Salome (given name)

Salome
Origin
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
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	peace

Salome is a feminine name derived from the Hebrew word shalom, meaning "peace".^[1]

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 is currently among the top 10 names given to newborn girls in 2011 in the countries of Georgia^[2] and Colombia.^[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]

*Salome*, an 1897 Art Nouveau illustration by Alfons Mucha.

Variants

Salomé, French, Portuguese, Spanish
Salomè, Italian
Salomea, Polish
Salomėja, Lithuanian
Salomena, Czech
Саломея, Russian
Соломія (Solomiia, Solomiya, or Solomia), Ukrainian
ሰሎሜ, Amharic
სალომე, Georgian
سالومه, Persian

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 princes
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 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

Notes

^ ^a ^b Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Salome". Behind the Name.
^ "Სახელმწიფო სერვისების განვითარების სააგენტო".
^ "Registraduría Nacional Del Estado Civil (COLOMBIA): Santiago, Juan David, Mariana y María José fueron los nombres más comunes de los niños colombianos inscritos en el Registro Civil de Nacimiento en 2011". February 3, 2012.
^ "Popular Baby Names". www.ssa.gov.

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