Salome (given name)

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Gender female Meaning peace		Word/name Hebrew

Salome is a feminine name derived from the Hebrew word shalom, meaning "peace."

Salome (c. early 1st century CE) was the daughter of Herodias, and nemesis of John the Baptist (Mark 6:17-29 and Matt 14:3-11). Christians have traditionally regarded her as a dangerous temptress. Salome is also the name of a Christian saint, who was traditionally one of the women who witnessed the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

The name is currently among the top 10 names given to newborn girls in 2011 in Georgia and Colombia. It is ranked among the top 100 names for girls in France. It is less popular in the United States, where it does not rank among the top 1,000 names; just 82 newborn girls there were given the name in 2010.

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Salomé, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Salomea, Polish

Solomiia, Solomiya or Solomia, Ukrainian: Соломія

Selome Amharic

Salomėja, Lithuanian

Salome, Georgian

People with the given name

Salomé Ureña (1847–1897), poet and teacher from the Dominican Republic

Solomiya Krushelnytska (1872–1952), Ukrainian soprano opera star

Solomiia Pavlychko (1958–1999), Ukrainian literary critic, philosopher and translator

Salome Jens (born 1935), American actress who appeared in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Salomé Breziner, film director and screenwriter

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