Given name

Sālim

“to be safe, sound, healthy, etc”

Sālim is used as a given name.

Original Arabicسالم

Meaning & origin

What it means

Sālim is a romanization of سالم. سالم goes back to a word meaning “to be safe, sound, healthy, etc.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.

Sālim’s family of names

In Arabic usage, Sālim is a Roman-alphabet rendering of سالم.

Walk Sālim’s family in the name graph

SālimسالمSalîm

The ring: spellings.

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Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

See also 3

Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.

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No U.S. birth series

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No U.S. birth series

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Sadoun

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No U.S. birth series

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No U.S. birth series

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Celîl

Celîl is a given name from Arabic.

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Sālim’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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