Comments for the name Salome

There is an opera called Salome by Richard Strauss which tells the story of the tragic biblical character who demands the head of John the Baptist, her unrequited love, as a reward for her dance.

My great grandmother's name was Salome and she pronounced it: salo-may.

'Salome' is the name of a play written in French by Oscar Wilde during the mid-to-late nineteenth century. It was prohibited from being performed on the English stage because of its depiction of Biblical characters. 'Salome' has been declared by many critics to be 'unactable', but is a triumph in dialogue and provocative imagery.

Alex Kingston's daughter's name is Salome Violetta.

It means peace so when people ask her about her name she can just say: Peace out!

Salome´s nicknames are Sally, Salomka, Salinka, Salomea, Salomija.

Salome is also the name of the monarch of Judea, Salome Alexandra, who was their last - and some say greatest of her family - to die in power before Rome took control of the area.

As a Hebrew name, it is usually pronouced similar to its roots in Shalom, but I've heard in English and French as Sa-Lo-May. I prefer the former.

According to American Heritage Dictionaries, Salome is pronounced sah-LO-mee and SA-lo-may. I prefer the latter, as sa-LO-mee is too similar to salami.

In the Lil' Abner comic strip by Al Capp, Salome is the name of the Yokum family's female pet pig, belonging to the supposed breed "hammus alabamus".

The French pronunciation is sah-lo-MAY. This was the pronuciation of the name of the play Salome written by Oscar Wilde in French.

The Greek and Hebrew pronunciation is sa-LO-may. http://www.sacrednamebible.com/kjvstrongs/STRGRK45.htm#S4539

Salomé is pronounced: sah LO may/SAH lo may.

Pronounced sa-lo-MAY.
sa - rhymes with pa (father)
lo - rhymes with so

Pronounced as "SAH-law-mai".

In the film "All the Fine Young Cannibals", the female protagonist Sarah changes her name to Salome.

I love this name. It has a beautiful sound to it. However, some people wouldn't be able to use it because of the biblical Salome, who was little more than a slut.

I've read about four or five different possible pronunciations of Salome in these comments here and everyone seems very sure that his/her given pronunciation is the right one. So I suppose it's not a name that a child would have fun with if you lived in an English-speaking country. I always thought, it would be pronounced SA-lo-may in English, but apparently, it's not that easy.

In Germany (and I claim to be certain here, as I am German), it is pronounced like ZAH-loh-meh, but not exactly as it's difficult to describe the pronunciation well.

There is a great U2 dance song called Salome. Pretty name!

It's SA-LO-MAY.

Salome is a contestant on Bravo TV's second season of 'Make Me a Supermodel'.

She pronounces it Sa-LO-may.

The German Gothic Metal band Xandria has an album called "Salome-The Seventh Veil," which includes the title track "Salome." It's a beautiful album and a beautiful song! I don't really have an opinion on the name itself either way, though.

Another nickname for Salome is Salka.

Salome Otterbourne is an detestable alcoholic authoress of sex novels in Agatha Christie's famous 1937 murder-mystery "Death on the Nile".

It *IS* Suh-LO-mee in English. Which is closer to the Hebrew original SHLOMIT or SHLOMITZION. The French, Spanish and Italian pronunciations tend to sound more like Sah-lo-MAY (which incidentally sounds horrific when pronounced by native English speakers).

Salome -the opera by Richard Strauss was based on the Oscar Wilde play and in the audience of one of the early performances was Adolf Hitler.

Salome Jens is an American actress. (I don't know which pronunciation she favors.)

Pretty name, but I always think of that movie Norma Desmond is writing in Sunset Boulevard.

Salome is a big, fat NO GO. I think of salami and salamanders.