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Shalom - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Shalom

[ 2 syll. (s)ha-lom, sh-al-om ] The boy name Shalom is also used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is SHahLOWM KEY. Shalom is an English and Hebrew name of Hebrew origin. Derived literally from the element 'shalom' which means peace. Salam, Shallon (English), and Sholom (English and Hebrew) are variants of Shalom. See also the related form, Solomon (English, Hebrew, Romanian, and Slavic).

Shalom is unusual as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. Among the group of boy names directly linked to Shalom, Solomon (English, Hebrew, Romanian, and Slavic) was the most frequently used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Shalom include Saalim (Arabic), Salam, Salaun (French), Saleem (Arabic and English), Salem (Slavic), Salim (Arabic and English), Selim (Arabic, Turkish, and English), Selman (Yiddish), Selmo (Spanish), Selwin (English), Selwyn (English), Shallon (English), Shelomoh (Yiddish), Shlomo (Hebrew and Yiddish), Sholom (English and Hebrew), Solamh (Irish and Scottish), Solom (English), Sulema (Arabic and Urdu), Cillian (French and Irish), and Cillín (Irish).

KEY: Pronunciation for Shalom: SH as in "she (SH.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)"


 
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