- Meaning
- Safe, sound
- Arabic
- سلمان
- Say it
- sal-MAAN
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
Famous people with this name
- Salman al-Farisi, the Persian companion who suggested the trench at Medina
Other spellings
Selman, Salmaan
Names from the same root (س ل م)
Related names
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Questions about Salman
What does Salman mean?
Salman means: Safe, sound.
Is Salman 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 Salman a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Salman is a boy’s name.
How do you write Salman in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Salman is written سلمان.