Salma (given name)
Salma is an Arabic feminine name that means "peace.” It comes from the Arabic word Salam.
People so named include:
- Salama (writer),, Indian Tamil writer, activist, and politician
- Salma Agha, British singer and actress
- Salma Akhter, Bangladeshi folk singer
- Salma Amani, Moroccan professional footballer
- Salma bint Amr, great-grandmother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
- Salma Arastu, Indian artist
- Salma Ataullahjan, Canadian politician
- Salma bint Umays, a sahaba of the prophet Muhammad
- Salma Bennani, birth name of Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco, queen consort of Morocco
- Salma Samar Damluji, Iraqi British architect
- Salma Abu Deif, Egyptian actress and fashion model
- Salma Djoubri, French tennis player
- Salma Ghazal, American-born Jordanian footballer
- Salma Hage, Lebanese author and cook
- Salma Hale, American politician
- Salma Hany Ibrahim Ahmed, Egyptian squash player
- Salma Hareb, Emirati chief executive officer
- Salma Hassan, Pakistani actress
- Salma Hayek, Mexican-born American actress
- Salma Hindy, Canadian stand-up comedian
- Salma Islam, Bangladeshi lawyer, journalist, and politician
- Salma Ismail, Malaysian medical doctor and the first Malaysian Malay woman to qualify as a doctor
- Salma Jahani, Afghan singer, sister of Haidar Salim
- Salma Khadra Jayyusi, Palestinian writer
- Salma Khatun, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Salma Khatun, first female train driver of Bangladesh
- Salma Kikwete, Tanzanian first lady
- Salma Kuzbari, Syrian writer and translator
- Salma Lakhani, Canadian 19th lieutenant governor of Alberta
- Salma Luévano, Mexican politician and LGBT+ rights activist
- Salma al-Malaika, Iraqi poet
- Salma Mancell-Egala, Ghanaian politician and diplomat
- Salma Maoulidi, Tanzanian women's rights activist
- Salma Mumin, 21st century Ghanaian actress
- Salma Mumtaz, Pakistani film actress, director and producer
- Salma Negmeldin, Egyptian synchronised swimmer
- Salma Paralluelo, Spanish footballer and sprinter
- Salma Rachid, Moroccan singer
- Salma Saleh, Egyptian rhythmic gymnast
- Salma Salsabil, Indonesian singer
- Salma Shabana, Egyptian squash player
- Salma Shaheen, Pakistani poet, writer, and researcher
- Salma al-Shehab, Saudi Arabian student and prisoner of conscience
- Salma Siddiqui, Indian novelist
- Salma Sobhan, Bangladeshi lawyer, academic and human rights activist
- Salma Solaun, Spanish rhythmic gymnast
- Salma Sultana, Bangladeshi veterinarian, entrepreneur and researcher
- Salma Tarik, Egyptian international footballer
- Salma Yaqoob, British politician
- Salma Zafar, Pakistani actress
- Salma Zahid, Canadian 21st-century politician