Meaning & History
Means "friend, ally" in Hebrew, derived from שָׁלַם (shalam) meaning "to be complete, to be at peace". This is the name of many characters in the Old Testament.
Related Names
Feminine FormMeshullemet(Biblical Hebrew)
Other Languages & CulturesSelim, Selman, Sulejman(Albanian) Salama, Saleem, Salem, Salim, Salman, Sulaiman, Sulayman(Arabic) Süleyman(Azerbaijani) Salomo(Biblical Dutch) Salomon(Biblical French) Salomo(Biblical German) Salomon, Solomon(Biblical Greek) Salomone(Biblical Italian) Salomon, Solomon(Biblical Latin) Salomon(Biblical Polish) Salomón(Biblical Spanish) Sulejman(Bosnian) Solomon(English) Salomon(French) Meshulam, Shalom, Shlomo(Hebrew) Suleiman(History) Salamon(Hungarian) Sulaiman(Indonesian) Solomon(Jewish) Suleimen(Kazakh) Sulayman(Kyrgyz) Sulaiman(Malay) Salomão(Portuguese) Shalim(Semitic Mythology) Salomón(Spanish) Selim, Selman, Süleyman(Turkish) Süleýman(Turkmen) Souleymane(Western African) Zalman(Yiddish)