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Sali Surname Meaning

Italian: patronymic or plural form of the personal name Salo, a short form of Salomone. Italian: from the personal name Sali, a short form of a medieval name such as Salimbene or Risalito.

Italian: habitational name from Sali Vercellese in Piedmont or from any of the places called Sale, also in Piedmont. Hungarian: from a pet form of the personal name Salamon.

Slovenian (Šali): from a pet form of the old personal name Šalamon (see Salamon), or a nickname derived from šaliti se ‘to joke, to jest’.

Indian (Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh): ultimately from Sanskrit jaalika ‘spider’ or ‘weaver’, a traditional caste name for weavers.

Muslim: variant of Salih. In some cases possibly also from Yemeni Arabic sālī ‘good, happy’. Turkish: ornamental name or nickname from sali, a variant of salih ‘good, pious’. Compare Salih.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

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Between 1956 and 2004, in the United States, Sali life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1994, and highest in 1999. The average life expectancy for Sali in 1956 was 58, and 66 in 2004.

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