Salman Forename
1,814th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 550,925 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Qatar
Salman Forename User-submission:
Salman (also transliterated as Salmaan or Selman, Arabic: سلمان) is a male Arabic given name, which comes from the Arabic word silm, from which the word Islam comes from. It means 'safe' or 'secure'.
Pronunciation:
Arabic: [salmaːn], Urdu [səlˈmaaːn].
Read More About This ForenameSalman Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 86% | 116,834 | 1:1,664 | 313 |
| India | 100% | 105,705 | 1:11,493 | 1,563 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 78,816 | 1:2,023 | 270 |
| Iran | 100% | 53,572 | 1:1,465 | 249 |
| Iraq | 100% | 38,977 | 1:898 | 221 |
| Indonesia | 99% | 34,521 | 1:7,473 | 990 |
| Syria | - | 9,814 | 1:1,967 | 341 |
| Yemen | - | 9,749 | 1:2,697 | 361 |
| Sudan | 100% | 7,734 | 1:4,888 | 775 |
| Afghanistan | 92% | 7,206 | 1:4,527 | 645 |
| Turkey | 100% | 6,985 | 1:11,138 | 1,140 |
| Oman | 99% | 5,782 | 1:711 | 99 |
| Egypt | 98% | 5,682 | 1:16,174 | 1,320 |
| Jordan | 100% | 4,983 | 1:1,771 | 353 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 4,982 | 1:1,936 | 428 |
| Somalia | - | 4,867 | 1:2,779 | 413 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4,364 | 1:4,766 | 826 |
| Philippines | 97% | 3,916 | 1:27,071 | 2,504 |
| Qatar | 100% | 3,619 | 1:655 | 27 |
| Israel | 98% | 3,279 | 1:2,563 | 506 |
| Somaliland | 100% | 3,215 | 1:1,089 | 197 |
| United States | 100% | 3,056 | 1:118,631 | 5,001 |
| Nigeria | 99% | 2,913 | 1:60,956 | 4,137 |
| Russia | 100% | 2,860 | 1:50,431 | 1,141 |
| Palestine | 100% | 2,797 | 1:1,627 | 351 |
| Malaysia | 87% | 2,494 | 1:12,209 | 1,337 |
| Kenya | - | 2,235 | 1:20,719 | 2,004 |
| England | 97% | 2,126 | 1:26,154 | 1,508 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2,035 | 1:2,765 | 500 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,707 | 1:19,410 | 1,785 |
| Libya | - | 1,653 | 1:3,764 | 614 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,632 | 1:18,880 | 2,474 |
| Morocco | 100% | 1,228 | 1:27,971 | 1,510 |
| Poland | 100% | 848 | 1:44,843 | 1,238 |
| Ghana | 100% | 843 | 1:32,012 | 2,007 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 670 | 1:10,675 | 1,181 |
| South Africa | 100% | 621 | 1:87,814 | 7,464 |
| Thailand | 100% | 570 | 1:122,922 | 9,633 |
| Djibouti | - | 565 | 1:1,621 | 273 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 458 | 1:47,185 | 3,152 |
| Spain | 100% | 445 | 1:104,562 | 2,955 |
| Germany | 100% | 393 | 1:246,000 | 3,496 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 359 | 1:49,434 | 2,024 |
| Sweden | 100% | 248 | 1:39,750 | 2,253 |
| Australia | - | 230 | 1:59,381 | 2,632 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 229 | 1:36,572 | 1,927 |
| Bahrain | - | 222 | 1:6,075 | 981 |
| Georgia | 99% | 210 | 1:17,802 | 1,340 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 192 | 1:274,939 | 9,993 |
| Fiji | - | 173 | 1:5,158 | 1,243 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 139 | 1:121,598 | 5,762 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 136 | 1:226,371 | 5,030 |
| France | 100% | 122 | 1:544,839 | 5,624 |
| Scotland | 100% | 94 | 1:56,919 | 1,703 |
| Kuwait | - | 85 | 1:44,533 | 4,106 |
| Malawi | 100% | 85 | 1:201,321 | 8,458 |
| Niger | 68% | 85 | 1:225,694 | 6,120 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 84 | 1:97,780 | 3,108 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 96% | 78 | 1:76,580 | 5,709 |
| Ukraine | 94% | 77 | 1:590,908 | 2,415 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 75 | 1:402,692 | 11,579 |
| Chile | 52% | 74 | 1:237,935 | 4,023 |
| DR Congo | 89% | 68 | 1:1,085,700 | 31,208 |
| Brazil | 100% | 65 | 1:3,295,941 | 59,155 |
| North Macedonia | - | 65 | 1:32,165 | 2,725 |
| Denmark | - | 63 | 1:89,675 | 2,695 |
| Belgium | 100% | 55 | 1:208,910 | 5,023 |
| Norway | 100% | 53 | 1:96,836 | 3,172 |
| New Zealand | - | 51 | 1:88,942 | 3,966 |
| Austria | 100% | 42 | 1:202,719 | 3,038 |
| Singapore | 100% | 39 | 1:161,207 | 8,112 |
| China | - | 38 | 1:35,948,836 | 61,432 |
| Ecuador | - | 37 | 1:479,106 | 5,243 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 36 | 1:2,710,004 | 9,023 |
| Nepal | 90% | 36 | 1:791,315 | 18,940 |
| Argentina | 63% | 34 | 1:1,258,037 | 5,872 |
| Italy | 100% | 30 | 1:2,035,403 | 14,030 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 28 | 1:11,362 | 1,245 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 27 | 1:202,699 | 1,615 |
| Uganda | 80% | 27 | 1:1,516,923 | 22,266 |
| Ireland | 100% | 24 | 1:193,480 | 3,761 |
| Wales | 100% | 22 | 1:140,650 | 2,959 |
| Maldives | 100% | 21 | 1:20,662 | 910 |
| Benin | 100% | 19 | 1:556,623 | 17,687 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 19 | 1:549,014 | 14,985 |
| Iceland | - | 18 | 1:20,334 | 1,387 |
| Botswana | - | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| Mozambique | - | 16 | 1:1,702,710 | 1,919 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 14 | 1:48,350 | 2,519 |
| Finland | 74% | 13 | 1:421,783 | 5,250 |
| Japan | - | 12 | 1:10,665,505 | 35,725 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 11 | 1:320,405 | 4,213 |
| Belarus | 100% | 10 | 1:948,238 | 5,152 |
| Hong Kong | - | 10 | 1:775,272 | 5,181 |
| Senegal | 67% | 10 | 1:1,458,136 | 11,437 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 10 | 1:2,376,968 | 55,480 |
| Chad | 100% | 9 | 1:1,510,933 | 6,264 |
| South Korea | - | 9 | 1:616,047 | 14,026 |
| Czechia | 100% | 7 | 1:1,522,309 | 4,223 |
| Mexico | 100% | 7 | 1:17,734,918 | 43,346 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 7 | 1:194,488 | 10,722 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 6 | 1:307,191 | 2,078 |
| Estonia | 100% | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Armenia | 100% | 5 | 1:583,751 | 6,330 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 5 | 1:4,615,187 | 69,481 |
| Papua New Guinea | 80% | 5 | 1:1,630,463 | 100,826 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Guyana | - | 4 | 1:190,816 | 11,826 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Burkina Faso | 67% | 3 | 1:6,126,490 | 60,119 |
| Honduras | - | 3 | 1:2,939,156 | 20,066 |
| Liberia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,470,687 | 25,732 |
| Moldova | 100% | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Peru | 100% | 3 | 1:10,597,151 | 58,549 |
| Romania | - | 3 | 1:6,683,992 | 44,661 |
| Algeria | 100% | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Greece | - | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Panama | - | 2 | 1:1,953,278 | 31,007 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Costa Rica | - | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Mali | 100% | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
Salman (945,302) may also be a surname.
Salman Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Salman (also transliterated as Salmaan or Selman, Arabic: سلمان) is a male Arabic given name, which comes from the Arabic word silm, from which the word Islam comes from. It means 'safe' or 'secure'.
Pronunciation:
Arabic: [salmaːn], Urdu [səlˈmaaːn].
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Sample size: 366 (2014)
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Salman Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salman in the Russian language | ||
| Салман | salman | - |
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