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Salima

What does Salima mean?

Salima Pronunciation of Salima as a name for girls has its roots in Arabic and Hebrew, and the name Salima means "safe; peace". Salima is an alternate spelling of Salimah (Arabic). Salima is also a derivative of Salome (Hebrew).

STARTS/ENDS WITH Sa-, -ma

ASSOCIATED WITH arabic, peace

Variations

VARIANTS Solomea, Selima, Salomi, Salomey, Salomea, Saloma

RELATIONS VIA SALIMAH, SALOME Sahlma, Salma, Salmah, Selma, Selmah, Solome

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Salima Tess (S.T.), ..

How popular is Salima?

Salima is an unusual given name for females but a somewhat prominent surname for both adults and children (#148244 out of 150436, Top 99%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Which version is better?

Prominent related forms of Salima (NOT RANKED) are Salma (#799 THE PREVIOUS YEAR), Saloma, Salome (#1578) and Selma. Other forms, like Salomey, are uncommon. Usage of these relations of Salima reached its most widespread in the 1890s (AVERAGE #1264) and is now much lower (#1594, 71%), with the version Selma becoming less fashionable. Salma is a perennial favorite. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Salma, Saloma, Salome, Selma in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Selma outside U.S.

Similar Names

Salima is pronounced similarly to Salama, Saleema, Saleemah, Sallama, Selimah, Soloma, Zelima, Zuleima, Zulema and Zulima. Other recommended sound-alike names are Aaliya, Alima, Basima, Calida, Dalia, Dalila, Dalma, Fatima, Galila, Halia, Halina, Jaima, Jaliza, Kalia, Kalifa, Karima, Lalia, Lalika, Lalita, Malia, Malika, Malina, Malita, Maxima, Naima, Palila, Pallma (see Palma), Palma, Sadira, Safia, Safiya, Saida, Saira, Salcia, Saleena, Salicia, Salina, Salvina, Samira, Samma, Saria, Sarika, Satina, Seline, Sellma, Selyna, Shalaina, Shalena, Shalia, Shalina, Shalisa, Shalita, Silia, Siliya, Sima, Solana, Solina, Sylena, Sylina, Taima, Talina, Talita, Ulima, Valina and Zalia. These names tend to be more frequently used than Salima.

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