪 (saka) meaning “slope” and 本 (moto) meaning “base, root, origin”.

Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 斎藤 (see Saitō).