Solomon

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Solomon, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Malachi
• Gideon
• Thaddeus
• Tobias
• Ezekiel

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Solomon is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Solomōn, Solomón

• Hebrew given name27 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Israel, Ethiopia, Morocco, United States

  Languages: Hebrew, Amharic, Indonesian

  Also written שלמה, סלומון, Shlomo, סולומון, ሰለሞን

• Russian given name16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, United States, Kazakhstan

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish

  Also written Соломон, Саламон, Соломона, Solomōn, Solomṓn

• Arabic surname6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Egypt, United States, Nigeria, United Arab Emirates

  Languages: Arabic, Maltese

  Also written Sõlômòñ, Sólomon, Solòmoñ, Solòmon

• a separate surname2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Ethiopia, United Kingdom

  Also written Sölómôñ

73 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Solomon is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Solomon derives from the Hebrew root 'shalom' meaning 'peace' or 'peaceable'. Jedidiah means 'Beloved of Yah' (Yahweh).

  as a name·Biblical Names Compiled Database

• A name of Hebrew origin meaning 'peace', historically associated with wisdom, wealth, and leadership.

  as a name·Biblical Names Compiled Database

• In Jewish and Christian theology, Solomon represents the archetype of divine wisdom and the builder of God's dwelling place among men. In Islam, he is revered as a major prophet (Sulayman) who possessed authority over spirits and nature.

  as a name·Biblical Names Compiled Database

• In English, Wise peaceful son of David; in the Bible see Shalom

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• Biblical name (Hebrew Shlomo, derived from shalom ‘peace’), borne by one of the great kings of Israel, son of David and Bathsheba, who was legendary for his wisdom (2 Samuel 12-24; 1 Kings 1-11; 2

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Haym Solomonb. 1740USAmerican businessman
• Peter Benensonb. 1921GBnot in their usual nameEnglish human rights activist (1921-2005)
• Ed Solomonb. 1960USAmerican writer, producer and director

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

112 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 57 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Solomon mean, and where does it come from?

from the male personal name Solomon, the English form of Hebrew Shelomo, based on shalom 'peace'. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].

What are other forms of the name Solomon?

In the etymology graph, Saleem, Sulaiman and Salama are forms of the same name in other languages.

How do you pronounce Solomon?

In English /ˈsɑləmən/ (Wiktionary).

How common is the name Solomon?

In the United States, the national register counted 46,534 people named Solomon in 2010, about 1 in 7.1 thousand residents.

How common is Solomon compared with other names?

In Nigeria, Solomon is the 84th most common surname of 346,007 surnames recorded there.

Which countries have the most people with the surname Solomon?

Mondonomo estimates about 249 thousand people named Solomon in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled solomon. After it come United States, Philippines, South Africa and Ghana; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Solomon most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Solomon is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 910 people — even though Nigeria holds more of our records for it.