Given name & surname
Absalon
“father of peace”
Absalon is a variant of Absalom. One Hebrew interpretation is “father of peace.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Absalon is a variant of Absalom. One Hebrew interpretation is “father of peace.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Absalon is a variant of Absalom. A possible origin is Hebrew, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Absalon is a variant of Absalom. The history of Absalom gives this family its wider story. Absalom appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Absalon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 33
- 33 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 264 as a first name in 2020; 224 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Absalon’s family of names
In Danish usage, Absalon has a short form in AXELEN. In Finnish usage, Absalon has a related form in Absalom. In Swedish usage, Absalon has a conventional equivalent in the English form Absalom.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Absalon has relatives in 5 languages.
2 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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 Absalon
- AbsalonArchbishop, statesman (1128-1201)
- Absalon Pederssøn BeyerNorwegian writer and academic (1528–1575)
- Absalon TarangerNorwegian historian1858–1930
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