Salome

SA-lo-may, SA-lo-mee, sa-LO-mee

Hebrew

"peace"

Salome Origin and Meaning

The name Salome is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "peace".

A soft and interesting Hebrew name long popular in France, where it has ranked in the Top 400 since 1986 (as Salomé). Ex-ER star Alex Kingston named her daughter Salome Violetta.

Despite seeing small but steady use during the latter part of the 19th century, Salome has never really caught on in the US – no doubt due to the historical association with the Biblical dancer who asked for John the Baptist's head on a platter. In fact, the dancer is not mentioned by name in the Bible, but the name Salome was attached to this figure by the 1st-century Romano-Jewish historian Josephus. There is, however, another Salome who is specifically mentioned in the Bible: a female follower of Jesus, wife of Zebedee and mother of the disciples James and John.

Oscar Wilde wrote a play called Salome in 1893 and Richard Strauss based an opera on it twelve years later. In pop culture, the name was given to a seductive vampire character in the HBO series True Blood.

Salome has been quietly rising since the turn of the 21st century, and entered the US Top 1000 in 2024, as parents seek fresh biblical names and peaceful meanings.

Salome Rank in US Top 1000

# 952 in the US

Salome Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 832 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Salome

• 952 US 2024
• 832 Nameberry 2025
• 111 Unique 2023
• 473 Germany 2016

20 Names Similar to Salome

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• Vita
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• Eulalie
• Brontë
• Thisbe
• Sigrid
• Sibyl
• Aurélie
• Leda
• Junia
• Manon
• Eudora
• Morwenna
• Isabeau
• Odetta
• Alouette
• Amabel
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Famous People Named Salome

• Salome Biblical daughter of Herod who demanded the head of John the Baptist
• Salome Biblical disciple of Jesus, possible mother of the apostles James and John
• Salome Alexandra Queen of Judaea
• Salome I sister of Herod the Great
• Salome Jens American actress
• Salomé Corbo French,Canadian actress
• Salomé Ureña Dominican poet
• Salomé de Bahia Brazilian singer
• Salome Zurabishvili French,Georgian politician
• Lou Andreas Salomé, German psychoanalyst and author
• Salome MC Iranian rapper
• Salomé (born Maria Rosa Marco Poquet) Spanish pop singer
• Salomé Leclerc French,Canadian singer,songwriter
• Salome Pazhava Georgian rhythmic gymnast

The name Salome in Pop Culture

• Salome (1893) play by Oscar Wilde
• Salome (1905) opera by Richard Strauss (based on the Oscar Wilde play)
• Salomé (1918) silent film starring Theda Bara
• Salome character on TV's "True Blood"
• Salome Otterbourne an alcoholic erotica novelist in Agatha Christie's murder mystery Death on the Nile (1937)
• Salome "Sally" Marsh character in movie "Inconceivable"
• Lady Salome D'Ysquith Pumphrey character in musical, "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"
• Salomé Cuerpo Real character in the novel "Bianca Nieves y los 7 toritos" by Carrie Toth
• "Sadie Salome (Go Home) " a song by Irving Berlin
• "In the Name of Salomé" (2000) novel by Julia Alvarez

International Variations of the name Salome

• Saloma Polish
• Salama Arabic
• Salomea Polish