Salman (name)

SalmanPronunciation| Arabic: [salˈmaːn]
Urdu [səlˈmaːn]

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Gender| Male
Origin
Meaning| "Safe" or "Secure"
Region of origin| Arabic

Salman or Salmaan or sal-mahn (Arabic: سَلْمان salmān), also spelt Sulman or Selman, is an Arabic male given name meaning "Safe" or "Secure".

## Given name

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* Salman the Persian, one of Muhammad's companions
* Salman Abedi, terrorist responsible for the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017
* Salman Ahmad, Pakistani pop artist and member of the band Junoon
* Salman Ali, Indian singer
* Salman bin Sultan Al Saud, Saudi royal and politician
* Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer
* Salman Al-Farij, Saudi Arabian footballer
* Salman Habaka, Israel Defense Forces officer, of Druze-Arab descent
* Salman Irshad, Pakistani cricketer
* Salman Khan (born 1976), American educator
* Salman Khan, Indian film actor
* Salman Khurshid, Indian politician
* Salmaan King, South African footballer
* Salman Mazahiri (1946–2020), Indian Muslim scholar
* Salman Raduyev, Chechen separatist warlord
* Salman Rushdie, British-Indian novelist
* Salman Shah (actor), Bangladeshi film actor
* Salman Shah (economist), Pakistani economist and finance minister
* Salman Shahid, Pakistani actor
* Salmaan Taseer (1944–2011), Pakistani businessman and politician
* Salman Yusuff Khan, Indian dancer and actor

## Surname

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* Ali Salman, Bahraini Twelver Shi'a cleric and Secretary-General of the Al-Wefaq political society
* David Salman (1936–2010), American legislator known for sponsoring the first bill for use of medical marijuana in New Mexico, U.S.
* Dulquer Salmaan, Indian Malayalam film actor and playback singer active from 2012
* Hussain Salman, Bahraini footballer
* İlyas Salman, Turkish actor, film director, author, screenwriter and musician
* Karim Salman (1965–2020), Iraqi footballer
* Saad Salman, Iraqi-French film director
* Marcus Sahlman, Swedish footballer
* Peyman Salmani, Iranian footballer
* Athena Salman, Arizona House of Representatives member
* William A. Sahlman, American professor emeritus at the Harvard Business School

## See also

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* All pages with titles containing Salman
* Suleiman, a name, including a list of variants
* Arabic name
* Salmon (given name)
* Salmon (surname)
* Selman (disambiguation)
* Sulman

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