At a Glance
- 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
suh-LAY-shuhIPA /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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