At a Glance
- Meaning
- Woman from the town of Shulem
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- shoo-LAM-ith
Shulammith is a Hebrew girl's name meaning “woman from the town of Shulem”. It appears in our list of 125+ Biblical Baby Girl Names — Classic, Rare, and Deeply Meaningful.
Meaning & Origin of Shulammith
Meaning: Woman from the town of Shulem.
Origin: Hebrew.
A common claim: Shulammith means 'peaceful' or 'woman of Shulam.' Actually: The 'peaceful' gloss is a folk-etymological stretch — the name is primarily a place-based gentilic ('woman of Shulem'), not a direct derivative of shalom.
How to Pronounce Shulammith
shoo-LAM-ithIPA /ʃuːˈlæmɪθ/
Popularity of Shulammith
Shulammith doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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