Shlomo

Where Shlomo comes from

Transliteration of Biblical Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה (šəlōmōʰ), from שָׁלוֹם (šālôm, “peace”). Doublet of Solomon.
— Wiktionary's entry for Shlomo
  • Hebrew
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1943
    Shlomo Ben-Ami born
    Israeli diplomat
  2. 1945
    First appearance
    #2,743 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1957
    Shlomo Mintz born
    Israeli violin virtuoso, violist and conductor
  4. 2024
    Peak, #965
    235 babies named Shlomo — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A Jewish male given name from Hebrew, feminine equivalent Shulamith, equivalent to English Solomon.
Namesakes
  • Shlomo Mintz · Israeli violin virtuoso, violist and conductor, born 1957
  • Shlomo Ben-Ami · Israeli diplomat, born 1943
  • Shlomo Artzi · Israeli singer, born 1949
  • Shlomo Goren · Israeli military officer and rabbi, 1917–1994
  • Shlomo Hillel · Israeli diplomat, 1923–2021

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.