Given name · also Turkish
İslam
“submission to God”
İslam is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish and Azerbaijani.
Meaning & origin
What it means
İslam goes back to Ottoman Turkish اسلام, meaning “submission to God.”
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Where it comes from
İslam comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
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How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish اسلام, from Arabic إِسْلَام; its root is Arabic س ل م.
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İslam’s family of names
İslam is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Ислам.
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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