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What does Salome mean?
Salome 
as a girls' name is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Salome is "peace". Possibly from the same root as the greeting "Shalom". Biblical: name of a woman who danced for King Herod and demanded for John the Baptist's head as her reward. The name was used somewhat in the 19th century.
STARTS WITH Sa-
ASSOCIATED WITH peace, biblical, king (queen), 19th century
Variations
VARIANTS Sahlma, Salima, Salma▲, Salmah, Saloma, Salomea, Salomey, Salomi, Selima, Selma▼, Selmah, Solome, Solomea
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Salome Lyla (S.L.), ..
How popular is Salome?
Salome is a somewhat popular first name for females (#2305 out of 4276, Top 54%) and an even more popular last name for both adults and children (#33933 out of 150436, Top 23%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Salome reached its apex position of #772 in the U.S. in the 1880s, and is at #1578 currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Popular related forms of Salome (#1578 IN RECENT RANKINGS) appearing in the Top 2000 are Salma (#799), Saloma, Selma and Zulema. These forms of Salome were favored as baby names 128 years ago (MEDIAN #1411) and have become much less widespread since (#1675, ▼71%). Salma is more ubiquitous than the rest, while Selma has become less popular.
Similar Names
Salome is alike in pronunciation to Saleema, Salimah, Sallama and Soloma. Other recommended sound-alike names are Jaime▼, Jayme▼, Maime, Mame▼, Maxime, Padme, Paloma▲, Sabine, Sable, Sacoya, Sade▼, Sadie, Sadye▼, Sage▲, Saidee, Saige▲, Sal, Salcia, Salena▼, Salina▼, Salinde, Sallee, Salley, Salli, Sallie▼, Salvia, Sam, Samale, Samey, Sami, Sammie▼, Sandee, Sandie, Sandye, Sannie, Saramae, Sarese, Sarine, Sarotte (see Sarah), Sato, Savonne, Saydie, Sayge, Selbee, Selbie, Selene▲, Selie, Seline, Sellma, Selyne, Sesame, Shalane, Shalene, Shalise, Shalom, Shalome, Shelom, Shilom, Sholome, Shone, Sile, Silkie, Silvie, Simone, Sloan▲, Sloane▲, Soline, Soma, Sonoma, Sylvie▲ and Wyome. These names tend to be less commonly used than Salome.
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