Gender Masculine
Note In Turkish this name is written with a dotted İ. It appears as SELİM in uppercase and selim in lowercase.

Meaning & History

Turkish and Albanian form of Salim. This was the name of three Ottoman sultans, including the father of Süleyman the Magnificent.

Related Names

Feminine FormSelma(Turkish)
Other Languages & CulturesSalama, Saleem, Salem, Salim, Salman, Sulaiman, Sulayman(Arabic) Süleyman(Azerbaijani) Meshullam, Solomon(Biblical) Salomo(Biblical Dutch) Salomon(Biblical French) Salomo(Biblical German) Salomon, Solomon(Biblical Greek) Meshullam, Shelomoh(Biblical Hebrew) Salomone(Biblical Italian) Salomon, Solomon(Biblical Latin) Salomon(Biblical Polish) Salomón(Biblical Spanish) Sulejman(Bosnian) Solomon(English) Salomon(French) Meshulam, Shalom, Shlomo(Hebrew) Suleiman(History) Salamon(Hungarian) Sulaiman(Indonesian) Solomon(Jewish) Sulayman(Kyrgyz) Sulaiman(Malay) Salomão(Portuguese) Shalim(Semitic Mythology) Salomón(Spanish) Süleýman(Turkmen) Souleymane(Western African) Zalman(Yiddish)

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Entry updated December 7, 2022