Salem (name)

Salem (سالم, properly transliterated as Sālim; it can also be a transliteration of the שָׁלֵם Shalem; the Jewish and Arabic name is also transliterated as Salem) is an Arabic- and Sephardic Jewish-origin given name and surname, and an English surname of Anglo-Saxon origin.

The Arabic name سليم, properly transliterated as Salim, is also sometimes rendered as Salem in English, though pronounced with a short a, and ee. In Arabic, the two are distinctly different names, although their meanings are similarly related.

Given name

 * Salem Al Fakir (born 1981), Swedish musician of Syrian origin. Also part of Vargas & Lagola as Lagola
 * Salem al-Hazmi (1981–2001), Saudi hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 in the September 11 attacks
 * Salem Abdulaziz Al Sabah (born 1951), Kuwaiti royal and politician
 * Salem Nasser Bakheet (born 1977), Bahraini athlete
 * Salem bin Laden (1946–1988), Saudi investor
 * Salem Chaker (born 1950), Algerian Berberologist
 * Salem Chalabi (born 1963), Iraqi-American lawyer
 * Salem Choheili (born 1935), Iranian scribe and author
 * Salem Ilese (born 1999), American singer-songwriter
 * Salem M'Bakata (born 1998), Congolese professional footballer
 * Salem Mitchell (born 1998), American model known for her numerous facial freckles
 * Salem Poor (1747–1802), African-American soldier
 * Salem Saad (1978–2009), Emirati footballer
 * Salem Saleh (born 1993), Emirati chess grandmaster

Middle name

 * Ali Salem Tamek (born 1973), Sahrawi independence activist

Surname

 * Abu Salem (born 1969), Indian mobster
 * Ali Salem (1936–2015), Egyptian playwright
 * Amr Salem (born 1958), Syrian politician
 * El Hedi ben Salem (1935–1977), Moroccan actor
 * Elie Salem (born 1930), Lebanese academic and politician
 * Emad Salem, Egyptian FBI informant
 * Gamal Salem (1918–1968), Egyptian military officer and politician
 * Kario Salem (born 1955), American television, film, stage actor and screenwriter
 * Lyes Salem (born 1966), Algerian actor and film director
 * Mahdi Salem (born 2004), Qatari professional footballer
 * Mahmoud Salem (1931–2013), Egyptian journalist and author
 * Mamdouh Salem (1918–1988), Egyptian politician
 * Mostafa Salem, Libyan administrator


 * Nadia Salem, Egyptian filmmaker
 * Omran Salem (born 1997), Libyan professional footballer
 * Pamela Salem (1944–2024), British film and television actress
 * Peter Salem (1750–1816), African-American soldier
 * Raphaël Salem (1898–1963), Greek-Sephardic mathematician
 * Salah Salem (1920–1962), Egyptian military officer and politician

Fictional characters

 * Salem Saberhagen, fictional cat
 * Salem, the main antagonist of the animated web series RWBY''
 * Salem, Tyler The Creator's fictional love interest in his 2013 album Wolf