Girl name Amharic origin Christian tradition

Selam

SEH-lahm · 5 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Peace
Language
Amharic
Culture
Ethiopian/Amharic
Religion
Christian
Style era
modern
Themes
peace · virtue
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#17234
2024 births5
Peak year1998
First appeared1988
Total US births205
1998 peak19881997200620152024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Sel
Alternate spellings
SelamiSelamn
In other languages
Selam (Amharic)Salaam (Arabic cognate)

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Notable people named Selam

Selam Tesfaye (journalist)
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