| The boy name Salman [ 2 syll. sal-man, sa-lm-an ] is pronounced SAEMahN KEY. Salman has its origins in the Hebrew language. It is used largely in the Arabic, Iranian, and Turkish languages. Salman is a variant of Solomon (English, Hebrew, Romanian, and Slavic). Salman is unusual as a baby boy name. It is not listed in the top 1000. In 2007, among the family of boy names directly linked to Salman, Solomon (English, Hebrew, Romanian, and Slavic) was the most regularly used. Baby names that sound like Salman include Sami (Arabic, Hungarian, Iranian, and Turkish), Sammy (English), Samu (Hungarian), Samy (Arabic and French), Sanya (Russian), Sawney (Scottish), Sawnie (Scottish), Semyon (Russian), Senán (Irish), Shannon (English), Shimon (Hebrew), Siemen (Dutch and German), Simen (Scandinavian), Simon (English, French, and German), Simone (Italian), Sina (Arabic and Iranian), Síomón (Irish), Sonnie (English), Sonny (English), Szymon (Polish), Sam (English), Sean (Irish), Seanán (Irish), Sem (Dutch and German), Shane (English and Irish), Shaun (English), Shawn (English), Shayne (English), Shem (English), Sim (English), Simeon (German and Slavic), Sìm (Scottish), Stian (Scandinavian), Stiana (Irish), Swen (German and Scandinavian), and Cem (Turkish). KEY: English pronunciation for Salman: 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)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"
A famous person named Salman is Writer Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie, born Salman Rushdie 19 June 1947, Bombay, India. |