Salma - name meaning and origin

The girl's name Salma \s(a)-lma, sal-ma\ is a variant of Salama (Arabic), Salome (Hebrew) and Selma (Old German, Arabic), and the meaning of Salma is "peace; helmet of God; safe".

The baby name Salma sounds like Saloma, Salima, Salmah and Sahlma. Other similar baby names are Dalma, Halma, Palma, Samma, Talma and Valma.

Salma is a very rare female first name and is not used as a surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Salma. Compare Salma with related baby names.