Girl · Hebrew, through Greek
Salome
Say it: suh-LOH-mee
Meaning
From Hebrew shalom 'peace', through an Aramaic or Greek form.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used in medieval Europe after the disciple Salome; more recently popular in France and Spain as Salomé.
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 4,531 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1903, about 1 in 11,400 girls
- 153 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| French | Salomé |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Salomé |
| Italian | Salomè |
| German | Salome |
| Polish | Salomea |
Famous bearers
- Salome, a follower of Jesus at the crucifixion
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.