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Salif

/SAH-leef/Fulani & Wolof · a boy’s name

“Righteous, virtuous, or pious.”

In Fulani

How to say it
SAH-leef
Given to
Boys
Used in
Nigeria, Senegal, Guinea, Mali
How common
common

From the same family

01Salih“Righteous, good, and virtuous”Fulanimale→︎02Saliha“Righteous, good, and virtuous”Fulanifemale→︎03Salim“Peaceful, safe, and well”Fulanimale→︎04Salima“Peaceful, safe, and well”Fulanifemale→︎05Salimata“Safe, peaceful, and protected”Fulanifemale→︎06Salisu“Third; traditionally, a third-born child.”Fulanimale→︎

In Wolof

How to say it
sah-LEEF
Given to
Boys
Used in
Senegal, Gambia
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

SalifSalifu

From the same family

01Salih“A good-hearted and upright person”Wolofmale→︎02Saliha“A good-hearted and upright woman”Woloffemale→︎03Salim“A peaceful and whole-hearted person”Wolofmale→︎04Salima“A peaceful and secure woman”Woloffemale→︎05Salimata“Peaceful, safe, and whole”Woloffemale→︎06Saliou“Righteous, virtuous, and good-hearted”Wolofmale→︎