Name: Absalom
Gender: Male
Usage: Absalom, of hebrew origin, is not a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Absalom are in general originating from Israel, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Absalom is: Father of peace.
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Numerology of the first name Absalom: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 9. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: humanitarian, self-sacrificing, idealistic, giving, altruist, devoted, romantic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Compassionate, Idealistic
Ruling planet: Mars
Colors: Red
Gemstones: Bloodstone
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The name Absalom is ranked on the 46,473rd position of the most used names. It means that this name is rarely used.
We estimate that there are at least 3500 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Absalom has seven characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
We do not have enough data to display the number of people who were given the name Absalom for each year.
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History and Origin
Absalom /ˈæbsələm/ comes from the Old Testament Hebrew given name Avshalom (אַבְשָׁלוֹם), meaning "Father of Peace" or "my father is peace". It is common as a given name and a surname. There are alternate spellings, including the Scandinavian Axel. People with the name Absalom include:
Biblical: name (probably meaning ‘father of peace’ in Hebrew) of the third son of King David, who rebelled against him and was eventually killed when he was caught by the hair in an oak tree as he fled, to the great grief of his father (2 Samuel 15–18). The name has never been particularly common in the English-speaking world, but the Scandinavian form Axel is familiar in the United States.
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