Shiloh
Shiloh is a girl name of Hebrew origin, meaning Peaceful one; a gift.
What Shiloh means
Peaceful one; a gift.
Shiloh sits at 6 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Shiloh comes from
Hebrew names are frequently built as short phrases rather than single words, and many are theophoric — they contain a name of God as one element. This is why so many carry a full sentence of meaning.
Shiloh is recorded as Hebrew in origin. Browse other Hebrew names.
How popular is Shiloh?
Shiloh sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Shiloh
Two ideas meet in Shiloh: Celebrity, Peace and scripture. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Themes: Celebrity, Peace, Biblical
Names like Shiloh
These share Shiloh's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Salome — Peace.
- Jemima — Dove.
- Noah — Rest, comfort, repose.
- Solomon — Peace.
- Jonah — Dove.
- Moses — Drawn from the water; deliverer.
- Genesis — Origin; the beginning.
- Pax — Peace.
- Seraphina — Fiery, burning — the seraphim angels.
- Delilah — Delicate.
- Eliana — My God has answered.
- Josephine — God will increase.