Meaning, origin and history of the name Salman

Gender Masculine

Scripts سلمان(Arabic)

Pronounced Pron. sal-MAN [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

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

Feminine FormsSalima, Salma, Selima

Other Languages & CulturesSelim, Selman, Sulejman(Albanian) Süleyman(Azerbaijani) Solomon(Biblical) Salomo(Biblical Dutch) Salomon(Biblical French) Salomo(Biblical German) Salomon, Solomon(Biblical Greek) Shelomoh(Biblical Hebrew) Salomone(Biblical Italian) Salomon, Solomon(Biblical Latin) Salomon(Biblical Polish) Salomón(Biblical Spanish) Sulejman(Bosnian) Solomon(English) Salomon(French) Shalom, Shlomo(Hebrew) Suleiman(History) Salamon(Hungarian) Sulaiman(Indonesian) Solomon(Jewish) Sulaiman(Malay) Salomão(Portuguese) Shalim(Semitic Mythology) Salomón(Spanish) Selim, Selman, Süleyman(Turkish) Süleýman(Turkmen) Souleymane(Western African) Zalman(Yiddish)

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