Names That Mean Princess

A common name in Indonesia that would not work well in English-speaking countries, being too close to putrid or putty.

A wonderful Yiddish diminutive of Sarah, most familiar to Americans as the name of Tevye’s eldest daughter in Joseph Stein’s Fiddler on the Roof.

The cake company pretty much knocked this otherwise-pretty compilation name out of consideration for most parents.

This pretty Finnish name is a diminutive of a diminutive, going from Sarah to Sari to Saija.

Salla is a variant of Salli — the Finnish form of Sally. Both Salla and Salli are common names in their native country, but Salla is the more modern form, having peaked in popularity in the 1980s and 90s (Salli peaked in the 20s and 30s). Today, Salla is given to almost twice as many baby girls in Finland than Salli.