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 [ 3 syll. sa-lo-me, sal-ome ] The girl name Salome is pronounced SahLOWMiy KEY. 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. Forms of the name include the English Sal, the Arabic Salama, the English Saloma, 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 2008. Baby names that sound like Salome include the French and Portuguese Salomé, the Arabic Saalima, the Arabic Salama, the name Salema, the English and Indian Salena, the Arabic Salima, the English Salina, the English Sally Anne, the English Sally-Anne, the English Sallyann, the English Sallyanne, the English Saloma, the Greek Salomi, the English and German Selena, the English and Slavic Selima, the English, German, and Russian Selina, the Spanish Solana, the English Syleena, the English Sylena, and the English Sylina. KEY: Pronunciation for Salome: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
