MEANING & HISTORY
What does Salma mean?
Salma represents Arabic Salmā, from the root associated with safety and being unharmed. It is a complete feminine name rather than necessarily a shortened Salome.
Salome has a related Semitic peace tradition through Aramaic and Hebrew, but that does not make every Salma a nickname of it. The safety sense is the supported Arabic name gloss.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Synthetic voice reading
Wiktionary / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Arabic
Dictionary accounts by language
English
Borrowed from Arabic سَلْمَى (salmā).
A female given name.
Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract; common glosses translated for Filipino.
Similar names to Salma
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Names in this collection
- Alma♀Nourishing or kind in the Latin interpretation
- Selma♀European name with several routes; Turkish form of Salma
- Delma♀Familiar form of Adelma or Fidelma
- Elma♀Short form associated with Wilhelmina or Guglielma
- Salamat·Arabic safety-name tradition; Filipino thanks word
- Saleh♂Righteous, virtuous, or pious
- Salem·Arabic safe-name form or Hebrew place-name tradition
- Sali·Separate Arabic cheerful and Old Nubian speaker accounts
What rhymes with Salma?
Dictionary rhyme matches for the readings shown.
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Records & sources
Recorded use
- OpenHalalan / COMELEC · 2001
- 1 elected-candidate records ·
SALMA
· CSV row 363 · ODbL 1.0
These records document use of the spelling; they are separate from birth statistics.
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary contributors — Salma (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary contributors — Salma (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: Salma (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name: salma (opens in a new tab)