Salman or Salmaan (Arabic: سَلْمان salmān), also spelt Selman, is an Arabic male given name meaning "obedient, disciplined, humble, loyal, devoted, faithful, observant, sincere, truthful", "submissive, kingly.
Given name
Salman the Persian, one of Muhammad's companions
Salman of Saudi Arabia, King of Saudi Arabia
Salman, Crown Prince of Bahrain
Salman Abedi, terrorist responsible for the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017
Salman Ahmad, Pakistani pop artist and member of the band Junoon
Selman Akbulut, Turkish mathematician
Salman Ali, Indian singer
Salman bin Sultan Al Saud, Saudi royal and politician
Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer
Salman Al-Farij, Saudi Arabian footballer
Salman Irshad, Pakistani cricketer
Salman Khan, Indian Politician
Salman Khan, educator
Salman Khan, Indian film actor
Salman Khurshid, Indian politician
Salmaan King, South African footballer
Salman Mazahiri (1946–2020), Indian Muslim scholar
Salman Raduyev, Chechen separatist warlord
Selman Reis, Ottoman admiral
Salman Rushdie, British-Indian novelist
Salman Shah, Bangladeshi film actor
Salman Shahid, Pakistani actor
Selman Stërmasi, Albanian footballer
Salmaan Taseer (1944–2011), Pakistani businessman and politician
Salman Yusuff Khan, Indian dancer and actor
Surname
Ali Salman, Bahraini Twelver Shi'a cleric and Secretary-General of the Al-Wefaq political society Bart Selman, professor of computer science at Cornell University David Salman (1936–2010), American legislator known for sponsoring the first bill for use of medical marijuana in New Mexico Dulquer Salmaan (born 1986), Indian Malayalam film actor and playback singer active from 2012 Hussain Salman, Bahraini footballer İlyas Salman, Turkish actor, film director, author, screenwriter and musician John Selman (disambiguation) Karim Salman (1965–2020), Iraqi footballer Saad Salman, Iraqi-French film director Marcus Sahlman, Swedish footballer Peyman Salmani, Iranian footballer Athena Salman, Arizona House of Representatives member
See also
Arabic name
Salmon (given name) Salmon (surname) Solomon (name) Salomon (surname) Zalman (name)