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Salma

/SAL-ma/Fulani & Hausa & Somali & Swahili & Wolof · a girl’s name

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In Fulani

How to say it
SAL-ma
Given to
Girls
Used in
Nigeria, Senegal, Guinea, Mali
How common
common

In Hausa

How to say it
SAL-mah
Given to
Girls
Used in
Nigeria, Niger
How common
uncommon
For a boy
Salman

From the same family

In Somali

How to say it
SAHL-mah
Given to
Girls
Used in
Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

SalmaSalamaa

From the same family

In Swahili

How to say it
SAL-mah
Given to
Girls
Used in
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
How common
common · also a surname

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

SalmaSelma

In Wolof

How to say it
SAL-mah
Given to
Girls
Used in
Senegal, Gambia
How common
uncommon

From the same family