What does the name Salma mean?

Salma means "Safe, peaceful, good health". It is a girl's name of Malayalam origin.

Salma

Salma means Safe, peaceful, good health.

Gender	girl
Origin	Malayalam
Language	Malayalam
Starts with	S

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Safe, peaceful, good health”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Salim — Safe, sound, peaceful; Gulf Kerala Muslim name
Ayush — Long life, one with good health
Aarav — Peaceful sound, wisdom
Nishant — Dawn, end of night, peaceful
Prashanth — Peaceful, calm
Amanjot — Light of peace, peaceful flame

More girls' names of Malayalam origin

Anaswara — Eternal, indestructible
Fathima — Daughter of the Prophet, one who abstains
Athira — Quick, fast, swift like lightning
Mariam — Beloved, bitter sea, Kerala Christian
Aleena — Noble, soft, delicate, silky
Ayisha — Alive, prosperous, wife of Prophet

Where this comes from

Salma 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.