Peace

A wish repeated in almost every tradition here.

204 names · 66 traditions

The same root, across a whole language family

These are attested shared morphemes — not coincidences of spelling. Where we are not confident a root is shared, we say nothing and simply list the names.

salam / salma

peace (Arabic)

Arabic, Urdu, Turkish

Salam, Salama, Salma

mir-

peace (Slavic)

Russian, Serbian, Polish, Czech, Bulgarian

Budimira, Kazimira, Ljubomira, Ludomira, Mirjana, Miroslavka, Miroslawa, Radomira

shalom / shulamit

peace (Hebrew)

Hebrew

Salome, Shlomit, Shulamit, Shulamith

frid- / -frid

peace (Germanic)

German, Norse, Icelandic, Swedish

Arnfrid, Arnfridur, Bergfrid, Bjarnfridur, Dagfrid, Elfriede, Eyfridur, Frida

Every tradition, side by side

Other 17

Aiyetoro Alana Aye Enkhjargal Enkhmaa Enkhtuya Lualhati Mulalo Natasa Rongo Shigeko Sothy Su Sukhveer Thanh Udo Wairimu

Arabic 12

Amna Naima Razan Saja Sakeena Sakeenah Sakina Salam Salama Salma Sukaina Tawakkol

Icelandic 12

Arnfridur Bjarnfridur Eirny Eyfridur Fridbjorg Fridrika Hallfridur Holmfridur Jofridur Malfridur Oddfridur Snaefridur

Latin 12

Pacifica Pax Placida Placidia Quieta Serena Serenitee Serenity Serina Tacita Tranquilla Tranquillina

Norse 10

Arnfrid Bergfrid Dagfrid Frideborg Gyrid Hallfrid Kolfrid Oddfrid Sigfrid Valfrid

Greek 8

Eirene Eirini Eirinoula Galene Galini Halcyon Irene Irini

German 8

Elfriede Friderike Friderun Frieda Friederike Fritzi Ricfrida Winfrieda

Ukrainian 8

Halyna Iryna Ladomyra Myroslava Orysia Solomiia Solomiya Yaryna

Sanskrit 7

Mira Prashanti Saanvika Sahaj Samatha Shanti Sukhmani

Serbian 6

Budimira Ljubomira Mirjana Miroslavka Olivera Tihomira

Polish 6

Halina Irena Ludomira Miroslawa Placyda Slawomira

Hebrew 6

Salem Shalva Shiloh Shlomit Shulamit Shulamith

Punjabi 5

Amanjot Amanpreet Sahejpreet Sehajleen Sukhleen

Italian 5

Federica Oliva Oliviera Serenella Severa

Slavic 4

Lana Miroslava Mirra Slavomira

Persian 3

Armita Delaram Narges

Czech 3

Drahomíra Kazimira Radomira

Russian 3

Galina Galya Irina

Finnish 3

Irja Seija Vieno

Hawaiian 3

Malie Malu Nalani

Croatian 3

Olivija Tihana Vlatka

English 3

Paxton Wilfreda Winnie

Amharic 3

Selam Selamawit Soliyana

Vietnamese 2

Portuguese 2

Burmese 2

Turkish 2

Frisian 2

Norwegian 2

French 2

Chinese 2

Zulu 2

Tigrinya 2

Japanese 2

Swahili 1

Belarusian 1

Ewe 1

Kalmyk 1

Mongolian 1

Germanic 1

Old English 1

Lithuanian 1

Kazakh 1

Galician 1

Setswana 1

Pali 1

Liberian 1

Kinyarwanda 1

Pashto 1

Maori 1

Maasai 1

Mari 1

Spanish 1

Tsonga 1

Danish 1

Karachay 1

Hausa 1

Kyrgyz 1

Aramaic 1

Swedish 1

Cambodian 1

Telugu 1

Irish 1

Igbo 1

Kikuyu 1

Welsh 1

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