Comments for the name Salvatore

This name is used mostly in southern Italy.

The birth name of the lead singer of a widely popularized nu-metal band known as Godsmack. His nickname is Sully, cute touch.

For some reason, I always think of a villain when I look at this name. No offense to those named Salvatore, though! Wear your name proud. It's rare and wonderful.

This was the name of a minor character in The Legend of Zelda. He appears in random places as a carny-type who runs various minigames.

Salvatore was the real name of late actor Sal Mineo. He was best known for his character Plato in the famous James Dean movie, Rebel Without a Cause.

Surname of Damon and Stefan, the vampire brothers from the show The Vampire Diaries. But they use a 3 syllable pronunciation, SAL-va-tor.

I like this name. It's very masculine and refined-sounding, plus all the ones I have met were nice. I sldo like the nickname Sal. I think it's a shame that Salvatore has become associated with that extremely offensive gay character from Mad Men.

Salvatore is my name, I'm Italian.
Other diminutives are: Sasà (Most used), Sasi, Sasino (Mine =D), Salva, Salvo.

American child actor Salvatore Santone (born 1999 in Boston, Massachusetts).

It's a majestic name. Other nicknames not mentioned include Toto' and Turridu, somewhat old-fashioned.

I always thought it was pronounced sal-ca-tor, not even thinking about the fact that its an Italian name. I like sal-va-toe-rey too, although both versions seem a bit long. Sal is a cool nickname.