Salomon

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Solomon in US United States, NG Nigeria, PH Philippines and 13 more, Salomao in BR Brazil and Სოლომონ in GE Georgia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Salomon is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Finnish given name11K records spelled Salomon5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, India, Peru

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Salomón, Šalomon

• a separate given name10K records spelled Salomon8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ecuador, United States, India, Morocco

  Also written Salomón, Salômôn, Śalomon, Śâlômôn, Salōmōn

• Russian given name4.2K records spelled Salomon60 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, United States, Poland

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish

  Also written Соломон, Solomon, Саламон, Саломон, Соломона

• Hebrew given name2.4K records spelled Salomon6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Israel, Peru, Morocco

  Also written סאלומון, סולומונ, Salomón, Salômôn, Śalomon

• Catalan given name2.0K records spelled Salomon2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain

  Also written Salomón

75 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Salomon is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Name of Hebraic origin, and the biblical son of David. It is probably a name existing in the area of Rastatt, Baden 1814. In Wangen too, in Marbach and in the area of Constance.

  as a name·The Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History

• In French, du nom hébreu Shĕlomṓh, dérivé de shālṓm « paix »

  as a name·Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

• In Italian, redução dialetal setentrional de Salomone.

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In French, Du hébreu *Shelomoh* lié à *shalom* « paix »; roi biblique.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In French, De l’hébreu Shelomoh, lié à shālōm « paix ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 123 years between 1902–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Solomonb. 1053not in their usual nameKing of Hungary (1053-1087)
• Salomon Maimonb. 1754BYLithuanian Jewish philosopher (1753–1800)
• Salomon Müllerb. 1804DEGerman naturalist (1804-1863)
• Salomon Jadassohnb. 1831DEGerman composer (1831–1902)
• Mendele Mocher Sforimb. 1835BYnot in their usual nameYiddish-Hebrew writer (1836-1917)
• Arvid Lindmanb. 1862SEnot in their usual nameSwedish 20th century prime minister (1862-1936)
• André Mauroisb. 1885FRnot in their usual nameFrench author (1885–1967)
• Fritz Perlsb. 1893USnot in their usual nameGerman-born psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and psychotherapist (1893-1970)
• Salomon Bochnerb. 1899USAmerican mathematician, known for work in mathematical analysis, probability theory and differential geometry (1899–1982)
• Salomon Kaloub. 1985CIIvorian association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 761 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Salomon?

We estimate roughly 61 thousand people bear Salomon (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Salomon have the most bearers?

Salomon is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled salomon.

Where is Salomon most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Salomon is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 910 people — even though Mexico holds more of our records for it.

How common is Salomon compared with other names?

In Nigeria, Salomon is the 42nd most common surname of 261,735 surnames recorded there.

Is Salomon a male or female name?

Salomon is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Salomon mean?

Recorded meaning: From Jewish, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Polish, and Spanish forms of Solomon.