Salman (name)

Salman
Pronunciation	Arabic: [salˈmaːn]; Urdu [səlˈmaːn]
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

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

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

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Surname

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