# Salim (name)

Salim (also spelled Saleem or Salem or Selim, Arabic: سليم, strictly transliterated as Salīm) is a name of Arabic origin meaning "safe" or "undamaged". Related names are Selima, Salima, Saleemah, and Salma.
When transliterated, the name Salem (Arabic: سالم) can become indistinguishable in English, as the spelling Salim is also used, though with a long a and a short i sounds. Salim is also an Indonesian-Chinese surname based on Lim.

## Surname

* Abubakar Salim (born 1993), British actor
* Ahmed Salim (1989-2024), Bangladeshi painter and convicted murderer hanged in Singapore
* Ali Saleem (born 1979), Pakistani television host
* Ali Selim (born 1960/61), American film director
* Aliyah Saleem (born 1989), British ex-Muslim and human rights activist
* Ezzedine Salim (1943–2004), Iraqi politician
* Huner Saleem (born 1964), Iraqi-Kurdish film director
* Mai Selim (born 1983), Jordanian singer
* Malek Saleem (born 1985), Qatari professional basketball player
* Naziha Salim (1927–2008), Iraqi artist
* Noor Askuzaimey Mat Salim (born 1985), Malaysian boccia player
* Saleh Saleem (born 1953), Israeli politician
* Saleh Selim (1930–2002), Egyptian footballer and actor
* Shakir Mustafa Salim (1919–1985), Iraqi anthropologist
* Sudono Salim (1916–2012) Chinese Indonesian businessman

## Given name
### Saleem

* Saleem (playwright), Palestinian-American gay Muslim playwright, actor, DJ, and dancer
* Saleem Akhtar (1930–2004), Pakistani cricketer
* Saleem Elahi (born 1976), Pakistani cricketer
* Saleem Haddad, (born 1983), Kuwait-born author and aid worker of Iraqi-German and Palestinian-Lebanese descent
* Saleem Jaffar (born 1962), Pakistani cricketer
* Saleem Malik (born 1963), Pakistani cricketer
* Saleem Mohammed (born 1968), English cricketer
* Saleem Rasheed (born 1981), American and Canadian football linebacker and free agent
* Saleem Raza (cricketer) (born 1964), Pakistani cricketer

### Salim

* Salim (poet) (1800–1866), Kurdish poet
* Salim Abanoz (born 1969), Turkish judoka
* Salim Al-Huss (1929-2024), Lebanese politician
* Salim Ali (1896–1987), Indian ornithologist
* Salim Arrache (born 1982), Algerian footballer
* Salim Barakat (born 1951), Kurdish-Syrian novelist and poet
* Salim Al Bustani (1847–1884), Lebanese journalist and writer
* Salim Cissé (born 1992), Guinean footballer
* Salim Durani (1934–2023), Indian cricketer
* Salim Ghouse (1952–2022), Indian actor, theater director and martial artist
* Salim Grant (born 1977), film, voice and mascot actor
* Salim Haidar (1911–1980), Lebanese politician
* Salim Hamdan (born 1968), convicted terrorist of Yemeni descent detained Guantanamo Bay Camp
* Salim Nuruddin Jahangir (1569–1627), Mughal emperor, also known as Prince Salim
* Salim Jreissati (born 1952), Lebanese jurist and politician
* Salim Kerkar (born 1987), French-Algerian footballer
* Salim Abdallah Khalfan (born 1961), Tanzanian politician
* Salim Khan (born 1935), Indian scriptwriter
* Salim Khelifi (born 1994), Swiss-Tunisian footballer
* Salim Mehajer (born 1986), Lebanese-Australian convicted criminal and former politician
* Salim Moin (1961–2020), football coach
* Salim Ahmed Salim (born 1942), Tanzanian diplomat
* Salim Sayegh, Lebanese academic and politician
* Salim Sdiri (born 1978), French long jumper of Tunisian descent
* Salim Shahed (born 1970), Bangladeshi cricket referee and former cricketer
* Salim Tuama (born 1979), Arab Israeli soccer player
* Salim Turky (1963-2020), Tanzanian politician
* Salim Yasin (1937–2016), Syrian politician

### Selim

* Selim I (1465–1520), Ottoman sultan
* Selim II (1524–1574), Ottoman sultan
* Selim III (1761–1808), Ottoman sultan
* Selim I Giray (1631–1704), Crimean khan
* Selim Aga (1826–1875), Sudanese slave
* Selim Al Deen (1949–2008), Bangladeshi playwright and theatre artist
* Selim Benachour (born 1981), Tunisian football player
* Selim Bouadla (born 1988), French-Algerian football player
* Selim Deringil (born 1951), Turkish academic
* Selim Ekbom (1807–1886), Finnish politician
* Selim Franklin (1814–1884), American pioneer
* Selim Giray (born 1970), Turkish-born American violinist
* Selim Gökdemir (born 1960), Turkish businessman
* Selim Hassan (1887–1961), Egyptian egyptologist
* Selim Lemström (1838–1903), Finnish scientist
* Selim Palmgren (1878–1951), Finnish composer, pianist, conductor
* Selim Sadak (born 1954), Turkish politician
* Selim Sahab (born 1941), Egyptian musician
* Selim Sarper (1899–1968), Turkish diplomat and politician
* Selim Sesler (1957–2014), Turkish clarinet virtuoso of Romani heritage
* Selim Sırrı Tarcan (1874–1957), Turkish educator, sports official and politician
* Selim E. Woodworth (1815–1871), American Navy officer
* Selim Mouzannar (born 1963), Lebanese jeweler and civic activist