Dictionary of Family Names

SALMAN, SALMON, SALMOND.   A baptismal name meaning "the son of Solomon," popularly in M.E. Salamon, and with excrescent d Salamond (cf. Simmonds and Hammond for Simmons and Hamon).  These forms represent families of English descent, Solomon representing modern Jewish immigrations.  Of course the London Directory has Salamons, undoubtedly Jewish, but, speaking generally, our Salomans, Salmans, Salmonds, Sammons, and Sammonds, are of English extraction, just as much as our Davies and Davidsons are (excepting when these are Welsh or Scottish).