Shloma
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning peace; form of Shalom.
Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Shloma by the numbers
Shloma was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 26 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Shalom
Like Shloma, each of these traces back to Shalom: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shloma. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean peace
Like Shloma, each of these has peace in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Oliverolive tree; peace3,154 in England and Wales (2025)
- Axelfather of peace3,782 in the US (2017)
- Freddiepeaceful ruler; from Frederick2,526 in England and Wales (2025)
- Paxtonpeace settlement or town1,993 in the US (2017)
- Paytonpeace settlement or town; variant of Paxton1,922 in the US (2017)
- Jeffreypeace; variant of Geoffrey1,049 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Shloma
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