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Sally

Sally might mean any of the following:

Objects

A tufted woollen part of a bellrope, used to provide grip when ringing a bell
Sally rod, a club whose name apparently derived from the willow's botanical name salix
Mitsubishi Ki-21, codenamed "Sally"

Names

Sally is a female name meaning "little princess", originally a diminutive of Sarah which means "princess".
A male nickname, rare outside Italy and the Italian diaspora, for someone named Salvatore

People with the given name Sally

Sally Field, American actress
Sally Gunnell, British hurdler
Sally Hawkins, British actress
Sally Kellerman, American actress and singer
Sally Kirkland, American actress
Sally Jessy Raphael, talk show host (see Film & Television below)
Sally Ride, American physicist and astronaut
Sally Struthers, American actress and spokeswoman
Sally Webb, British economist and artist

Slang

The Salvation Army
An effeminate boy or man
Codename used for a modified 6502 used by Atari for a game console and home computers
The South Atlantic League, a minor league baseball league in the United States
A wild stallion
Salvia divinorum

Fiction

Sally, a detective novel by E.V. Cunningham (aka Howard Fast)
Sally, a short story by Isaac Asimov
Sally, a character in The Nightmare Before Christmas
Princess Sally Acorn, a character from the American Sonic the Hedgehog comic book
Sally Brown, Charlie Brown's little sister
Sally Carrera, a Porsche 911 Carrera in Cars by Pixar
Sally Simpson, a character from the musical Tommy
"Sally", a poem by Patti Smith from her book Seventh Heaven
Sally Lockhart, from the books Ruby in the smoke, shadow in the north, the tiger in the well and the tin princess all by Philip Pullman

Music

Sally, a theater musical
Lay Down Sally, a song by Eric Clapton from the album Slowhand
Long Tall Sally, a song by Little Richard from the album Here's Little Richard
"Sally", a song by Gracie Fields
"Sally", a song by Sade from the album Diamond Life
"Sally", a song by Mike Oldfield on his Platinum album
"Sally", a song by Foxboro Hot Tubs
"Sally", a song by Carmel
"Sally", a song by Sam Sparro
"Sally", a song by Vaya Con Dios from the album Night Owls
"Silly Sally", a single by Iron Butterfly
"Silly Sally" is a song by Sweet Smoke from the album Just a Poke
Long Tall Sally, a Beatles EP

Band

Sally, an indie-rock band from Chicago, Illinois
I Hate Sally, indie punk band from Kingston, Ontario
Subway to Sally, a German folk/medieval rock band from Potsdam

Film & Television

Sally, a television talk show originally called The Sally Jessy Raphaël Show
Sally, the pilot episode of the TV series Flight of the Conchords
Sally, a 1929 film that was third sound feature photographed in Technicolor
Sally, a 2000 film which features mental retardation
Sally, the Witch, a Japanese manga and anime series

Businesses

Sally Corporation, a manufacturer of dark rides and audio-animatronics
Sally Line, an Ålandian passenger shipping company and cruise line

Source: Wikipedia

Translation

The word "Sally" occurs as such in the following languages: English, French, Dutch.


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