Salman
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic. Borrowed from Arabic سَلْمَان (salmān).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Salman (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Salman has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2015. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | 3 |
| 2007 | 5 |
| 2008 | 5 |
| 2009 | 10 |
| 2010 | 8 |
| 2011 | 10 |
| 2012 | 8 |
| 2013 | 27 |
| 2014 | 27 |
| 2015 | 29 |
| 2016 | 27 |
| 2017 | 26 |
| 2018 | 22 |
| 2019 | 17 |
| 2020 | 21 |
| 2021 | 12 |
| 2022 | 13 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 75 |
| 2000 | 83 |
| 2001 | 87 |
| 2002 | 94 |
| 2003 | 101 |
| 2004 | 109 |
| 2005 | 118 |
| 2006 | 129 |
| 2007 | 141 |
| 2008 | 171 |
| 2009 | 202 |
| 2010 | 232 |
| 2011 | 250 |
| 2012 | 269 |
| 2013 | 323 |
| 2014 | 353 |
| 2015 | 407 |
| 2016 | 457 |
| 2017 | 516 |
| 2018 | 567 |
| 2019 | 606 |
| 2020 | 631 |
Salman in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Salman.Hi! My name is Salman.
- Salman bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Salman lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Jag ska fika med Salman i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Salman this afternoon.
- Salmans mamma är lärare.Salman's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Salmans mamma is Salman's mum.
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Questions about Salman
How do you pronounce Salman in Swedish?
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What does the name Salman mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic. Borrowed from Arabic سَلْمَان (salmān).
How popular is Salman in Sweden?
13 babies were named Salman in 2022. In 2020, 631 people in Sweden had Salman as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2015 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.