Given name · Arabic · Persian
مسلم
“to surrender, to become a Muslim”
مسلم (muslim) is a masculine given name. It is used in Arabic and Persian.
Arabic and PersianWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Muslim.
Meaning & origin
What it means
مسلم goes back to a word meaning “to surrender, to become a Muslim.”
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مسلم’s family of names
In Persian usage, مسلم shares an earlier linguistic root with مسلمان. In Arabic usage, مسلم can be written in the Roman alphabet as Muslim. In Persian usage, مسلم can be written in the Roman alphabet as Moslem.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named مسلم
- Muslim ibn al-HajjajIslamic hadith scholar (821–875)
- Muslim MagomayevSoviet-Azerbaijani singer1942–2008
- Muslim ibn AqilSon of Aqil ibn Abi Talib and cousin of Husain ibn Ali (died 680)632–680
- Muslim MagomayevAzerbaijani composer and conductor (1885–1937)
- Muslim ibn UqbaUmayyad Caliphate general (died 683)622
- Muslim Gadzhimagomedovboxerborn 1997
- Muslim ibn Sa'id al-KilabiUmayyad Governor of Khurasan from 723 to 724
- Abu Hajal Muslim ibn Awsajacompanion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
- Muslim SalikhovRussian Sanda/Sanshou fighter and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighterborn 1984
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