Saloma as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Saloma

What is the meaning of the name Saloma ?

The baby name Saloma is a girl name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced sə-LOH-mə.

Saloma is Greek, Hebrew, Latin in Origin.

Saloma is a vernacular feminine form in the Salome family, ultimately rooted in Hebrew שְׁלוֹמִית, Šəlōmīt or Shelomith, a biblical name attested for women and men. Its base is šālōm, peace, welfare, completeness, with the feminine relational ending -īt. The literal sense is best understood as peaceful woman or woman of peace; Greek Σαλώμη, Salōmē, carried the Hebrew name into Hellenistic Jewish and Christian usage.

Christian tradition knew Salome both as a woman present at Jesus’s crucifixion in Mark and, through Josephus rather than the Gospels, as the name of Herodias’s daughter. Medieval Europe used Latin Salomea and regional forms such as Salomé, Salomea, and Shlomit. Saloma is especially visible in Pennsylvania German, Amish, and Mennonite records, where biblical names remained conservative. In U.S. data it is rare, almost entirely female, with a small recent rise.