Sholom
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning peace; a form of Shalom.
Sholom by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Sholom. In the US, 46 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 47 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Shalom
Like Sholom, 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 Sholom. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Shalompeace130 in the US (2017)
- Shilohthe one to whom it belongs; place name788 in the US (2017)
- Shlomopeaceful; Hebrew form of Solomon166 in the US (2017)
- Shlokverse or stanza14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shulempeace; a form of Shalom45 in the US (2017)
- Shilohe for whom it is; a form of Shiloh29 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean peace
Like Sholom, 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 Sholom
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