Selim

seh-LEEM

Turkish variation of Salim, Arabic

"safe"

Selim Origin and Meaning

Variation of Salim

Popularity of the name Selim

• 1000 Unique 2019
• 263 Germany 2016
• 69 Turkey 2021

Famous People Named Selim

• Selim name of several Ottoman sultans
• Selim Al Deen (1949 2008), Bangladeshi playwright
• Selim Bouadla French,Algerian football player playing for Hungary
• Selim Curukkaya Kurdish writer and founding member of PKK
• Selim Erdogan Turkish poet
• Selim Franklin (1814 '84), American pioneer, chess master & legislator
• Selim Giray Turkish,born American violinist, researcher & conductor
• Selim Hassan (1887 1961), Egyptian Egyptologist & writer
• Selim Hoss veteran Lebanese politician & former Prime Minister
• Selim Lemouchi lead guitarist of occult band "The Devil's Blood"
• Selim Palmgren (1878 1951), Finnish composer, pianist & conductor
• Selim Sadak Kurdish,Turkish politician
• Selim Sahab prominent Egyptian conducter & composer
• Selim Tataroglu Turkish judoka & Olympian
• Selim Zilkha entrepreneur who founded Mothercare retail chain

The name Selim in Pop Culture

• Selim character in Turkish TV series "The Road of Emir"
• Selim alias used in Turkish TV series "I Named Her Feriha"
• Selim Reis friend of the Emerson family in Amelia Peabody series
• Selim Bradley character in Japanese manga and anime "Fullmetal Alchemist"
• Sultan Selim character in Turkish television series "Magnificent Century"