Salome

Where Salome comes from

From Ancient Greek Σαλώμη (Salṓmē), from Hebrew שְׁלוֹמִית (sh'lomít) (belonging to the same root as שָׁלוֹם (shalóm, “peace”)).
— Wiktionary's entry for Salome
  • Ancient Greek
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 140 BC
    Salome Alexandra born
    Queen regnant of Hasmonean Judaea from c.76 to 67 BCE
  2. 65 BC
    Salome I born
    sister of Herod the Great
  3. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #518 among girls with 11 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  4. 1882
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1985
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek [in turn from Hebrew], masculine equivalent Solomon.
Namesakes
  • Salome Alexandra · Queen regnant of Hasmonean Judaea from c.76 to 67 BCE, 140 BC–67 BC
  • Salome I · sister of Herod the Great, 65 BC–10
  • Salome Melia · Georgian chess player, born 1987
  • Salome Jens · American actress, born 1935
  • Salome Nyirarukundo · Rwandan long-distance runner, born 1997

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.