Salem (name)

Salem (Arabic: سالم, properly transliterated as Sālim; it can also be a transliteration of the Hebrew: שָׁלֵם Shalem; the Jewish and Arabic name is also transliterated as Salem) is an Arabic- and Sephardic Jewish-origin given name and surname, and an English surname of Anglo-Saxon origin.

The Arabic name سليم, properly transliterated as Salim, is also sometimes rendered as Salem in English, though pronounced with a short a, and ee. In Arabic, the two are distinctly different names, although their meanings are similarly related.

Given name

• Salem Al Fakir (born 1981), Swedish musician of Syrian origin. Also part of Vargas & Lagola as Lagola
• Salem al-Hazmi (1981–2001), Saudi hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 in the September 11 attacks
• Salem Abdulaziz Al Sabah (born 1951), Kuwaiti royal and politician
• Salem Nasser Bakheet (born 1977), Bahraini athlete
• Salem bin Laden (1946–1988), Saudi investor
• Salem Chaker (born 1950), Algerian Berberologist
• Salem Chalabi (born 1963), Iraqi-American lawyer
• Salem Choheili (born 1935), Iranian scribe and author
• Salem Ilese (born 1999), American singer-songwriter
• Salem M'Bakata (born 1998), Congolese professional footballer
• Salem Mitchell (born 1998), American model known for her numerous facial freckles
• Salem Poor (1747–1802), African-American soldier
• Salem Saad (1978–2009), Emirati footballer
• Salem Saleh (born 1993), Emirati chess grandmaster

Middle name

• Ali Salem Tamek (born 1973), Sahrawi independence activist

Surname

• Abu Salem (born 1969), Indian mobster
• Ali Salem (1936–2015), Egyptian playwright
• Amr Salem (born 1958), Syrian politician
• El Hedi ben Salem (1935–1977), Moroccan actor
• Elie Salem (born 1930), Lebanese academic and politician
• Emad Salem, Egyptian FBI informant
• Gamal Salem (1918–1968), Egyptian military officer and politician
• Kario Salem (born 1955), American television, film, stage actor and screenwriter
• Lyes Salem (born 1966), Algerian actor and film director
• Mahdi Salem (born 2004), Qatari professional footballer
• Mahmoud Salem (1931–2013), Egyptian journalist and author
• Mamdouh Salem (1918–1988), Egyptian politician
• Mostafa Salem, Libyan administrator

• Nadia Salem, Egyptian filmmaker
• Omran Salem (born 1997), Libyan professional footballer
• Pamela Salem (1944–2024), British film and television actress
• Peter Salem (1750–1816), African-American soldier
• Raphaël Salem (1898–1963), Greek-Sephardic mathematician
• Salah Salem (1920–1962), Egyptian military officer and politician

Fictional characters

• Salem Saberhagen, fictional cat
• Salem, the main antagonist of the animated web series RWBY
• Salem, Tyler The Creator's fictional love interest in his 2013 album Wolf

See also

• Salem (disambiguation)
• Salim (disambiguation), similar name that can become indistinguishable in transliteration

References