Soloman Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Families named Soloman share their surname's story with Solomon, its better-known spelling. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Peace”. Records show Soloman as one of the forms Solomon took over time. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Other spellings include Salomon and Shlomo.

About 1,717 people in the United States were recorded as Soloman in 2010, placing it 16,679 on the national list.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Soloman, so the heraldry linked to Solomon is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Soloman report, with a museum-style coat of arms.