Given name

Salîm

“holy”

Salîm is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in French.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Salîm goes back to Arabic سَلِيم, meaning “holy.”

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Where it comes from

Salîm comes from Arabic.

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How it developed

From Arabic سَلِيم.

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Salîm’s family of names

In French usage, Salîm has a conventional equivalent in the English form Salim.

Walk Salîm’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

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.

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Sibling ideas

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