Given name · Hebrew · Yiddish
שלמה
“peace”
שלמה (shlomó) is a masculine given name. It is used in Hebrew and Yiddish.
Hebrew and YiddishWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: Solomon.
Meaning & origin
שלמה’s family of names
In Yiddish usage, שלמה has a conventional equivalent in the English form Solomon. In Hebrew usage, שלמה has a conventional equivalent in the French form SOULEYMANE. In Hebrew usage, שלמה has a transliteration in alfabe çevirisi gerekiyor.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
שלמה has relatives in 4 languages.
6 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named שלמה
- Shlomo HillelIsraeli diplomat (1923-2021)
- Shlomo LahatIsraeli general and politician (1927–2014)
- Shlomo ArgovIsraeli diplomat (1929–2003)
- Shlomo AvinerIsraeli rabbiborn 1943
- Shlomo BenizriIsraeli politicianborn 1961
- Shlomo VeneziaGreek-born Italian Jew, survivor of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp (1923-2012)
- Shlomo RosenIsraeli politician1905–1985
- Shlomo MoranIsraeli computer scientist (b.1947)
- Shlomo Zev ZweigenhaftRosh Hashochtim of Poland, Chief Rabbi of Hannover and Lower Saxony.1915–2005
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