78%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Arabic, Urdu, Bengali Scripts سلمى(Arabic) سلمیٰ(Urdu) সালমা(Bengali) Pronounced Pron. SAL-ma(Arabic) [key·IPA] Meaning & History Means "safe", derived from Arabic سَلِمَ (salima) meaning "to be safe". Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantsSalama, Salima, Selima(Arabic) Masculine FormsSaleem, Salem, Salim, Salman(Arabic) Other Languages & CulturesMeshullemeth, Shulammite, Shulamite(Biblical) Meshullemet, Shulammit(Biblical Hebrew) Shlomit, Shulamit, Shulamith(Hebrew) Selma(Turkish) Salamatu(Western African) PopularityDetails Last ranked #91 in 2021 Basque Country, Spain Last ranked #150 in 2017 Belgium Last ranked #86 in 2021 Catalonia, Spain Last ranked #699 in 2021 England and Wales Last ranked #276 in 2022 France Last ranked #412 in 2017 Netherlands Last ranked #98 in 2019 Spain Last ranked #893 in 2022 United States People think this name isRate·Details classic formal natural wholesome strong refined strange simple nerdy Categories Elder Scrolls characters, Jordanian royal family, love island UK, Moroccan royal family, safety, Tamora Pierce characters, top 10 in Bangladesh, top 10 in Egypt Coptic Christians
