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I've recently come to realize that Salome gets little to no usage among Anglophones (at least in modern times) and seems to be considered unusable, though in other languages, such as French, Portuguese, and German, Salome is a perfectly acceptable name for a girl. The association with the daughter of Herodias is probably to blame for the former, but there is a second, non-evil person with this name in the Bible and their names seem to be the same regardless of language.
Does anyone have any sort of explanation as to why English-speakers do not name their daughters Salome but speakers of many other European languages do?
Does anyone have any sort of explanation as to why English-speakers do not name their daughters Salome but speakers of many other European languages do?
This message was edited 8/31/2014, 4:57 PM
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In the countries you mention, Salome is traditionally used to honour St Salome, not the homonymous character in the story of John the Baptist. It's a Catholic name, so it makes sense that it is not common in Anglosaxon countries which are primarily Protestant.
Similarly, Old Testament names like Isaac, Abigail, Rachel, Rebecca don't have a large history of usage in continental Europe but they are traditional in English.
Similarly, Old Testament names like Isaac, Abigail, Rachel, Rebecca don't have a large history of usage in continental Europe but they are traditional in English.
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Anglophone tend to omit the final "e" in Salome that is wrong: the final "e" should be heard.
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ADOLF & JUDAS are perfectly good names, too. Cultures just vary on which historical figure they would associate with a given name, and the fame/infamy thereof. (And euphonic name cultures give more weight to namesakes than to actual meaning.)
JUDAS is just the Greek/New Testament form of JUDAH. That is the patriarch of the tribe that JESUS came from and the root of the term Jewish. Jesus and His disciples, obviously, didn't hate that name.
JUDAS is just the Greek/New Testament form of JUDAH. That is the patriarch of the tribe that JESUS came from and the root of the term Jewish. Jesus and His disciples, obviously, didn't hate that name.
This message was edited 8/31/2014, 7:35 PM
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