Given name & surname
Solomon
“a peaceful man”
Solomon is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “a peaceful man.”
Original Hebrewשלמה
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “a peaceful man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
In English usage, Solomon developed from Σολομών.
The story
The name has a place in biblical naming traditions.
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Solomon appears in 2 Samuel 12:18, Matthew 1:6, Luke 3:31.
- 2 Samuel 12:18
- Matthew 1:6
- Luke 3:31
From biblical name research
Solomon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 38,080
- 38,069 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 907 babies
- 2025
- 767
- #422 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −10%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 767 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 422 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 10.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 907 in 2016. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (71). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 25,997 as a first name in 2020; 46,541 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.
Solomon’s family of names
Solomon has a short form in Sol. In English usage, Solomon shares an earlier linguistic root with Shlomo. In English usage, Solomon has a conventional equivalent in the Finnish form Salomon.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Solomon has relatives in 24 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
32 related names in 24 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 15
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 41
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Shlomodoublet · English
- Suleimandoublet · English
- Sulaymanrelated form
- SouleymaneFrench
- Sulemanequivalent
- Solimandoublet · Tagalog
- Solonequivalent
- Saloequivalent
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- Šalamounequivalent
- Salaünequivalent
- Σολομώνταςequivalent
- സുലൈമാൻequivalent
- સુલેમાનequivalent
- Саламунequivalent
- Сулејманequivalent
- Salomonoequivalent
- सुलेमानequivalent
- Solomunequivalent
- Sulejmanequivalent
- Salomónequivalent
- Соломонborrowing · Russian
- Sulaymānrelated form
- Σόλωνequivalent
- Solonasequivalent
- Schlomoequivalent
- Σόλωναςequivalent
- KolomonaHawaiian
- СулаймонTajik
- Σολομώνroot · Ancient Greek, Greek
- SalomóCatalan
- SüleymanTurkish, Azerbaijani
- СүлейменKazakh
- SalomãoPortuguese
- שלמהYiddish
- זלמןYiddish
- سلیمانPersian
- ՍողոմոնArmenian
- ΣουλεϊμάνGreek
- СөләйманTatar
- SulemanuHausa
- SaaluGreenlandic
See also 27
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Salemshares a root
- Salomeshares a root
- Salimshares a root
- Islamshares a root
- Zalmansee also
- Jerusalemshares a root
- Muslimshares a root
- Absalomshares a root
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- Shelumielshares a root
- Shelomithshares a root
- Shelomothshares a root
- Shelomishares a root
- Shelemiahshares a root
- Shalmanshares a root
- Shallunshares a root
- Shillemshares a root
- Shallumshares a root
- Meshullamshares a root
- Meshillemothshares a root
- Meshillemithshares a root
- Meshelemiahshares a root
- Shulammiteshares a root
- Shalmaishares a root
- Salmoneshares a root
- Salamisshares a root
- Bishlamshares a root
- Abishalomshares a root
People named Solomon
- Sholem AleichemJewish writer and playwright of Yiddish, who worked in Russian Empire, Switzerland, Germany and the United States (1859-1916)
- Solomon ibn Gabirol11th-century Andalusian poet and Jewish philosopher1020–1057
- S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike4th Prime Minister of the Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from 1956-591899–1959
- Solomon AschPolish-American psychologist (1907-1996)
- Solomon, King of HungaryKing of Hungary (1053-1087)
- Solomon Northupfree-born African American kidnapped by slave-traders1808–1864
- Solly MarchEnglish association footballer (born 1994)
- Solomon KvirkveliaGeorgian association football playerborn 1992
- Solomon LefschetzJewish American mathematician (1884-1972)
Characters named Solomon: Solomon Kane (fictional character created by Robert E. Howard).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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