Salma \s(a)-lma, sal-ma\ as a girl's name is a variant of Salama (Arabic), Salome (Hebrew) and Selma (Old German, Arabic), and the meaning of Salma is "peace; helmet of God; safe".

The baby name Salma sounds like Saloma, Salima, Salmah and Sahlma. Other similar baby names are Dalma, Halma, Palma, Samma, Talma and Valma.