Latin origin
Source-reportedFrom Latin Salomon.
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- Wiktionary: SalaünCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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01 / Meaning & origin
Salaün is a masculine given name documented in Breton. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin Salomon.
From Latin Salomon.
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04 / Through time
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Salaun— “peaceful”
Long before his time, however, Welsh and Breton saints had been called Solomon, as well as one early Armorican prince; and likewise an idiot boy, who lived under a tree at Auray, only quitting it when in want of food, to wander through the villages muttering “Salaum hungry”—the only words, except _Ave Maria_, that he could pronounce. When he died, the neighbours, thinking him as soulless as a dog, buried him under his tree; but, according to the legend, their contempt was…
Long before his time, however, Welsh and Breton saints had been called Solomon, as well as one early Armorican prince; and likewise an idiot boy, who lived under a tree at Auray, only quitting it when in want of food, to wander through the villages muttering “Salaum hungry”—the only words, except _Ave Maria_, that he could pronounce. When he died, the neighbours, thinking him as soulless as a dog, buried him under his tree; but, according to the legend, their contempt was rebuked by a beauteous lily springing from his grave, and bearing on every leaf the words _Ave Maria_. Certain it is that an exquisite church was there erected, containing the shrine of Salaun the Simple, who thus became a popular saint of Brittany, ensuring tender reverence for those who, if mindless, were likewise sinless, and obtaining a few namesakes.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part I, Chapter III (Israelite Names), Section VII (Salem) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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