Salma

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Female Female Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Iceland Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Latin spelling of the Arabic name سلمى (Salma)

1) Arabic variant form of Salima (see Salim) [1]

2) Arabic سلمى (salma) = 'most loyal', 'most faithful' [1] [2]

3) Arabic name meaning 'beloved one' [3]

Related Names

Salma
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Danish Finish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish

See also Selma

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Sölmuson Iceland

Female

Sölmudóttir Iceland

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Salma
Genitive: Salmas
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Salma
Genitive: Salman
Partitive: Salmaa
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Salma
Accusative: Sölmu
Dative: Sölmu
Genitive: Sölmu
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Salma
Genitive: Salmas
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Salma
Genitive: Salmas

Further Information

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[5]
1461 1553 1461 1551 0 2
Denmark Denmark[6]
514
n.a.
514
n.a.
0
n.a.
Finland Finland[7]
n.a.
392
n.a.
392 0 0
Iceland Iceland[8]
10 10
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[9]
483
n.a.
483
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[10]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: 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.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Salma (f) Sources: [5][6][9][7]


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  2. Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  3. Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Ordbog over muslimske fornavne i Danmark (2005)
  4. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  5. 5.0 5.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. 6.0 6.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  7. 7.0 7.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  8. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  9. 9.0 9.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  10. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/