Given name & surname
Shlomo
“one who is peaceful”·“a peaceful man”·“peacefulness”
Shlomo is a variant of Shalom. Interpretations include “one who is peaceful” (Hebrew) and “a peaceful man” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions. In English use, Shlomo has a related form in Shulamit. Interpretations include “peacefulness” and “one who is peaceful; tranquil” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Shlomo is a variant of Shalom. Interpretations include “one who is peaceful” (Hebrew) and “a peaceful man” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions. In English use, Shlomo has a related form in Shulamit. Interpretations include “peacefulness” and “one who is peaceful; tranquil” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions. In Jewish use, Shlomo is a form of Solomon. One Hebrew interpretation is “a peaceful man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Shlomo is a variant of Shalom. An origin associated with Shalom is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Jewish use, Shlomo is used as a form of Solomon.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1945. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Jewish use, Shlomo is a form of Solomon. The history of Solomon gives this family its wider story. Solomon has a place in biblical naming traditions.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Shlomo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,673
- 5,673 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 235 babies
- 2025
- 211
- #1,049 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +15%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 211 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,049 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 15.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New Jersey had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (102). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,503 as a first name in 2020; 141 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.
Shlomo’s family of names
In English usage, Shlomo shares an earlier linguistic root with Solomon. Shlomo has a related form in Shalom. Shlomo is a form of Solomon.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Solomondoublet · English
- Salomonequivalent
- Salamonequivalent
- Sjloumeequivalent
- SzlomoPolish
- Соломонequivalent
- Slimanequivalent
- שלמהequivalent
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Shlomo
- RashiFrench rabbi and commentator (1040–1105)
- Shlomo SandIsraeli historianborn 1946
- Shlomo MintzIsraeli violin virtuoso, violist and conductorborn 1957
- Shlomo Ben-AmiIsraeli diplomatborn 1943
- Shlomo ArtziIsraeli singerborn 1949
- Shlomo HillelIsraeli diplomat (1923-2021)
- Shlomo GorenIsraeli military officer and rabbi (1917–1994)
- Shlomo AvineriIsraeli political scientist, professor (1933-2023)
- Shlomo LahatIsraeli general and politician (1927–2014)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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