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Boy's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: rare

ShlomiIn Hebrew: שלומי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: שְׁלוֹמִי

Shlomi (Hebrew: שלומי) is a boy's name of biblical origin. 5,346 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1980, with 210 babies.

People in Israel
5,346
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1980
210 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Shlomi

In Hebrew letters the name is שלומי, read right to left. Shlomi is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Shlomi by year in Israel

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Shlomi: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Shlomi

How do you write Shlomi in Hebrew?

Shlomi is written שלומי in Hebrew (with vowel points: שְׁלוֹמִי). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Shlomi?

5,346 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name שלומי: 6 women and 5,340 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Shlomi a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 99.9% of the people named שלומי are men.

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.