CHALOM Origin of surname
CHALOM
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a patronymic, derived from a male ancestor's personal name. Chalom is a variant of Shalom, the Hebrew for "peace", from which the male personal name Shlomo (Solomon) was derived. Shlomo, meaning "man of peace", son of King David and Bath Sheva, was the third king of Israel and Judah. Many Jewish family names have developed from Shlomo/Solomon/Salomon and its variants. Arabic forms of Solomon include Sellam, Saloma, Calama and Suleyman. In the 18th century, Shalom is recorded as a Jewish family name on a 'ketubbah' from Tunis dated June 19, 1788, of Lea, daughter of Daniel Shalom and her husband Jacob, son of Madochee de Paz. Scialom is recorded as a Jewish surname in the 19th century, with A. de M. Scialom, of Italian nationality, in a list of commercial enterprises established in Tunis in 1865; and in the 20th century with the councillor Victor Scialom (1871-194?) from Tunis; and with the physician Dario Scialom (1880-1966) from the Grana Jewish community (Jews from Livorno, Italy, who settled in Tunis since the 16th century).
Distinguished bearers of the surname Chalom include the Tunisian attorney and author Jacques Chalom (1878-1955), who published a book about the Jews in Tunisia called 'Les Israelites de la Tunisie, Leur Condition Civile et Politique' (Paris, 1908). In the 20th century Chalom is documented as a Jewish family name during World War II with Jacques Chalom who was deported from France to the German death camp at Auschwitz in September 1942.
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a patronymic, derived from a male ancestor's personal name. Chalom is a variant of Shalom, the Hebrew for "peace", from which the male personal name Shlomo (Solomon) was derived. Shlomo, meaning "man of peace", son of King David and Bath Sheva, was the third king of Israel and Judah. Many Jewish family names have developed from Shlomo/Solomon/Salomon and its variants. Arabic forms of Solomon include Sellam, Saloma, Calama and Suleyman. In the 18th century, Shalom is recorded as a Jewish family name on a 'ketubbah' from Tunis dated June 19, 1788, of Lea, daughter of Daniel Shalom and her husband Jacob, son of Madochee de Paz. Scialom is recorded as a Jewish surname in the 19th century, with A. de M. Scialom, of Italian nationality, in a list of commercial enterprises established in Tunis in 1865; and in the 20th century with the councillor Victor Scialom (1871-194?) from Tunis; and with the physician Dario Scialom (1880-1966) from the Grana Jewish community (Jews from Livorno, Italy, who settled in Tunis since the 16th century).
Distinguished bearers of the surname Chalom include the Tunisian attorney and author Jacques Chalom (1878-1955), who published a book about the Jews in Tunisia called 'Les Israelites de la Tunisie, Leur Condition Civile et Politique' (Paris, 1908). In the 20th century Chalom is documented as a Jewish family name during World War II with Jacques Chalom who was deported from France to the German death camp at Auschwitz in September 1942.