Shalom

See also: shalom

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (shalóm).

Proper noun

Shalom (plural Shaloms)

1. A surname from Hebrew.
   • 2015 December 20, Oren Liebermann, “Silvan Shalom, Israel’s interior minister, quitting amid harassment accusations”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Silvan Shalom, Israel’s vice prime minister and also its interior minister, is stepping down from both posts and as a member of Knesset, he announced in a statement on Sunday. […] According to Israeli media, nearly a dozen women have come forward with allegations of sexual harassment against Shalom but none have filed formal police complaints, and no charges have been filed.

2. A unisex given name from Hebrew.
   • 2018 May 25, Ryan Bergeron, “Burn survivor becomes beauty inspiration”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     When she was 9, Shalom and her younger sister were napping under a table at their mother’s restaurant in Nigeria. Her mom, unaware of the sleeping girls below, placed a pot of hot oil on the table. Someone accidentally knocked the pot over, scalding the sisters.

Related terms

• Salome
• shalom
• Shlomo
• Shula
• Shulamith
• Solomon

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Shalom is the 33941^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 670 individuals. Shalom is most common among White (90.75%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Shalom”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• halmos, omlahs