Solomon (name)

Solomon is a masculine given name and surname of Hebrew origin, popularized by the biblical figure Solomon, Israelite monarch and son of David. The name is derived from the Latin Solomōn, borrowed from the Ancient Greek Solomṓn (Σολομών), ultimately from the Hebrew Šĕlōmō (שְׁלֹמֹה). It is derived from the Semitic root Š-L-M (ש-ל-ם), which translates to "whole, complete" which is also the basis of the word Shalom (שָׁלוֹם, lit. 'peace').^[1]

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
, 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, Nigerian 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 Berihu (born 1999), Ethiopian distance runner
Solomon Brannan (born 1942), American football player
Solomon Busendich (born 1984), Kenyan long-distance runner
Solomon Burke (1940–2010), American recording artist
Solomon S. Calhoon (1838–1908), justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi
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), American film producer
Solomon Luna (1858–1912), American rancher and banker
Solomon Machover (1906–1976), American psychologist
Solomon P. McCurdy (1820–1890), justice of the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory
Solomon Northup (1808 – c. 1863), free black man kidnapped into slavery
Solomon Christoffel Obeyesekere (1848–1927), Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and legislator
Park Solomon
(born 1999), stage name Lomon, Uzbek-born South Korean actor
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
Solomon Feferman (1928–2016), American mathematical logician who worked in proof theory and the philosophy of mathematics

Surname

Abraham Solomon (1823–1862), British painter
Ada Solomon (born 1968), Romanian film producer
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 "King" Solomon (1884–1933), Russian-born mob boss of Boston
Charles J. Solomon (1906–1975), American bridge player
Clinton Solomon (born 1983), American football player
Daisy Solomon (1882–1978), South African / British suffragette
David Solomon (disambiguation), multiple 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
Frances-Anne Solomon (born 1966), English-Caribbean-Canadian filmmaker, writer, producer, and distributor
Freddie Solomon (1953–2012), American football player
Georgiana Solomon (1844 –1933) Scottish / South African educator and suffragette
George Solomon (born c.1940), American sportswriter
Gerald 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
Jared Solomon (disambiguation), multiple people
Javon Solomon (born 2001), American football player
Jesse Solomon, American football player
Jewel Solomon
, American tech entrepreneur and venture capitalist
Jimmie Lee Solomon (1956–2020), American lawyer and Major League Baseball executive
Joe Solomon (1930–2023), Guyanese cricketer
John R. Solomon (1910–1985), Canadian politician
Josh Solomon
, guitar player and lead singer of the band Josh and the Empty Pockets
Kimberley Solomon, birth name of Kimberly Quinn (born 1961), American journalist, commentator, and magazine publisher
Laura Solomon (1974–2019), New Zealand novelist, playwright and poet
Lawrence Solomon, Canadian writer
Linda Solomon, American music critic and editor
Malia Solomon (1915–2005), American artist
Manor Solomon (born 1999), Israeli international association footballer
Martin K. Solomon, American computer scientist
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., American serial killer
Mose Solomon (1900–1966), American rabbi and baseball player
Norman Solomon, American author and media critic
Peggy Solomon (1909–1995), American bridge player
Peter Solomon (disambiguation), multiple people
Reanna Solomon (1981–2022), Nauruan Olympic weightlifter
Richard Solomon (disambiguation), multiple people
Rivers Solomon, American science fiction author
Robert Solomon (disambiguation), multiple people
Rosalind Fox Solomon (born 1930), American photographer
Russ Solomon
, American founder of Tower Records
Sam Solomon, pseudonym of a British author
Samuel Moss Solomon
(1769–1842), early settler in Australia, many notable descendants
Saul Solomon (disambiguation), multiple people
Shalonda Solomon, American sprinter
Sheldon Solomon, American social psychologist, 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), American atmospheric chemist, MIT faculty
Vaiben Louis Solomon (1853–1908), first mayor of Darwin and 21st premier of South Australia
Virgil Solomon (1894–1972), Romanian physician and politician
Vonzell Solomon, American singer
Will Solomon (born 1978), American basketball player

Fictional characters

Alfie Solomons, played by Tom Hardy in the British period crime drama Peaky Blinders
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 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, and Katherine Solomon, characters 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