Selim

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Male Name

Usage

Finnish
Swedish
Danish
Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

Turkish form of the Arabic name سليم (Salim)

Arabic سلم (salima) = 'safe, sound' ^{[1] [2]}

Related Names

Seela	♂
Seeli	♂
Seelim	♂
Seelu	♂
Seimi	♂
Selim	♂
Selmi	♂

For female forms see Salma

Name Day

Finland (Swedish Language)

4 June

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[3]		2	13	227	382
Denmark[4]		0	n.a.	96	n.a
Norway[5]		0	0	43	54
Finland[6]		n.a.	3	n.a	1204
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Selim.

Sources: ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
2. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi