79%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Indonesian Scripts سلمى(Arabic) سلمیٰ(Urdu) সালমা(Bengali) Pronounced Pron. /ˈsal.maː/(Arabic) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Means "safe" in Arabic, derived from سلم (salima) meaning "to be safe". Related NamesFamily Tree·Details RootsalimaOther Languages & CulturesSalome, Shulamite, Shulammite(Biblical) Salome(Biblical Greek) Shulammit(Biblical Hebrew) Salome(Biblical Latin) Salomé(French) Salome(Georgian) Shlomit, Shulamit, Shulamith(Hebrew) Salomé(Portuguese) Salomé(Spanish) Selma(Turkish) Solomiya(Ukrainian) PopularityDetails Last ranked #91 in 2021 Basque Country, Spain Last ranked #150 in 2017 Belgium Last ranked #85 in 2023 Catalonia, Spain Last ranked #746 in 2022 England and Wales Last ranked #244 in 2023 France Last ranked #412 in 2017 Netherlands Last ranked #98 in 2019 Spain Last ranked #899 in 2023 United States People think this name isRate·Details classic formal natural wholesome strong refined strange simple serious Categories Elder Scrolls characters, Jordanian royal family, love island UK, Moroccan royal family, safety, Tamora Pierce characters, top 10 in Bangladesh, top 10 in Egypt Coptic Christians