The baby name Avsalom is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced AV-suh-lom; IPA: /ævˈsɑːləm/ (Hebrew pronunciation: av-šá-lom, /avˈʃalom/).
Avsalom is Hebrew in Origin.
The baby name Avsalom is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced AV-suh-lom; IPA: /ævˈsɑːləm/ (Hebrew pronunciation: av-šá-lom, /avˈʃalom/).
Avsalom is Hebrew in Origin.
Avsalom is a Slavic-influenced form of the Hebrew name Avshalom (אבשלום), better known in English as Absalom. Built from av “father” + shalom “peace,” it means “father of peace” or “my father is peace.” The spelling Avsalom reflects transmission through Church Slavonic and Greek (Abessalōm), and appears in Russian and Caucasian contexts alongside Avessalom and Apsalom.
Usage traces to the biblical prince, son of King David, whose dramatic story made the name prominent in Jewish and Christian tradition. In Jewish and modern Israeli use the standard form is Avshalom; in medieval and early modern Europe Absalon/Absolon circulated, with a Puritan revival in 17th-century England and literary echoes in Dryden and Faulkner. Related or regional variants include Absalom, Absalon/Absolon, Avshalom, Avessalom, Apsalom, Yiddish Avsholem, and Scandinavian Axel (via medieval Absalon). Nicknames: Avi, Shalom/Shlomi.
Avsalom is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Avsalom appears only 1 time in total — found in 1 country. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL | 0 | #282 | 1 | 6,291 |
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