- Meaning
- Safe, unharmed
- Arabic
- سالم
- Say it
- SAA-lim
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
Famous people with this name
- Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhayfa, one of the four the Prophet named as teachers of the Quran
Other spellings
Salim, Saalim
Names from the same root (س ل م)
Related names
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Questions about Salem
What does Salem mean?
Salem means: Safe, unharmed.
Is Salem in the Quran?
No. But a name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good.
Is Salem a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Salem is a boy’s name.
How do you write Salem in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Salem is written سالم.