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Many Jewish family names are derived from biblical proper names. Friedman means 'man of peace' in German/Yiddish. As a Jewish family name it is the equivalent of the Hebrew biblical male given name, Shelomo. Jews in the Diaspora often transformed Hebrew names into vernacular sounding names. This enabled them both to maintain their tradition, as well as to become part of their hosting society. Shelomo, son of king David and Bath Sheva, was the third king of Israel and Judah. During his reign, he built the first temple in Jerusalem. Many Jewish family names have developed from Shelomo: Salomon is documented in the seventh century in France; Salman in 1090 in Germany; Salemanus in 1200, also in Germany;Salmon (1290), Saulmon (1306), Salmannus (1334) and Salamon (1388) in France; Scholem in1495 in Germany; Sollomon in 1668 in America; Salom in 1713 in the Antilles; Salmonaba in 1715 in Italy; Schlam in 1717 in Germany; Salme, Schlomen, Schlumen, Scholum and Schaulomin 1784 in Alsace; Salimen in 1798 in America; Salem in the 18th century in the Netherlands; Salmang in 1831 in Germany; and Salomson in 1855 in America.In the mid-20th century, Salomon families in France changed their names to Aumond and Laumont, and the Polish variant Salomonowicz (meaning "Salomon's son") was Frenchified toAlamont.Arabic forms of Salomon/Solomon include Sellam, Saloma, Calama and Suleyman. Variants like Salaman, Salmen, Zalman, Zalkind, Zalkin, Zalheim, Zaling, Zalinger, Salinger and Zeling became frequent in central and east European countries.Distinguished bearers of the family name Friedman include Naphtali Friedman (1863- 1921) who was a member of the Russian Duma; the 20th-century American neuro-psychiatrist, Emanuel David Friedman; the 20th-century Hungarian rabbi and scholar, Denes Friedman (1903-1944);the 19th century hasidic rabbi, Israel Ruzhin Friedman, who lived in Ruzhin, Poland; and Zesha(Alexander) Friedman, born 1889 in Sochaczew, Polnand, who participated in the organization ofthe Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.In the 20th century Friedman is recorded as a Jewish family name with the Friedman family, who lived in the town of Zhadova (Jadova) near Chernowitz, Northern Bukovina (now Ukraine), priorto World War II (1939-1945). The entire Jewish community of Zhadova was deported to the death camps in July 1941.The Memi De-Shalit Database of Jewish Family Names