Given name · Hebrew · Yiddish
שלום
“peace”
שלום (sholem) is a masculine given name from Hebrew, meaning “peace.” It is used in Hebrew and Yiddish.
Hebrew and YiddishWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: Sholem.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (shalóm, “peace”); its root is Hebrew שׁ־ל־ם.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
שלום’s family of names
In Yiddish usage, שלום can be written in the Roman alphabet as Sholem. In Yiddish usage, שלום was borrowed from the Hebrew form שָׁלוֹם.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named שלום
- Shalom HarlowCanadian model and actressborn 1973
- Shalom SimhonIsraeli social worker and politicianborn 1956
- Shalom HanochIsraeli singerborn 1946
- Shalom Brune-FranklinBritish-born Australian actressborn 1994
- Shalom H. SchwartzIsraeli psychologistborn 1936
- Shalom NagarIsraeli prison guard1936–2024
- Shalom LevinIsraeli politician (1916-1995)
- Shalom KoboshviliGeorgian artist1876–1941
- Shalom AuslanderAmerican writerborn 1970
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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