Shloma as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Shloma

What is the meaning of the name Shloma ?

The baby name Shloma is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced {'ipa': 'ʃloˈma', 'respelling': 'shloh-MAH'}.

Shloma is Hebrew in Origin.

Shloma is a Yiddish and Eastern European Jewish form of the Hebrew name Shelomoh (Shlomo), the biblical Solomon. It descends from the Semitic root sh-l-m, source of Hebrew shalom "peace, wholeness," so the name conveys "peaceful," "man of peace," or "in wholeness." The form Shloma reflects Yiddish phonology and Slavic transliteration patterns, with the -a ending common in historical records.

Used widely across Ashkenazi communities from the early modern period through the 20th century, it appears in civil and synagogue registers in Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, and the Russian Empire. Today it persists in Haredi and Yiddish-speaking circles, while Israeli usage favors Shlomo and English contexts use Solomon. Variants and related forms include Shlomo, Shloime/Shloyme (Yiddish), Szloma (Polish), Shloimeh, Salomon/Solomon (Germanic/English), and the cognate Arabic Sulayman/Suleiman; diminutive Shlomke is also found. Feminine counterparts deriving from the same root include Shlomit/Shulamit and Salome.