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Salma

Usually a girl's name

Meaning
No settled meaning: an old Arabic name from a root tied to safety and peace No settled meaning

Often said to mean 'peace'; the dictionaries cited here tie it only to the root.

Origin
Arabic
Popularity

US 2025: #937 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #622

Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This name's meaning doesn't link to one of the five elements, so it isn't matched to a chart here.

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