Meaning, origin and history of the name Muslim

Gender Masculine

Scripts مسلم(Arabic, Urdu) Мүслім(Kazakh)

Pronounced Pron. MOOS-leem(Arabic) [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Name for a follower of Islam, ultimately from Arabic أسْلم (aslama) meaning "to surrender, to submit".

Other Languages & CulturesMüslüm(Azerbaijani) Moslem(Persian) Müslüm(Turkish)

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