Names like Solomon
Solomon is a three-syllable Hebrew name that ends in -on. Each list below follows one of those threads on its own, so you can see exactly what the names share.
The same sound
Three syllables, ending the same way as Solomon.
Simeon Hebrew · traditionally God has heard
Gideon Hebrew · mighty warrior, one who cuts down; biblical judge and military leader who defeated the Midianites
Cameron Scottish · traditionally "crooked nose", from Gaelic cam sron
Jonathon Hebrew · God has given (variant spelling of Jonathan)
The same roots
Also Hebrew names, from the tradition Solomon comes from.
Benjamin Hebrew · "son of the right hand," from the Hebrew Binyamin, Jacob's youngest and best-loved son; a name for cherished last-borns through centuries of Jewish, Puritan, and American use. Full of gravity, while Ben could not be friendlier
Elijah Hebrew · "my God is Yahweh," the prophet swept to heaven in a whirlwind; long cherished in Black American and evangelical naming, it climbed almost without pause from the 1960s into the US top five. Eli comes built in
Samuel Hebrew · traditionally "God has heard," from Shemuel, the prophet whose mother prayed for a son and named him for the answer; a pillar of Jewish, Puritan, and Victorian naming that has never left the American top 100. Sam is the friendliest of short forms
Samson Hebrew · traditionally translated as 'of the sun', from Hebrew 'shemesh'
Names of the same moment
Each of these is at its highest in the 2020s, the same decade as Solomon, on a similar curve.
Emerson English · son of Emery
Azrael Hebrew · traditionally 'God helps'; angel of death in Judeo-Islamic tradition
Josiah Hebrew · God supports
Castiel Hebrew · TV angel name (Supernatural), echoing the angel Cassiel
Which of these fits YOUR family? →