Salome (given name)
Name list
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Salome is a feminine name derived from the Hebrew word shalom, meaning "peace".[1]
A Russian icon of the two Marys and Salome at Jesus Christ's empty grave following the resurrection. Salome is a Christian saint. | |
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew |
| Meaning | peace |
There are two origins of the name Salome. Salome is the name of a Christian disciple, who was one of the women who witnessed the resurrection of Jesus Christ along with the two Marys (Mark 15:40–16:8). Another Salome (c. early 1st century CE) was the daughter of Herodias, and nemesis of John the Baptist (Mark 6:17–29 and Matt 14:3–11).
The name, as Solomija (Соломія), was among the top 5 names given to newborn girls in 2024 in Ukraine.[2][3] It is ranked among the top 100 names for girls in France.[1] It is less popular in the United States, where it does not rank among the top 1,000 names; just 82 newborn girls there were given the name in 2010.[4]
Variants
People with the given name
- Salomé Afonso (born 1997), Portuguese runner
- Salome Alt (1568–1633), Austrian mistress to the reigning Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg
- Salomè Antonazzoni (fl. 1619 – fl. 1642), Italian stage actress
- Salomé Báncora (born 1993), Argentine alpine skier
- Salomé de Bahia (born 1945), Brazilian vocalist in France
- Salomé Barojas (born 1957), Mexican baseball player
- Salome Bey (1933–2020), American-born Canadian singer-songwriter, composer, and actress
- Salomé Breziner, Belgian-born American film director and screenwriter
- Salome Chachua (born 1990), Georgian ballroom and Latin dancer and choreographer
- Salome Chepchumba (born 1982), Kenyan middle-distance runner
- Salome Clausen, Swiss pop music artist
- Salome Dadiani (1849–1913), Georgian princess
- Salome Dell (born 1993), athlete from Papua New Guinea
- Salome Devidze (born 1986), Georgian tennis player
- Salome Hocking (1859–1927), Cornish novelist
- Salomé de Gélieu (1742–1820), Swiss educator and governess
- Salome Gluecksohn-Waelsch (1907–2007), German-born U.S. geneticist
- Salome Halldorson (1887–1970), Canadian politician in Manitoba
- Salomé Haller (born 1975), French operatic and concert soprano
- Salomé Herrera, Mexican pianist
- Salomé di Iorio (born 1980), Argentine lawyer and football referee
- Salome Jens (born 1935), American actress who appeared in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Salome Kammer (born 1959), German actress, singer and cellist
- Salome Khubuluri (born 1988), Georgian footballer
- Salomé Kora (born 1994), Swiss sprinter
- Salome Lang (born 1997), Swiss athlete who competes in the high jump
- Salomé Leclerc (born 1986), Canadian singer-songwriter
- Salome Lozano Leon (born 2007), French rhythmic gymnast
- Salome Maswime, South African clinician and global health expert
- Salome Melia, Georgian chess player
- Salomé Moiane (born 1951), Mozambican politician
- Salome Mulugeta, Ethiopian and Eritrean-American filmmaker and actor
- Salomėja Nėris (1904 – 1945), Lithuanian poet
- Salome Nyirarukundo (born 1997), Rwandan long-distance runner
- Salome Pazhava (born 1997), Georgian individual rhythmic gymnast
- Salome Reischer (1899–1980), Austrian chess player
- Salome Samadashvili (born 1976), Georgian politician and former diplomat
- Salome Sellers (1800–1909), American centenarian who was the last known person born in the 18th century
- Salomé Stampfli (born 2005), Liechtensteiner footballer
- Salome Tabuatalei, Fijian athlete and canoeist
- Salome Tanuvasa, New Zealand artist
- Salome Thorkelsdottir (Þorkelsdóttir) (born 1927), Icelandic politician
- Salomé Ureña (1847–1897), poet and teacher from the Dominican Republic
- Salome Zurabishvili, President of the Republic of Georgia
Variants
- Solomiia Bobrovska (born 1989), Ukrainian politician and civic activist
- Solomiya Brateyko (born 1999), Ukrainian table tennis player
- Solomiya Krushelnytska (1872–1952), Ukrainian soprano opera star
- Solomiia Pavlychko (1958–1999), Ukrainian literary critic, philosopher and translator
- Solomiia Vynnyk, Ukrainian freestyle wrestler
Fictional characters
- Salome, a character in the novel The Promise
- Salome Otterbourne, a character in Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
