Family name origins & meanings
- Muslim : from a personal name based on Arabic salām ‘peace’, ‘safety’, ‘security’. As-Salām ‘the All-Peaceable’ is an attribute of Allah. As-salāmu ‛alaikum ‘peace be upon you’ is a universal greeting among Muslims. Salām is used in combination with other words to form names, e.g. ‛Abdus Salām ‘servant of the All-Peaceable’, i.e. Allah. This name is widespread throughout the Muslim world. It is a cognate of the Jewish and Christian Biblical name Solomon (Arabic form Suleiman).