# Salma

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #38,608

## Definitions
1. A female given name.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سَلْمَى (salmā).

## Easily confused with
- **Sam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salma-vs-sam)
- **SMA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salma-vs-sma)
- **SLA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salma-vs-sla)
- **same** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salma-vs-same)
- **salt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salma-vs-salt)
- **Sara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salma-vs-sara)
- **Sami** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salma-vs-sami)
- **soma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salma-vs-soma)
- **SATA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salma-vs-sata)
- **sola** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salma-vs-sola)
- **saya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salma-vs-saya)
- **Santa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salma-vs-santa)
- **salon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salma-vs-salon)
- **silva** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salma-vs-silva)
- **salty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salma-vs-salty)
- **Sasha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salma-vs-sasha)
- **Sammy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salma-vs-sammy)
- **salsa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salma-vs-salsa)
- **sigma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salma-vs-sigma)
- **Salts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salma-vs-salts)

## Common misspellings (6)
`aslma`, `sallma`, `salmma`, `samla`, `slama`, `ssalma`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/salma