Salome (given name)

Salome is a feminine name derived from the Hebrew word shalom, meaning "peace".^[1]

There are two origins of the name Salome. Salome is the name of a Christian disciple, who was one of the women who witnessed the resurrection of Jesus Christ along with the two Marys (Mark 15:40–16:8). Another Salome (c. early 1st century CE) was the daughter of Herodias, and nemesis of John the Baptist (Mark 6:17–29 and Matt 14:3–11).

The name was among the top 5 names given to newborn girls in 2024 in Ukraine.^[2][3] It is ranked among the top 100 names for girls in France.^[1] It is less popular in the United States, where it does not rank among the top 1,000 names; just 82 newborn girls there were given the name in 2010.^[4]

• Salomé, French, Portuguese, Spanish
• Salomè, Italian
• Salomea, Polish
• Salomėja, Lithuanian
• Salomena, Czech
• Саломея, Russian
• Соломія (Solomiia), Ukrainian
• ሰሎሜ, Amharic
• სალომე, Georgian
• سالومه, Persian

• Salomé Afonso (born 1997), Portuguese runner
• Salome Alt (1568–1633), Austrian mistress to the reigning Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg
• Salomè Antonazzoni (fl. 1619 – fl. 1642), Italian stage actress
• Salomé Báncora (born 1993), Argentine alpine skier
• Salomé de Bahia (born 1945), Brazilian vocalist in France
• Salomé Barojas (born 1957), Mexican baseball player
• Salome Bey (1933–2020), American-born Canadian singer-songwriter, composer, and actress
• Salomé Breziner, Belgian-born American film director and screenwriter
• Salome Chachua (born 1990), Georgian ballroom and Latin dancer and choreographer
• Salome Chepchumba (born 1982), Kenyan middle-distance runner
• Salome Clausen, Swiss pop music artist
• Salome Dadiani (1849–1913), Georgian princes
• Salome Dell (born 1993), athlete from Papua New Guinea
• Salome Devidze (born 1986), Georgian tennis player
• Salome Hocking (1859–1927), Cornish novelist
• Salomé de Gélieu (1742–1820), Swiss educator and governess
• Salome Gluecksohn-Waelsch (1907–2007), German-born U.S. geneticist
• Salome Halldorson (1887–1970), Canadian politician in Manitoba
• Salomé Haller (born 1975), French operatic and concert soprano
• Salomé Herrera, Mexican pianist
• Salomé di Iorio (born 1980), Argentine lawyer and football referee
• Salome Jens (born 1935), American actress who appeared in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• Salome Kammer (born 1959), German actress, singer and cellist
• Salome Khubuluri (born 1988), Georgian footballer
• Salomé Kora (born 1994), Swiss sprinter
• Salome Lang (born 1997), Swiss athlete who competes in the high jump
• Salomé Leclerc (born 1986), Canadian singer-songwriter
• Salome Maswime, South African clinician and global health expert
• Salome Melia, Georgian chess player
• Salomé Moiane (born 1951), Mozambican politician
• Salome Mulugeta, Ethiopian and Eritrean-American filmmaker and actor
• Salomėja Nėris (1904 – 1945), Lithuanian poet
• Salome Nyirarukundo (born 1997), Rwandan long-distance runner
• Salome Pazhava (born 1997), Georgian individual rhythmic gymnast
• Salome Reischer (1899–1980), Austrian chess player
• Salome Samadashvili (born 1976), Georgian politician and former diplomat
• Salome Sellers (1800–1909), American centenarian who was the last known person born in the 18th century
• Salomé Stampfli (born 2005), Liechtensteiner footballer
• Salome Tabuatalei, Fijian athlete and canoeist
• Salome Tanuvasa, New Zealand artist
• Salome Thorkelsdottir (Þorkelsdóttir) (born 1927), Icelandic politician
• Salomé Ureña (1847–1897), poet and teacher from the Dominican Republic
• Salome Zurabishvili, President of the Republic of Georgia

• Solomiia Bobrovska (born 1989), Ukrainian politician and civic activist
• Solomiya Brateyko (born 1999), Ukrainian table tennis player
• Solomiya Krushelnytska (1872–1952), Ukrainian soprano opera star
• Solomiia Pavlychko (1958–1999), Ukrainian literary critic, philosopher and translator
• Solomiia Vynnyk, Ukrainian freestyle wrestler

• Salome, a character in the novel The Promise
• Salome Otterbourne, a character in Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie