Zalman
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning peaceful; from Yiddish Solomon variant.
Zalman by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Zalman. In the US, 12 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 England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 22 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Solomon
Like Zalman, each of these traces back to Solomon: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Solomonpeaceful or man of peace868 in the US (2017)
- Shlomopeaceful; Hebrew form of Solomon166 in the US (2017)
- Sulaimanpeaceful, safe; form of Solomon96 in England and Wales (2025)
- Suleimanman of peace; from Solomon65 in England and Wales (2025)
- Salomonpeace; a form of Solomon45 in the US (2017)
- Suleymanpeaceful; a form of Solomon23 in England and Wales (2025)
- Solomanpeaceful; man of peace; variant of Solomon22 in the US (2017)
- Shloimepeace; a Yiddish form of Solomon8 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Zalman. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Zalmenpeaceful; a form of Solomon16 in the US (2017)
- Zamantime or era4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zalan3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zayangraceful or beautiful; variant of Zain240 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zayaangrace, beauty, or bloom; variant of Zayan180 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zaviangraceful or beautiful; a variant of Zain62 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean peace
Like Zalman, 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 Zalman
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