Salla as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Salla

What is the meaning of the name Salla ?

The baby name Salla is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced SAH-lah (Finnish IPA: /ˈsɑlːɑ/).

Salla is Finnish in Origin.

Salla is a Finnish feminine given name most commonly considered a short form of names beginning with Sal-, especially Salli (the Finnish analogue of Sally), which itself derives from Sarah, the Hebrew name meaning “princess.” Some sources also link Salla to Salome (from Greek, ultimately Hebrew shalom “peace”), so the name is sometimes read with either princely or peaceful overtones. The name coincides with Salla, a municipality in Lapland, adding a distinctly Nordic association, though the place-name has a separate, likely Sámi, origin.

In Finland Salla entered regular use in the 20th century and peaked in popularity from the 1960s to the 1980s; it remains familiar in Finland and, to a lesser extent, Estonia, but is rare elsewhere. Variants and related forms include Salli, Sallamari/Salla-Maria, Salme (Estonian), Saara, Sarah/Sara, Sally, and Salome. Common Finnish diminutives include Sallu.