Gender Masculine
Scripts מְשֻׁלָּם(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced Pron. /mə.ˈʃul.əm/(English) /mə.ˈʃʌl.əm/(English)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Means "friend, ally" in Hebrew, derived from שָׁלַם (shalam) meaning "to be complete, to be at peace". This is the name of many characters in the Old Testament.

Related Names

Rootshalam
Other Languages & CulturesSulejman(Albanian) Sulaiman, Sulayman(Arabic) Süleyman(Azerbaijani) Salomo(Biblical Dutch) Salomon(Biblical French) Salomo(Biblical German) Salomon, Solomon(Biblical Greek) Salomone(Biblical Italian) Salomon, Solomon(Biblical Latin) Salomon(Biblical Polish) Salomón(Biblical Spanish) Sulejman(Bosnian) Solomon(English) Salomon(French) Meshulam, Shalom, Shlomo(Hebrew) Suleiman(History) Salamon(Hungarian) Sulaiman(Indonesian) Solomon(Jewish) Suleimen(Kazakh) Sulayman(Kyrgyz) Sulaiman(Malay) Salomão(Portuguese) Shalim(Semitic Mythology) Salomón(Spanish) Süleyman(Turkish) Süleýman(Turkmen) Souleymane(Western African) Zalman(Yiddish)

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   natural   wholesome   strong   rough   strange   complex   serious  

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Sources & References

  1. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h4918, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h4918.
Entry updated December 1, 2024