Sales ( or ) 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), common in Portugal and Brazil (with an archaic alternative spelling, Salles).
This surname can be English, from Middle English (sallows), a topographic name for someone who lived by a group of sallow trees.
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.
Sales may refer to:
Arlete Salles, Brazilian actress
Arthur Sales (footballer, born 1900), (1900–1977) English footballer
Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales, Hong Kong businessman and sports administrator
Campos Sales (1841–1913), Brazilian politician and president
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
Sale (surname)