Salma

Salma (سلمى) is a feminine first name that means “peace and safety” in Arabic and originates from the word (سلامة). It is also a Persian name (سلما) meaning "sweetheart".

People

By surname or second name (where known), including bint- or Umm-:

• Princess Salma bint Abdullah
• Salma bint Amr, great-grandmother of Islamic prophet Muhammad
• Salma bint Umays, sahaba of Islamic prophet Muhammad
• Salma Hale (1787–1866), American politician
• Salma Hayek (born 1966), Mexican actress
• Salmah Ismail (1935–1983), Singaporean actress and singer
• Salma Khadra Jayyusi (born 1926), Palestinian writer
• Salma Kikwete (born 1963), Tanzanian first lady
• Salma Maoulidi, Tanzanian women's rights activist
• Salma Rachid (born 1994), Moroccan singer
• Lalla Salma (born 1978), princess consort of Morocco
• Salma Shabana (born 1976), Egyptian squash player
• Salma Sobhan (1937–2003), Bangladeshi lawyer
• Salma Sultan (born 1947), Indian journalist
• Salma Umm-ul-Khair, mother of Abū Bakr
• Salma Yaqoob (born 1971), British politician
• Salma Zahid, Canadian politician
• Salma Amer (born 1993), Egyptian film director

Places

• Salma, Nepal
• Salma, Syria
• Salma Dam, Afghanistan

Other uses

• Salma (moth), a moth genus in the subfamily Epipaschiinae
• Salma, a 2013 documentary directed by Kim Longinotto
• "Salma Ya Salama", an Egyptian popular song
• South American land mammal age (SALMA), a geologic timescale term

See also

• Selma (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Salma
• All pages with titles containing Salma