Given name
Sholem
“one who is peaceful”·“a peaceful man”
Sholem is a variant of Shalom. Interpretations include “one who is peaceful” (Hebrew) and “a peaceful man” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sholem is a variant of Shalom. Interpretations include “one who is peaceful” (Hebrew) and “a peaceful man” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sholem is a variant of Shalom. An origin associated with Shalom is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1958. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sholem through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 44
- 44 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 8 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 6 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1959. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 100 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sholem’s family of names
Sholem has a related form in Shalom. In Yiddish usage, Sholem is a Roman-alphabet rendering of שלום.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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