MEANING & HISTORY
What does Salome mean?
Salome is the Greek-transmitted form of an Aramaic name related to Hebrew shalom, peace. More than one woman is associated with the name in early Christian history.
The dancer in the Gospel story is not actually named there; the identification with Salome comes from other historical tradition. The linguistic meaning is peace rather than dancer or enchantress.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
From Ancient Greek Σαλώμη (Salṓmē), from Hebrew שְׁלוֹמִית (sh'lomít) (belonging to the same root as שָׁלוֹם (shalóm, “peace”)).
A female given name from Ancient Greek [in turn from Hebrew], masculine equivalent Solomon.
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Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Salome in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Salome
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Naome·Documented Setswana biblical form of Naomi
- Salem·Arabic safe-name form or Hebrew place-name tradition
- Salim·Arabic names: safe, sound or intact
- Salma·Safe or sound in Arabic
- Salve·As a Spanish word: a greeting; also a Marian prayer
- Satomi♀Japanese Satomi; village or intelligence with beauty
- Tolome♂Son of Talmay, through familiar Bartolome
- Jerome♂Sacred name
What rhymes with Salome?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Salome further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Salome (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Salome (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Behind the Name: salome (opens in a new tab)
Independent onomastic comparison and qualifications to the proposed origin.