Salāmah
سلامة
Say it sa-LAA-mah
Safety, well-being
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- s-l-m
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Salama, Salamah, Salaama
Meaning & source
Safety and well-being: Ibn al-Aʿrābī, quoted in Lisān, says salāmah is ʿāfiyah, sound health.
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وَقَالَ ابْنُ الأَعرابي: السَّلامة الْعَافِيَةُ، والسَّلامةُ شَجَرَةٌ.
Who carried this name
- Salāmah bint al-Ḥurr, who narrated from the Prophet ﷺ Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11309 (vol. 8, p. 181)
- Salāmah bint Maʿqil, of Khārijah Qays Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11312 (vol. 8, p. 182)