Selima - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ syll. se-li-ma, sel-ima ] The girl name Selima is pronounced SEHLIYMah ^KEY. Selima has its origins in the Arabic language. It is used largely in English and Slavic. The name is of debated origin; it has sometimes been associated with Selina. The name was first recorded in use by Thomas Gray for the cat in his poem 'Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat' (1748); Gray could have based the name on the element selim ('peace') or salim ('safe'). Selima is the feminine version of the Arabic and English Salim. Forms of the name include the Arabic names Saalima and Salima. Other variants of Selima include the Arabic pet form Salma and the Arabic and Slavic pet form Selma. See also the related form, the English, German, and Russian Selina.

Selima is not often used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2008, among the family of girl names directly related to Selima, the Arabic Salma was the most frequently used.

Baby names that sound like Selima include the Arabic Saalima, the Arabic Salama, the name Salema, the English and Indian Salena, the Arabic Salima, the English Salina, the English Sally Anne, the English Sally-Anne, the English Sallyann, the English Sallyanne, the English Saloma, the English, French, and German Salome, the French and Portuguese Salomé, the Greek Salomi, the English and German Selena, the English, German, and Russian Selina, the Spanish Solana, the English Syleena, the English Sylena, and the English Sylina.

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