Salman
Boy name · 18 babies recorded · 1974–2025
Salman: 18 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to boys, peaking at 5 births in 1999.
Salman traces its roots to Arabic, where it means "safe" or "peaceful," derived from the Semitic root S-L-M that also gives us "Islam" and "salaam." The most globally recognised bearer is Salman Rushdie, the celebrated author whose novel *Midnight's Children* won the Booker Prize; another is Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, who has reigned since 2015. In the world of Bollywood, actor Salman Khan is one of India's biggest film stars. The name is occasionally given in Scotland, likely reflecting the country's growing multicultural communities. A notable variant is the Turkish Süleyman or the biblical Solomon, which shares the same root meaning of peace and wholeness.
Boy 5 of 52 years
- Peak year
- 19995 babies
- Latest (2013)
- #6873 babies
- Total births
- 18since 1998
- 5-year trend
- ≈ stablevs prior 5y