Meaning of name Selima

The name Selima has the following meaning:

It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

As a baby girl name, Selima is currently not a popular baby name in the USA.

There are no available USA popularity statistics for the name Selima for the past 100 years. However, the following chart shows the popularity ranking for the name Salome, of which the name Selima is a variant.

The name Selima is very likely a(n) Hebrew variant of the name Salome. See other suggested Hebrew girl baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Salome.

The following names are baby names related to Selima and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Selima: Boys - Adriel, Dathan, Dori, Dov, Dovev, Haskell, Mordecai, Mordechai, Nadav, Nirel, Noam, Solomon, Girls - Alia, Eve, Galilea, Johnna, Mahala, Mahalah, Mozell, Orah, Sherron, Both genders - Anna, Betty, David, Mary

The name Selima is a variant of Salome. Other popular variants of the name Salome are: Sahlma, Salama (Arabic), Salima, Salma, Salmah, Saloma, Salome (French), Salomea (Polish), Salomey, Salomi, Salomia, Selima, Selma, Solome, Solomea

We think the name Selima should fall under the following style category: The 70's.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Selima to be: A proper girl who does everything by the book

In one word, you might describe Selima as a(n) "rule-abiding" person.

See other "rule-abiding" names for girls.