Salacia: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Salacia – Meaning: goddess of salt water and the deep – Origin: Latin/Roman mythology – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: suh-LAY-shuh


Salacia is a Latin/Roman mythology girl's name meaning “goddess of salt water and the deep”. It appears in our list of 175+ Beautiful Ocean Names For Girls (with Meanings).

Meaning & Origin of Salacia

Meaning: Goddess of salt water and the deep.

Origin: Latin/Roman mythology.

A common claim: Goddess of sunlit salt water, wife of Neptune Actually: Often given the added flourish 'sunlit salt water,' but Wiktionary and classical sources describe Salacia simply as goddess of salt water/the deep — there's no 'sunlit' element in the name's actual meaning.

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Salacia

Phonetic: suh-LAY-shuh   IPA: /səˈleɪʃə/

Popularity of Salacia

Salacia doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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