Salmā
سلمى
Say it SAL-maa
Soundness and safety
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- s-l-m
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Salma, Selma, Salmaa
Meaning & source
From the root of soundness and safety.
-
[سلم] السين واللام والميم معظم بابه من الصحّة والعافية؛
Who carried this name
- Salmā Umm Rāfiʿ, who served in the Prophet’s household Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11331 (vol. 8, p. 187)
- Salmā bint ʿUmays Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11323 (vol. 8, p. 184)