Salman (name)

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

Salman

Pronunciation	Arabic: [salˈmaːn] Urdu [səlˈmaːn]
Gender	Male
Origin
Meaning	"Safe" or "Secure"
Region of origin	Arabic

Given name

• 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
• Joshua Selman (born 1980), Nigerian Televangelist

Surname

• Mario Salman (born 1969), Chilean-American Advertising Creative Director, of Palestinian and Syrian roots
• 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

• 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