Sally


Gender:
Origin: Hebrew
551 famous people named Sally found on Wikipedia.
203882 female, 642 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 1211-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 52-th in year 1939
Used in: English

Meanings

A female given name, form of Sarah.

1540s, "a sudden rush, dash, or springing forth; specifically of troops from a besieged place, attacking the besiegers," from Middle French saillie "a rushing forth," noun use of fem. past participle of saillir "to leap," from Latin salire "to leap" (see salient (adj.)). Sally-port "gate or passage in a fortification to afford free egress to troops in making a sally" is from 1640s.

Variant of Sarah: lady, princess, noblewoman.

Famous People: 551 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Sally Field 1946 Actress
2 Sally Yates 1960 American lawyer
3 Sally Hemings 1773 Enslaved woman
4 Sally Ride 1951 American physicist and astronaut
5 Sally Struthers 1947 Actress, spokesperson, activist
6 Sally Hawkins 1976 English actress
7 Sally Phillips 1970 English actress and comedian
8 Sally Kellerman 1937 American actress and singer
9 Sally Bretton 1980 British actress
10 Sally Jewell 1956 US politician
11 Sally Jessy Raphael 1935 American journalist
12 Sally Nugent 1971 British journalist
13 Sally Mann 1951 American photographer
14 Sally Ann Howes 1930 English actor and singer
15 Sally Timms 1959 Musician
16 Sally Kohn 1977 American journalist
17 Sally Lindsay 1973 English actress
18 Sally Wainwright 1963 British television writer
19 Sally Thomsett 1950 British actress
20 Sally Dynevor 1963 English actress
21 Sally Burton 1948 British author and theatre producer
22 Sally Pressman 1981 American actress
23 Sally Bercow 1969 English political activist
24 Sally Meen 1965 British television presenter
25 Sally Geeson 1950 British actress
26 Sally Webster
27 Sally Rand 1904 A burlesque dancer and actress.
28 Sally Hayfron 1931 Wife of Robert Mugabe, first lady of Zimbabwe
29 Sally Spectra
30 Sally Pearson 1986 Australian hurdler
31 Sally Dexter 1960 British actress
32 Sally Martin 1985 New Zealand actress
33 Sally Menke 1953 American film editor
34 Sally Clark 1964 Falsely convicted of murder
35 Sally Quinn 1941 American journalist
36 Sally Blane 1910 American actress
37 Sally Yeh 1961 Hong Kong singer
38 Sally James 1950 British actress
39 Sally Gunnell 1966 British former track and field athlete
40 Sally Jones Alleged ISIS recruiter
41 Sally Bundock British news presenter
42 Sally Rogers 1964 UK actress
43 Sally Ann Matthews 1970 British actress
44 Sally Carr 1945 British singer
45 Sally Fitzgibbons 1990 Australian surfer
46 Sally Magnusson 1955 Broadcaster
47 Sally Fletcher
48 Sally Boazman British journalist
49 Sally Oldfield 1947 Irish singer-songwriter
50 Sally Perdue American beauty pageant contestant
51 Sally Knyvette 1951 Actress/Teacher/Theatre Director
52 Sally Potter 1949 English film director and screenwriter
53 Sally Lockhart
54 Sally Carman 1981 British actress
55 Sally Dworsky American singer
56 Sally Fairfax 1800 American socialite
57 Sally Yoshino 1978 Japanese actress
58 Sally Robbins 1981 Australian rower
59 Sally Forrest 1928 Actress
60 Sally Brampton 1955 British writer
61 Sally Obermeder 1973 Australian television presenter
62 Sally Ann Triplett 1962 British singer & actress
63 Sally Taylor 1957 English journalist and presenter
64 Sally McNair British journalist
65 Sally Jenkins 1960 American sports writer
66 Sally Morgan 1951 Indigenous Australian artist and writer
67 Sally Stanford 1903 Madam of an elegant bordello in San Francisco and former mayor of Sausalito, CA
68 Sally Conway 1987 English judoka
69 Sally Miller Gearhart 1931 American teacher, feminist, science fiction writer, and political activist
70 Sally Boynton Brown
71 Sally Eilers 1908 American actress
72 Sally Solomon
73 Sally J. Smith 1958 American business woman
74 Sally Hardesty
75 Sally Wheeler 1970 American actress
76 Sally Beauman 1944 English writer and journalist
77 Sally Cahill American actress
78 Sally Faulkner 1944 Actress
79 Pyongyang Sally
80 Sally Douglas 1941 British actress
81 Sally Jane Bruce 1948 American actress
82 Sally Dryer 1957 American actress
83 Sally Bedell Smith 1948 American journalist and biographer
84 Sally Seltmann 1975 Australian musician
85 Sally Flynn 1946 American musician
86 Sally Mortemore 1961 English actress
87 Sally Barker 1959 British musician
88 Sally Amis 1954
89 Sally Grace 1938 British actress
90 Sally Benson 1897 American writer
91 Sally Wiggin American television reporter
92 Sally Grossman 1940 Wife of Bob Dylan's former manager
93 Sally Spode
94 Sally Kern 1946 American politician
95 Sally Shelton-Colby 1944 American diplomat
96 Sally Baker American actress
97 Sally Marr 1906 American comedian, dancer and actor
98 Sally Gardner 1954 British children's writer and illustrator
99 Sally Ann Marsh 1972 British actor and singer
100 Sally Ridge 1970 New Zealand fashion designer
101 Sally Hitchiner
102 Sally Hershberger Hair stylist
103 Sally Haslanger American philosopher
104 Sally Emerson 1954 British writer
105 Sally Miller German immigrant to the USA, enslaved as a child and freed by the Louisiana Supreme Court in 1845
106 Sally Louisa Tompkins 1833 Confederate Army officer
107 Sally Priesand 1946 Rabbi
108 Sally El Hosaini 1976 British screenwriter
109 Sally Boyden 1965 Australian actor and musician
110 Sally Cruikshank 1949 American animator
111 Sally Kipyego 1985 Kenyan long- and middle-distance runner
112 Sally Peers 1991 Australian tennis player
113 Sally Hogshead American writer
114 Sally Lloyd-Jones British writer
115 Sally Gray 1969 British actress
116 Sally Mansfield 1920 American actress
117 Sally Salisbury 1690 London, England prostitute
118 Sally Todd 1934 American actor and playboy playmate
119 Sally Ward Lawrence Hunt Armstrong Downs 1827
120 Sally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Huyton 1959 British politician
121 Sally Biddulph 1975 British journalist and presenter
122 Sally Falk Moore 1924 American anthropologist
123 Sally McNeil
124 Sally Taylor-Isherwood 1990 Canadian actress
125 Sally Beamish 1956 British composer and violist
126 Sally Sara 1971 Australian television journalist
127 Sally Satel 1956 American psychiatrist
128 Sally O'Neil 1908 Actress
129 Sally Sweetland 1911 American singer
130 Sally Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster 1909 Duchess of Westminster
131 Paul Sally 1933 Mathematician
132 Sally Fraser 1932 American actress
133 Sally Mapstone 1957
134 Sally Aw Hong Kong politician
135 Sally Sussman Morina 1956 American screenwriter and producer
136 Sally McManus
137 Sally Bauer 1908 Swedish swimmer
138 Sally Keeble 1951 British politician
139 Sally Brophy 1928 Broadway and television actor
140 Sally Nicholls 1983 Novelist
141 Sally Mason 1950 American academic administrator
142 Sally Little 1951 Professional golfer
143 Sally Bush 1860
144 Sally Matthews 1975 Opera singer
145 Sally Farmiloe 1954 British actress
146 Sally Walton 1981 British field hockey player
147 Sally Blount American academic
148 Sally Bazely 1933 British television actor
149 Sally Sarr 1986 Footballer
150 Sally Stevens American actress
151 Sally Pederson 1951 American politician
152 Sally Epstein 1907
153 Sally Eaton 1947 American actress
154 Sally Mayes 1959 American actress
155 Sally Kirkland 1912 Fashion editor
156 Zak Sally American musician
157 Jerome Sally 1959 American football player
158 Sally Osborne 1952 British actress
159 Sally Gerber 1927 American businessman
160 Sally Cooper 1978 Australian cricketer
161 Sally Oliver 1983 British actress
162 Sally Ayhan 1983 Weather presenter for Nine News Perth/former weekend presenter for The Weather Channel
163 Sally Becker Aid worker
164 Sally Bradshaw British opera singer
165 Sally Oppenheim-Barnes, Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes 1930 British politician
166 Sally Edwards 1947 American sportswoman
167 Sally Floyd American computer scientist
168 Sally Wade 1984 Welsh footballer
169 Sally Greengross, Baroness Greengross 1935 British peer
170 Sally McDonald American television director
171 Sally Banes 1950 Dance historian
172 Sally Bagshaw 1951 American politician
173 Sally Read 1971 English poet
174 Sally Forth
175 Sally Wishart Armstrong 1943
176 Sally Sagoe 1953 British actress
177 Sally Steele American journalist
178 Sally Thorner American journalist
179 Sally Hunt British trade union leader
180 Sally Payne 1912 American actress
181 Sally Frejrud Carlsson 1988 Swedish actress
182 Sally Hamwee, Baroness Hamwee 1947 British politician, life peer
183 Sally Burgess 1953 Singer
184 Sally Gifford 1981 Canadian/American actress
185 Sally Ponce Enrile 1958 Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
186 Sally Wister 1761 American writer
187 Sally Baldwin 1940 British social scientist
188 Sally Thomas 1939 Australian jurist; Administrator of the Northern Territory
189 Sally Katzen 1942 American lawyer
190 Sally Brice-O'Hara 1953 Vice-Commandant of the United States Coast Guard
191 Sally Walker President of Deacon University
192 Sally Chen 1948 Taiwanese actress
193 Sally Temple American neuroscientist
194 Sally Shipard 1987 Association football player
195 Sally Kosgei Kenyan politician
196 Sally Clausen 1945 American educational administrator
197 Sally Jara 1994 Paraguayan model
198 Sally Jackson American academic
199 Sally Tayler 1961 Australian actress
200 Sally Belfrage 1936 American journalist