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Salem - Meaning of Salem
What does Salem mean?
[ 2 syll. sa-lem, sal-em ] The baby boy name Salem is also used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is SEY-LehM †. Salem is largely used in the Slavic language and its origin is Arabic. Salem is a variant of the name Salim (African, Arabic, English, and Swahili).
See also the related categories, slavic and arabic.
Salem is not regularly used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names.
Baby names that sound like Salem include Saalim, Salaam, Salam, Salaun, Saleem, Salene, Salim, Salin, Saline, Salman, Salmen, Salyn, Salyne, Selim, Selmo, Selwenn, Selwenne, Selwin, Selwyn, and Selwynn.
† English pronunciation for Salem: S as in "see (S.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)"
