Salim (name)


Salim is a name of Semitic origin from the root It derives from the Semitic tri-consonantal root s-l-m meaning "safe" "clean" or "undamaged".
Versions of the name appear in a number of Semitic languages such as Akkadian, Aramaic, Hebrew and Arabic, one of the earliest being Shalim-ahum from Bronze Age Assyria, another being Bab-shalimeti.
Related names are Selima, Salima, Saleemah, Shalim and Salma.
When transliterated, the name Salem can become indistinguishable in English, as the spelling Salim is also used, though with a long a and a short i sounds. Salim is also an Indonesian-Chinese surname based on Lim.

Surname

Given name

Saleem

Salim

Selim