Solomon (Name)

Solomon (Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה ) is a masculine first name and family name.

Origin and Meaning

Solomon is a form of the Hebrew name Schelomo, which is derived in turn from the Hebrew word shalom (peace).

Well-known bearers of the name

Name

• Solomon of Daras († 544), the Byzantine army commander under Justinian I.

Artist Name

• Solomon ( Solomon Cutner; 1902-1988 ), British pianist

First name

• Solomon Apt (1921-2010), Russian translator of German literature
• Solomon Asch (1907-1996), Polish- American Gestalt psychologist and social
• Solomon Aaron Berson (1918-1972), American nuclear medicine
• Solomon Birnbaum (1891-1989), Yiddish and Hebrew linguist
• Solomon Burke (1940-2010), American singer and composer
• Solomon bosom beat ( born 1984 ), Kenyan long-distance runner
• Solomon D. Butcher (1856-1927), American photographer
• Dodaschwili Solomon (1805-1836), Georgian philosopher, teacher, journalist and man of letters
• Solomon Foot (1802-1866), American politician
• Hirschell Solomon (1761-1842), Chief Rabbi in London
• Solomon Liebgold (1877-1942), actor from Krakow
• Solomon Kullback (1907-1994), American mathematician and cryptologist
• Solomon Linda (1909-1962), South African Zulu musician, singer and composer
• Michoels Solomon (1890-1948), Russian-Jewish actor and director
• Solomon Pasi ( b. 1956 ), Bulgarian politician
• Solomon Schechter (1847-1915), Romanian rabbi, scholar and Jewish educator
• Solomon H. Snyder ( born 1938 ), American neuroscientist

Family name

• Abraham Solomon (1823-1862), English painter
• Courtney Solomon (born 1971 ), Canadian film producer and director
• Dennis Solomon (born 1966 ), German - American legal scholars
• Diane Solomon, American singer
• Donald Solomon ( * 1989), football player in the Cayman Islands
• Ed Solomon ( born 1960 ), American screenwriter
• Edward Solomon (1855-1895), English composer and conductor
• Eric Solomon ( born 1935 ), English game designer
• Gerald BH Solomon (1930-2001), American politician
• Gustave Solomon (1930-1996), American mathematician and engineer
• Harold Solomon ( born 1952 ), American tennis player
• Holly Solomon (1934-2002), American art dealer, gallery owner and actress
• Jack Solomon (1913-2002), American engineer
• Jarrin Solomon ( born 1986 ), sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago
• Lawrence Solomon ( b. 1948 ), Canadian author and journalist
• Maynard Solomon ( born 1930 ), American music producer and musicologist
• Mike Solomon (born 1954 ), sprinter and middle-distance runner from Trinidad and Tobago
• Norman Solomon ( rabbi ) ( born 1933 ), British rabbi
• Norman Solomon ( journalist) ( born 1951 ), American journalist
• Oana Solomon ( b. 1968 ), German actress
• Reanna Solomon ( b. 1981 ), Nauruan weightlifter
• Rebecca Solomon (1832-1886), English painter
• Ronald Solomon ( born 1948 ), American mathematician
• Shalonda Solomon ( born 1985 ), American track and field athlete
• Simeon Solomon (1840-1905), English painter
• Solomon Joseph Solomon (1860-1927), English painter
• Stacey Solomon ( * 1989), English singer
• Steven Solomon ( * 1993), Australian athlete
• Susan Solomon ( b. 1956 ), American chemist atmosphere
• Yonatan Solomon ( * 1993), Eritrean football players