| The girl name Salma [ syll. sal-ma, sa-lma ] is pronounced as SAE-Mah KEY. Salma is used chiefly in Arabic, Indian, Iranian, and Spanish. It is derived from Arabic origins. Derived literally from the word 'salma' with the meaning peaceful. Salma is somewhat popular as a baby girl name. The name's popularity has been rising since the 1990s; before that, it was of very modest use only. At the peak of its usage in 1999, 0.023% of baby girls were named Salma. It had a ranking of #569 then. In 2007, its usage was 0.017% and its ranking #818, and it was the most widely used out of all girl names in its family. Baby names that sound like Salma include Sameena (Indian), Sammie (English), Sammy (English), Sanja (German and Russian), Sanna (English, German, and Scandinavian), Santa (Italian), Sanya (Russian), Seonaid (Scottish), Shaina (Yiddish), Shama (Arabic and Indian), Shana (English), Shanna (English), Shannon (English), Shanon (English), Shauna (English), Shawna (English), Shayna (Hebrew and Yiddish), Shaynah (Hebrew), Sheena (English), Shona (Scottish), Shyanne (English), Signi (Scandinavian), Signy (Scandinavian), Sima (Russian), Simone (English, French, and German), Sina (German and Scandinavian), Sini (Finnish and Scandinavian), Sonia (English), Sonja (German), Sonya (Russian), Susan (English), Susanne (English and German), Suzan (English), Suzane (Portuguese), Suzanne (French), Cheyenne (English), Sam (English), Samia (Arabic), Samiha (Arabic), Samina (Arabic, Indian, and Iranian), Samya (Arabic and Turkish), Sanne (Dutch and German), Shania (English), Sheine (Hebrew), Shushana (Hebrew), Shushanna (Hebrew), Sian (Welsh), Signe (Scandinavian), Simona (Italian and Scandinavian), Siùsan (Scottish), Susana (Italian and Spanish), Susanna (German and Italian), Susannah (English), Suzana (Portuguese), Suzanna (English), and Synne (Scandinavian). KEY: approx English pronunciation for Salma: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"
A famous person named Salma is Actress Salma Hayek, born 2 September 1966, Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico. |