Salman (name)
| Pronunciation | Arabic: [salˈmaːn] Urdu [səlˈmaːn] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | "Safe" or "Secure" |
| Region of origin | Arabic |
Salman or Salmaan or sal-mahn (Arabic: سَلْمان salmān), also spelt Sulman, Selman or ' is an Arabic male given name meaning "Safe" or "Secure".
Given name[edit]
- Salman the Persian, one of Muhammad's companions
- Salman Nazif Countrey of Bangladesh[citation needed]
- Salman Abedi, terrorist responsible for the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017
- Salman Ahmad, Pakistani pop artist and member of the band Junoon
- Selman Akbulut, Turkish mathematician
- Salman Ali, Indian singer
- Salman bin Sultan Al Saud, Saudi royal and politician
- Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer
- Salman Al-Farij, Saudi Arabian footballer
- Salman Habaka, Israel Defense Forces officer, of Druze-Arab descent
- Salman Irshad, Pakistani cricketer
- Salman Khan, educator
- Salman Khan, Indian film actor
- Salman Khurshid, Indian politician
- Salmaan King, South African footballer
- Salman Mazahiri (1946–2020), Indian Muslim scholar
- Salman Raduyev, Chechen separatist warlord
- Selman Reis, Ottoman admiral
- Salman Rushdie, British-Indian novelist
- Salman Shah, Bangladeshi film actor
- Salman Shahid, Pakistani actor
- Selman Stërmasi, Albanian footballer
- Salmaan Taseer (1944–2011), Pakistani businessman and politician
- Salman Yusuff Khan, Indian dancer and actor
Surname[edit]
- Ali Salman, Bahraini Twelver Shi'a cleric and Secretary-General of the Al-Wefaq political society
- Bart Selman, Dutch-American professor of computer science at Cornell University
- David Salman (1936–2010), American legislator known for sponsoring the first bill for use of medical marijuana in New Mexico, U.S., of Jewish descent
- Dulquer Salmaan, Indian Malayalam film actor and playback singer active from 2012
- Hussain Salman, Bahraini footballer
- İlyas Salman, Turkish actor, film director, author, screenwriter and musician
- John Selman (disambiguation)
- Karim Salman (1965–2020), Iraqi footballer
- Saad Salman, Iraqi-French film director
- Marcus Sahlman, Swedish footballer
- Peyman Salmani, Iranian footballer
- Athena Salman, Arizona House of Representatives member
- William A. Sahlman, American professor emeritus at the Harvard Business School.
See also[edit]
- Arabic name
- Salmon (given name)
- Salmon (surname)
- Solomon (name)
- Salomon (surname)
- Zalman (name)
- All pages with titles containing Salman
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