Solomon (name)
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| Pronunciation | /ˈsɒləmən/ |
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| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew |
| Meaning | "Man of Peace" |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Salomon |
| Related names | Suleiman, Sulayman, Salomão, Shlomo, Soghomon, Salman, Zalman |
Solomon is a common given name and surname derived from Aramaic (Classical Syriac: ܫܠܝܡܘܢ Šleymūn);[1] Sol as a given name is usually a form of "Solomon". Its Aramaic form, Šlāmā (Classical Syriac: ܫܠܡܐ) is related to the Hebrew word shalom ("peace");[2] and is often chosen in part as a reference to King Solomon mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. The Arabic name سليمان, Sulaiman or Sulayman is regarded as equivalent to Solomon, and the Islamic prophet Suleiman and King Solomon are generally regarded as accounts of the same person.
Solomon (Σολομών) is also ancient Koine Greek name, derived from 3rd cent. B.C.E. Septuagint translation of the Hebrew name שְׁלֹמֹה (Shelomoh). [citation needed]
Single name
- Solomon (exilarch), ruled the Diaspora Jewish community 730–761
- Solomon (magister militum) (480s/490s–544), Byzantine eunuch general, governor of Africa
- Solomon, Count of Cerdanya and Urgell (died c. 869)
- Solomon of Hungary (1053–1087)
- Solomon I of Imereti (1735–1784)
- Solomon II of Imereti (1772–1815)
- Solomon of Montpellier, a 13th-century Rabbi
- Solomon (pianist) (1902–1988), the professional name of the British pianist Solomon Cutner
- Solomon (rapper) (born 1991) American electronic hip-pop recording artist
Given name
- Solomon Alabi, (born 1988), Nigerian Basketball player
- Solomon Dias Bandaranaika (1862-1946), Sri Lankan Maha Mudaliyar
- Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaika (1899-1959), Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 1956 to 1959
- Solomon Brannan (born 1942), American football player
- Solomon Busendich (born 1984) Kenyan long-distance runner
- Solomon Burke (1940–2010) American recording artist
- Solomon Elimimian (born 1986), American football player
- Solomon Ferris (c.1748-1803), British naval officer
- Solomon kaDinuzulu (1891–1933) king of the Zulu nation from 1913 until 1933
- Solomon Kindley (born 1997), American football player
- Sol Lesser (1890–1980), film producer
- Solomon Luna (1858-1912), American rancher and banker.
- Solomon Machover (1906-1976), American psychologist
- Solomon Northup (1808-c.1863), free black man kidnapped into slavery
- Solomon Christoffel Obeyesekere (1848-1927), Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and legislator
- Solomon Shereshevsky (1886 – 1958), Russian journalist and mnemonist
- Sol Stern (born 1935), senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute
- Solomon Sufrin (1881–1931), New York assemblyman
- Solomon Thomas (born 1995), American football player
- Solomon Trujillo (born 1951) American businessman
- Sol Wachtler (born 1930), former Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Surname
- Abraham Solomon (1823–1862), British painter
- Albert Solomon (1876–1914), Australian politician, premier of Tasmania
- Anthony M. Solomon (1919–2008), American Treasury undersecretary and president of the Federal Reserve Board of New York
- Anu Solomon (born 1996), American football player
- Barbara Probst Solomon (1928–2019), American author and journalist
- Charles J. Solomon (1906–1975), American bridge player
- Clinton Solomon (born 1983), American football player
- David Solomon (disambiguation), several people
- Dean Solomon (born 1980), Australian footballer
- Duane Solomon (born 1984), American middle distance runner
- Edward I. Solomon (born 1946), Stanford University chemistry professor
- Emanuel Solomon (1800–1875), pioneer of South Australia
- Francis Darwin Solomon (1937–1998), American actor, professionally known as Darwin Joston
- Freddie Solomon (1953–2012), American football player
- George Solomon, American sportswriter
- Gerald B. H. Solomon (1930–2001), American politician
- Grant Solomon (born 1995), American tennis player
- Gustave Solomon (1930–1996), American mathematician and engineer
- Harold Solomon (born 1952), American tennis player
- Haym Solomon (1740–1785), financier of the U.S. in the Revolutionary War
- Ikey Solomon (1785–1850), English criminal
- Jacques Solomon (1908–1942), French physicist and Marxist
- Jesse Solomon, American football player
- Jimmie Lee Solomon (1956-2020), American lawyer and Major League Baseball exucutive
- Joe Solomon, West Indian cricketer
- John R. Solomon (1910–1985), Canadian politician
- Josh Solomon, guitar player and lead singer of the band Josh and the Empty Pockets
- Karl Solomon (born 1994), Caymanian footballer
- Kimberley Solomon, birth name of Kimberly Quinn (born 1961), American journalist, commentator, and magazine publisher
- Lawrence Solomon, columnist
- Linda Solomon, music critic
- Manor Solomon (born 1999), Israeli football player
- Martin K. Solomon, mathematician
- Martin M. Solomon (born 1950), American politician, New York state senator and Supreme Court judge
- Maynard Solomon, American psychologist, music producer, and writer
- Morris Solomon, Jr., serial killer
- Mose Solomon (1900–1966), rabbi and baseball player
- Norman Solomon, author and media critic
- Peggy Solomon (1909–1995), American bridge player
- Richard Solomon (disambiguation), several people
- Rivers Solomon, American science fiction author
- Robert Solomon (disambiguation), several people
- Rosalind Fox Solomon (born 1930), American photographer
- Russ Solomon, founder of Tower Records
- Samuel Moss Solomon (1769–1842), early settler in Australia, many notable descendants
- Shalonda Solomon American sprinter
- Sheldon Solomon, co-developer of terror management theory
- Shirley Solomon, Canadian television talk show host
- Simeon Solomon, British Pre-Raphaelite painter
- Solomon family, historically notable family in Australian politics and business
- Solomon Joseph Solomon, British Pre-Raphaelite painter
- Stacey Solomon (born 1989) British singer, television presenter, and model
- Steven Solomon (born 1993), Australian Olympic sprinter
- Suniti Solomon (1938 or 1939–2015), Indian physician and microbiologist
- Susan Solomon (born 1956), atmospheric chemist, MIT faculty
- Vaiben Louis Solomon (1853–1908) first mayor of Darwin and 21st premier of South Australia
- Vonzell Solomon, American singer
- Will Solomon (born 1978), American basketball player
- Willie Solomon, basketball player
Fictional characters
- Dick Solomon, lead character of the television sitcom '3rd Rock from the Sun'
- Sally Solomon, character in the television sitcom '3rd Rock from the Sun'
- Solomon Kane, lead character in some of Robert E. Howard short stories.
- Harry Solomon, character in the television sitcom '3rd Rock from the Sun'
- Tommy Solomon, character in the television sitcom '3rd Rock from the Sun'
- Peter Solomon, character in Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol
- Katherine Solomon, character in Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol
- Solomon Grundy, villain character from DC Comics comic books and TV series
- Solomon Lane, villain character in the Mission: Impossible film series.
See also
- Solomon (disambiguation)
- Solomons (disambiguation)
- Salomon, surname
- Salamon, surname
- Salmon, surname
- Salman, name and surname
- Sol (given name)
References
- ^ J. Payne Smith (Mrs. Margoliouth), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary (Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1903) p. 580https://www.dukhrana.com/lexicon/PayneSmith/page.php?p=580
- ^ Kaplan, Aryeh (1989). The Bahir. Weiser Books. p. 130. ISBN 0-87728-618-3.
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