Salma

Gender Feminine

Usage Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Indonesian

Scripts سلمى(Arabic) سلمیٰ(Urdu) সালমা(Bengali)

Pronounced Pron. /ˈsal.maː/(Arabic) [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Means "safe" in Arabic, derived from سلم (salima) meaning "to be safe".

Related Names

Other Languages & CulturesSelamawit(Amharic) Salome, Shulamite, Shulammite(Biblical) Salome(Biblical Greek) Shulammit(Biblical Hebrew) Salome(Biblical Latin) Salomé(French) Salome(Georgian) Shlomit, Shulamit, Shulamith(Hebrew) Salomé(Portuguese) Salomé(Spanish) Selma(Turkish) Solomiya(Ukrainian)

Popularity

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Entry updated October 6, 2024