Entry № 5942 · Hebrew origin

Salome Alexandra Salome Alexandra — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ sah-LOH-may ah-lex-AHN-drah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Hasmonean Jewish queen of Judea"
Syllables
7
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew)

A name that means "hasmonean jewish queen of judea".

Salome Alexandra (139-67 BCE) — combining the Hebrew Shalom-tziyon ("peace of Zion") and the Greek Alexandra — was the Hasmonean queen of Judea who ruled in her own right (76-67 BCE) after the death of her husband Alexander Jannaeus. Her reign was remembered as the only sustained period of peace and prosperity in late Hasmonean Judea — she allied with the Pharisees, kept Rome at bay, and was praised in the Talmud (Sifra on Leviticus): "In the days of Simeon ben Shetah and Queen Salome, rain fell on the eves of Sabbath only."

Featured in Josephus's Antiquities of the Jews and the Talmud.

Hasmonean queen of Judea. Only sustained peace of the late Hasmonean period — rain only on Sabbath eves.

The name in its native script.

שלומציון אלכסנדרה
Transliteration
Shlomtziyon Alexandra
Pronunciation
/ səˈloʊ.meɪ æl.ɪɡˈzɑːn.drə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Salome Alexandra stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Salome Alexandra · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Salome Alexandras before her.

Real people
Salome Alexandra
Hasmonean queen of Judea.
139 – 67 BCE
In fiction
Salome Alexandra
Josephus's Antiquities.

Names connected to Salome Alexandra.

The number behind Salome Alexandra.

5

The Free Spirit

Salome Alexandra reduces to five — the number of Hasmonean queen.

Why families chose this name.

"Hasmonean queen. Sixteen letters. Salome Alexandra."
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