Salem (name)
Salem is a given name of Arabic origin. The Arabic name Salim is also sometimes rendered as Salem in English, though pronounced with a short a and long ee. In Arabic, the two are distinctly different names, although their meanings are etymologically related.
It can also be a transliteration of the ; the Jewish and Arabic name is also transliterated as Salem. It is an Arabic- and Sephardic Jewish-origin given name and surname, and an English surname of Anglo-Saxon origin.
Given name
- Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti royal, commander of the Kuwait National Guard.
- Salem Al Fakir, Swedish musician of Syrian origin. Also part of Vargas & Lagola as Lagola
- Salem al-Hazmi, Saudi hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 in the September 11 attacks
- Salem Abdulaziz Al Sabah, Kuwaiti royal and politician
- Salem Nasser Bakheet, Bahraini athlete
- Salem bin Laden, Saudi investor
- Salem Chaker, Algerian Berberologist
- Salem Chalabi, Iraqi-American lawyer
- Salem Choheili, Iranian scribe and author
- Salem Ilese, American singer-songwriter
- Salem Masadeh, Jordanian politician
- Salem M'Bakata, Congolese professional footballer
- Salem Mitchell, American model known for her numerous facial freckles
- Salem Poor, African-American soldier
- Salem Saad, Emirati footballer
- Salem Saleh, Emirati chess grandmaster
Middle name
- Ali Salem Tamek, Sahrawi independence activist
Surname
- Abu Salem, Indian mobster
- Ali Salem, Egyptian playwright
- Amr Salem, Syrian politician
- El Hedi ben Salem, Moroccan actor
- Elie Salem, Lebanese academic and politician
- Emad Salem, Egyptian FBI informant
- Gamal Salem, Egyptian military officer and politician
- Kario Salem, American television, film, stage actor and screenwriter
- Lyes Salem, Algerian actor and film director
- Mahdi Salem, Qatari professional footballer
- Mahmoud Salem, Egyptian journalist and author
- Mamdouh Salem, Egyptian politician
- Mostafa Salem, Libyan administrator
- Nadia Salem, Egyptian filmmaker
- Omran Salem, Libyan professional footballer
- Pamela Salem, British film and television actress
- Peter Salem, African-American soldier
- Raphaël Salem, Greek-Sephardic mathematician
- Salah Salem, Egyptian military officer and politician
Fictional characters
- Salem Saberhagen, fictional cat
- Salem, the main antagonist of the animated web series RWBY
- Salem, Tyler The Creator's fictional love interest in his 2013 album Wolf