Zalmen
A boys’ name of Yiddish origin, meaning peaceful; a form of Solomon.
Babies a year
16
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Zalmen by the numbers
Zalmen was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 26 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Solomon
Like Zalmen, 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 Zalmen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Zalmanpeaceful; from Yiddish Solomon variant3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zalen16 in the US (2017)
- Zaydento increase or grow; a variant of Zayed or Zaid2,063 in the US (2017)
- Zaidengrowth and increase; a modern respelling of Zayd734 in the US (2017)
- Zaylengrace or beauty; a form of Zayan126 in the US (2017)
- Zaheenintelligent or wise5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean peace
Like Zalmen, 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 Zalmen
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