Sales (surname)
Sales (Portuguese pronunciation: ['salis] or ['saliʃ]) is a Portuguese-language surname of French roots (derived from Francis de Sales, a bishop and Catholic saint, member of the noble Sales family of the Duchy of Savoy),[1] common in Portugal and Brazil (with an archaic alternative spelling, Salles).
This surname can be English, from Middle English salwes (sallows), a topographic name for someone who lived by a group of sallow trees.[2]
Other variants are Spanish (Asturian-Leonese) and Catalan. The origins are habitational names from any of the places called Sales, like Sales de Llierca (Catalonia) or Sales (Asturies), from the plural of Sala.[2]
Sales may refer to:
- Arlete Salles, Brazilian actress
- Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales, Hong Kong businessman and sports administrator
- Campos Sales (1841–1913), Brazilian politician
- Charles de Sales (1626–66), French soldier, governor of Saint Christophe
- David Sales (born 1977), English cricketer
- Edu Sales (born 1977), Brazilian footballer
- Eugênio de Araújo Sales (1920–2012), Brazilian cardinal
- Fernando Sales (born 1977), Spanish footballer
- Francis de Sales (1567–1622), Catholic saint
- Francis De Sales (actor) (1912–1988), American actor
- Hayley Sales (born 1986), American singer-songwriter
- Hunt Sales (born 1954), American rock and roll drummer, brother of Tony Sales
- João Francisco de Sales (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
- Joshua Sales (born 1987), American Musician
- Leigh Sales (born 1973), Australian journalist
- Liz Sales, American artist
- Luis Sales (1745–1807), Spanish missionary
- Luiz Fernando Corrêa Sales (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
- Nancy Jo Sales (born 1964), American journalist
- Nykesha Sales (born 1976), American basketball player
- Ruby Sales (born 1948), American social activist
- Scott Sales (born 1960), American politician
- Simone Sales (born 1988), Italian footballer
- Soupy Sales (1926–2009), American comedian
- Thiago Sales (born 1987), Brazilian footballer
- Thomas Sales (1868–1926), Canadian politician
- Tony Sales (born 1951), American rock musician, brother of Hunt Sales
- Wayne Sales (born 1949), Canadian businessman
See also
References
- "Família Sales". Origem do Sobrenome. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
- Dictionary of American Family Names - Oxford University Press (2013). "Sales Family History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
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