Salim
Salim means Safe, sound, peaceful; Gulf Kerala Muslim name.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Malayalam |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Starts with | S |
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Safe, sound, peaceful; Gulf Kerala Muslim name”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Salma — Safe, peaceful, good health
- Zain — Meanings families give: Beauty, grace; Beauty, grace, ornament; Gulf Kerala Muslim name
- Firoz — Victorious, turquoise stone, Gulf Kerala name
- Thanseeha — Praiseworthy, virtuous, Muslim Kerala
- Hassan — Handsome, good, Mappila Muslim Kerala name
- Faisal — Decisive, a judge, Mappila Muslim name
More boys' names of Malayalam origin
- Mohammed — Praised, the Prophet; prominent Mappila name
- Mathew — Gift of God, prominent Kerala Christian name
- Thomas — Twin, Kerala Syrian Christian foremost name
- Joseph — God increases, prominent Kerala Christian name
- Jose — God will add, popular Kerala Latin Christian name
- Unnikrishnan — Meanings families give: Young Krishna; Baby Krishna, infant form of the divine
Where this comes from
Salim has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.