Salt Family History
Salt Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Salt (Staffordshire) from Old English selte ‘salt pit’. Occasionally the name may be a nickname for a producer or seller of salt from Middle English salt ‘salt’ (compare Salter ) but evidence is lacking. Native American (Navajo): from a translation into English of the name of the Navajo clan Áshįįhi ‘Salt People’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022