Salman (name)

SalmanPronunciation| Arabic: [salˈmaːn]
Urdu [səlˈmaːn]

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

Salman, 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 (568–652/53), one of Muhammad's companions
* Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1935), King of Saudi Arabia
* Salman Khan (born 1965), Indian actor and producer
* Salman Ahmad (born 1963), Pakistani pop artist and member of the band Junoon
* Salman Musayev (born 1958), Azerbaijani Islamic scholar and mufti
* Salman Ali, Indian singer
* Salman bin Sultan Al Saud (born 1976), Saudi royal and politician
* Salman Butt (born 1984), Pakistani cricketer
* Salman Al-Farij (born 1989), Saudi Arabian footballer
* Salman Habaka (1990–2023), Israel Defense Forces officer, of Druze-Arab descent
* Salman Hashimikov (1952-2025), Russian wrestler
* Salman Irshad (born 1995), Pakistani cricketer
* Salman Khan (born 1976), American educator
* Salman Khurshid (born 1953), Indian politician
* Salmaan King (born 1985), South African footballer
* Salman Mazahiri (1946–2020), Indian Muslim scholar
* Salman Raduyev (1967–2002), Chechen separatist warlord
* Salman Rushdie (born 1947), British-Indian novelist
* Salman Shah (actor) (1971–1996), Bangladeshi film actor
* Salman Shah (economist) (born 1950), Pakistani economist and finance minister
* Salman Shahid (born 1952), Pakistani actor
* Salmaan Taseer (1944–2011), Pakistani businessman and politician
* Salman Yusuff Khan (born 1985), Indian dancer and actor

## Surname

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* Ali Salman (born 1965), 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 (born 1983/86), Indian Malayalam film actor and playback singer active from 2012
* Hussain Salman (born 1982), Bahraini footballer
* İlyas Salman (born 1949), Turkish actor, film director, author, screenwriter and musician
* Karim Salman (1965–2020), Iraqi footballer
* Saad Salman (born 1950), Iraqi-French film director
* Marcus Sahlman (born 1985), Swedish footballer
* Peyman Salmani (born 1994), Iranian footballer
* Athena Salman (born 1989), 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
* Zalman

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