[ 3 syll. sa-lo-me, sal-ome ] The baby girl name Salome is pronounced SahLOWMiy in English †. Salome's language of origin is Hebrew. It is predominantly used in English, French, and German. The name is derived from the Greek form of an Aramaic name of obscure origins but related to the Hebrew shalom ('peace'). The name was widely used in biblical times until it was associated, via the records of the Jewish historian Josephus, with Salome the step-daughter of King Herod; at the behest of her mother Queen Herodias, Salome asked the king for the head of John the Baptist and was granted her wish. The name was thereafter used only on an irregular basis, although it was also borne in the Bible by a woman present at the Resurrection of Jesus who was also the mother of the apostles James and John. The name was then pronounced as the two-syllable SAHLowm-, with the stress on the first syllable. It was later adopted by English speakers in the 19th century, promoted by the Oscar Wilde tragedy play Salomé (1894) and the Richard Strauss opera Salome (1905), which was based on the Wilde's work. Salome is the feminine version of the English, Hebrew, Romanian, and Slavic Solomon. Salome has 15 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of the name include Sal, Salaome, Saloma, Salomah, Salomee, Salomei, Salomey, Salomia, Salomiah, Salomya, and Salomyah. Forms used in foreign languages include the Arabic Salama, the Polish Salomea, the French and Portuguese Salomé, and the Greek Salomi. See also the related form, the Hebrew Shalom. Salome is an uncommon baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1903, 0.008% of baby girls were named Salome. It was #710 in rank then. The baby name has slipped in popularity since then, and is currently used only on a very light scale. Within all girl names in its family, Salome was nevertheless the most popular in 2010. Baby names that sound like Salome include the Arabic Saalima, the Arabic Salama, the name Salana, the name Salanah, the name Salean, the name Saleane, the name Saleema, the name Saleemah, the name Salema, the English and Indian Salena, the name Salenah, the name Salenna, the Arabic Salima, the English Salina, the name Salinah, the name Salinee, the name Sallina, the name Sallinah, the name Sallonee, and the name Salloni. † Pronunciation for Salome: S as in "see (S.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" |
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