Forename سلمى

Throughout the world, سلمى (Salma , Selma , سلمى ) is a prevalent female given name. The first name سلمى is habitual in Morocco, where it is a common principally feminine, but scarcely boy's name, Egypt, and Turkey, where it is a common girly name (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in India, Egypt, and Turkey. Much less frequently, سلمى is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish سلمى is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name سلمى

name Саломе, name סלמה, name סלומה, name Salma, name Selma, name Сальма, name Селма, name サロメ, name সালমা, name Салома, name Сельма, name Салма, name Залмай, name Salmah, name Зелма, name سلمہ, name Zelma, name סלמא, name सलमा, name セルマ, name Zalmay, name Slma, name Соломія, name Salmine, name Соломия, name سالومه, name سلمى, name Зельма, name Salomé, name Salome

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Selma, Salma	Morocco, Egypt, Brazil, India, Turkey
سلمى	Morocco, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia
Селма	Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria

First names said to be same

Salmah, Salmine, Salome, Salomé, Slma, Zalmay, Zelma, Залмай, Зелма, Зельма, Салма, Салома, Саломе, Сальма, Сельма, Соломия, Соломія, סלומה, סלמא, סלמה, سالومه, سلمہ, सलमा, সালমা, サロメ, and セルマ

First name سلمى in the context

سلمى is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Selma Bouvier , the character on The Simpsons; Selma Reesedale , the Gotham Girls character; Janissary , the character from DC comics; SELMA , the fictional character from the television series Time Trax and Selma , the operatic character in the opera Gegen die Wand, among other works.

Notable namesakes

	سلمى بنت جبران الصائغ Lebanese writer and teacher, LB (b. 1889)
	سلمى سمر الدملوجي Iraqi British architect, professor and author, LB (b. 1954)
	سلمى المصري Syrian actress, SY (b. 1958)
	سلمى الملائكة Iraqi poet, IQ (b. 1909)
	سلمى الخضراء الجيوسي Palestinian poet, writer, translator and anthologist, PS (b. 1926)
	سلمى بناني Moroccan royal, MA (b. 1978)
	سلمى الراضي Iraqi archaeologist, IQ (b. 1939)
	سلمى الماجدي Sudanese football manager, SD (b. 1990)
	سلمى رشيد Moroccan singer, MA (b. 1994)
	سلمى يوسف Egyptian squash player, EG (b. 1994)
	سلمى حسن Administrator of the Anseba Region, Eritrea, ER (b. 1950)
	سلمى الشماع EG (b. 1948)
	سلمى عبد المقصود EG
	سلمى الدباغ British-Palestinian writer, PS (b. 1970)
	سلمى شبانه Egyptian squash player, EG (b. 1976)