Salma
Salma is a feminine first name that means “peace and safety” in Arabic and originates from the word. It is also a Persian name meaning "sweetheart".People
By surname or second name, including bint- or Umm-:
- Princess Salma bint Abdullah
- Salma bint Amr, great-grandmother of Islamic prophet Muhammad
- Salma bint Umays, sahaba of Islamic prophet Muhammad
- Salma Hale, American politician
- Salma Hayek, Mexican actress
- Salmah Ismail, Singaporean actress and singer
- Salma Khadra Jayyusi, Palestinian writer
- Salma Kikwete, Tanzanian first lady
- Salma Maoulidi, Tanzanian women's rights activist
- Salma Rachid, Moroccan singer
- Lalla Salma, princess consort of Morocco
- Salma Shabana, Egyptian squash player
- Salma Sobhan, Bangladeshi lawyer
- Salma Sultan, Indian journalist
- Salma Umm-ul-Khair, mother of Abū Bakr
- Salma Yaqoob, British politician
- Salma Zahid, Canadian politician
- Salma Amer, Egyptian film director
Places
- Salma, Nepal
- Salma, Syria
- Salma Dam, Afghanistan
Other uses
- Salma, a moth genus in the subfamily Epipaschiinae
- Salma, a 2013 documentary directed by Kim Longinotto
- "Salma Ya Salama", an Egyptian popular song
- South American land mammal age, a geologic timescale term
