Salomon

Where Salomon comes from

Jewish, German, Dutch, Danish, Polish, French, Breton, Haitian, Mauritian, and Spanish (as Salomón) surname, all a variant of Solomon.
— Wiktionary's entry for Salomon
Along the way
  1. 1730
    Salomon Gessner born
    Swiss painter, etcher and poet
  2. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #809 among boys with 6 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  3. 1881
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1985
    Salomon Kalou born
    Ivorian association football player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Salomon Kalou · Ivorian association football player, born 1985
  • Salomon Gessner · Swiss painter, etcher and poet, 1730–1788
  • Salomon August Andrée · Swedish engineer, balloon pioneer and explorer, 1854–1897
  • Salomon van Ruysdael · painter from the Northern Netherlands, 1602–1670
  • Salomon Maimon · Lithuanian Jewish philosopher, 1754–1800

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.