Salim (name)
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Arabic |
| Meaning | Safe, sound, healthy, secure, intact |
Salim (also spelled Saleem or Salem , ""Shalim" or Selim, Arabic: سليم, strictly transliterated as Salīm) is a name of Semitic origin from the root It derives from the Semitic tri-consonantal root s-l-m (س-ل-م) 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 (Arabic: سالم) 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
- Abdel Gadir Salim (1946–2025), Sudanese singer and bandleader
- Abubakar Salim (born 1993), British actor
- Ahmed Salim (1989-2024), Bangladeshi painter and convicted murderer hanged in Singapore
- Ali Saleem (born 1979), Pakistani television host
- Ali Selim (born 1960/61), American film director
- Aliyah Saleem (born 1989), British ex-Muslim and human rights activist
- Ezzedine Salim (1943–2004), Iraqi politician
- Huner Saleem (born 1964), Iraqi-Kurdish film director
- Mai Selim (born 1983), Jordanian singer
- Malek Saleem (born 1985), Qatari professional basketball player
- Mohammed Ali Salim (1934/35–2022), Libyan politician
- Naziha Salim (1927–2008), Iraqi artist
- Noor Askuzaimey Mat Salim (born 1985), Malaysian boccia player
- Saleh Saleem (born 1953), Israeli politician
- Saleh Selim (1930–2002), Egyptian footballer and actor
- Shakir Mustafa Salim (1919–1985), Iraqi anthropologist
- Sudono Salim (1916–2012) Chinese Indonesian businessman
Given name
Saleem
- Saleem (playwright), Palestinian-American gay Muslim playwright, actor, DJ, and dancer
- Saleem Akhtar (1930–2004), Pakistani cricketer
- Saleem Elahi (born 1976), Pakistani cricketer
- Saleem Haddad (born 1983), Kuwait-born author and aid worker of Iraqi-German and Palestinian-Lebanese descent
- Saleem Jaffar (born 1962), Pakistani cricketer
- Saleem Malik (born 1963), Pakistani cricketer
- Saleem Mohammed (born 1968), English cricketer
- Saleem Nazim (1955–2025), Pakistani field hockey player
- Saleem Rasheed (born 1981), American and Canadian football linebacker and free agent
- Saleem Raza (cricketer) (born 1964), Pakistani cricketer
Salim
- Salim (poet) (1800–1866), Kurdish poet
- Salim Abanoz (born 1969), Turkish judoka
- Salim Al-Huss (1929-2024), Lebanese politician
- Salim Ali (1896–1987), Indian ornithologist
- Salim Arrache (born 1982), Algerian footballer
- Salim Barakat (born 1951), Kurdish-Syrian novelist and poet
- Salim Al Bustani (1847–1884), Lebanese journalist and writer
- Salim Cissé (born 1992), Guinean footballer
- Salim Durani (1934–2023), Indian cricketer
- Salim Ghouse (1952–2022), Indian actor, theater director and martial artist
- Salim Grant (born 1977), film, voice and mascot actor
- Salim Haidar (1911–1980), Lebanese politician
- Salim Hamdan (born 1968), convicted terrorist of Yemeni descent detained Guantanamo Bay Camp
- Salim Nuruddin Jahangir (1569–1627), Mughal emperor, also known as Prince Salim
- Salim Jreissati (born 1952), Lebanese jurist and politician
- Salim Kerkar (born 1987), French-Algerian footballer
- Salim Abdallah Khalfan (born 1961), Tanzanian politician
- Salim Khan (born 1935), Indian scriptwriter
- Salim Khelifi (born 1994), Swiss-Tunisian footballer
- Salim Mehajer (born 1986), Lebanese-Australian convicted criminal and former politician
- Salim Moin (1961–2020), football coach
- Salim Ahmed Salim (born 1942), Tanzanian diplomat
- Salim Salimov (boxer) (1982–2025), Bulgarian Olympic boxer
- Salim Sayegh, Lebanese academic and politician
- Salim Sdiri (born 1978), French long jumper of Tunisian descent
- Salim Shahed (born 1970), Bangladeshi cricket referee and former cricketer
- Salim Tuama (born 1979), Arab Israeli soccer player
- Salim Turky (1963-2020), Tanzanian politician
- Salim Yasin (1937–2016), Syrian politician
- Salim Agavan (1975-...),
Principal of India Pmshri School
Selim
- Selim I (1465–1520), Ottoman sultan
- Selim II (1524–1574), Ottoman sultan
- Selim III (1761–1808), Ottoman sultan
- Selim I Giray (1631–1704), Crimean khan
- Selim Aga (1826–1875), Sudanese slave
- Selim Al Deen (1949–2008), Bangladeshi playwright and theatre artist
- Selim Benachour (born 1981), Tunisian football player
- Selim Bouadla (born 1988), French-Algerian football player
- Selim Deringil (born 1951), Turkish academic
- Selim Ekbom (1807–1886), Finnish politician
- Selim Franklin (1814–1884), American pioneer
- Selim Giray (born 1970), Turkish-born American violinist
- Selim Gökdemir (born 1960), Turkish businessman
- Selim Hassan (1887–1961), Egyptian egyptologist
- Selim Lemström (1838–1903), Finnish scientist
- Selim Mouzannar (born 1963), Lebanese jeweler and civic activist
- Selim Palmgren (1878–1951), Finnish composer, pianist, conductor
- Selim Sadak (1954–2026), Turkish Kurdish politician
- Selim Sahab (born 1941), Egyptian musician
- Selim Sarper (1899–1968), Turkish diplomat and politician
- Selim Sesler (1957–2014), Turkish clarinet virtuoso of Romani heritage
- Selim Soydan (1941–2016), Turkish footballer
- Selim Sırrı Tarcan (1874–1957), Turkish educator, sports official and politician
- Selim E. Woodworth (1815–1871), American Navy officer