Salma

Where Salma comes from

Borrowed from Arabic سَلْمَى (salmā).
— Wiktionary's entry for Salma
  • Vowel-ended
Salma through the years
  1. 1918
    First appearance
    #4,291 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1966
    Salma Hayek born
    Mexican and American actress
  3. 1995
    Around this time: Salma Hayek in Desperado
    Film, 1995 · Source
  4. 1999
    Peak, #569
    442 babies named Salma, the most in any year.
  5. 2003
    Salma Paralluelo born
    Spanish association football player
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Salma Hayek · Mexican and American actress, born 1966
  • Salma Paralluelo · Spanish association football player, born 2003
  • Salma Agha · actress, singer, born 1956
  • Salma Jayyusi · Palestinian poet, writer, translator and anthologist, 1926–2023
  • Salma Mumin · Ghanaian actress, born 1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.