The baby name Selim is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Turkish: /seˈlim/ (seh-LEEM); Arabic: /saˈliːm/ (sah-LEEM); English approx.: seh-LEEM.
Selim is Turkish in Origin.
The baby name Selim is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Turkish: /seˈlim/ (seh-LEEM); Arabic: /saˈliːm/ (sah-LEEM); English approx.: seh-LEEM.
Selim is Turkish in Origin.
Selim is a Turkish and Arabic given name from Arabic Salīm (سليم), built on the s-l-m root meaning “safe, unharmed, sound, pure,” with connotations of peace and wholeness. It spread through the Ottoman realm and wider Islamic cultures. Prominent bearers include three Ottoman sultans - Selim I (Yavuz), Selim II, and Selim III - securing its prestige in Turkey and the Balkans. The name is also well established in North Africa and the Levant, and among Bosniak and Albanian Muslims.
Variants include Salim and the South Asian or anglicized Saleem; related names are Salem (Sālim) and the rarer Ottoman-style Selîm. Feminine counterparts appear as Selime or Salima. The name enters European arts as Bassa Selim in Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail. Today Selim balances tradition and simplicity, widely used in Turkish and Arabic-speaking communities and across the diaspora, appreciated for its auspicious sense of safety, integrity, and inner peace.
| Selim I Selim I was the Ottoman sultan best known for ruling the empire from 1512 to 1520 and greatly expanding its power. Also called Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute, he lived from 1470 to 1520. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | Boys | 2025 | #1 | — | 423 |
| Ireland | Boys | 2023 | #1 | — | 807 |
| TM | Boys | 0 | #30 | 7 | 614 |
| AZ | 0 | #40 | 4 | 706 | |
| AL | 0 | #68 | 9 | 2,372 | |
| MV | Boys | 0 | #71 | 9 | 3,375 |
| AZ | Girls | 0 | #75 | 1 | 1,051 |
| JP | 0 | #76 | 2 | 4,057 | |
| SI | 0 | #78 | 3 | 1,612 | |
| MD | Boys | 0 | #81 | 1 | 756 |
| BG | 0 | #82 | 1 | 1,799 | |
| TR | 0 | #87 | 27,455 | 19,440 | |
| KZ | 0 | #94 | 1 | 1,452 | |
| QA | 0 | #100 | 7 | 7,011 | |
| AZ | Boys | 0 | #104 | 27 | 1,400 |
| GE | Boys | 0 | #106 | 5 | 2,055 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #112 | 1,360 | 10,045 |
| HU | 0 | #115 | 1 | 1,675 | |
| SI | Boys | 0 | #118 | 96 | 3,402 |
| KW | 0 | #119 | 3 | 5,216 | |
| OM | 0 | #121 | 1 | 6,215 | |
| AL | Boys | 0 | #122 | 216 | 5,122 |
| BD | 0 | #124 | 106 | 5,992 | |
| Switzerland | Boys | 2024 | #132 | 6 | 1,769 |
| BN | Boys | 0 | #132 | 8 | 6,332 |
| GR | 0 | #133 | 3 | 3,911 | |
| RS | Boys | 0 | #137 | 18 | 2,277 |
| BG | Boys | 0 | #143 | 79 | 3,850 |
| LT | Boys | 0 | #151 | 1 | 2,166 |
| Belgium | Boys | 2024 | #156 | 33 | 401 |
| CR | 0 | #165 | 1 | 5,526 | |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #172 | 3 | 3,954 |
| SI | Girls | 0 | #174 | 4 | 2,769 |
| Sweden | Boys | 2022 | #179 | 4 | 1,509 |
| AE | 0 | #180 | 8 | 10,220 | |
| RU | 0 | #193 | 2 | 3,641 | |
| DK | 0 | #206 | 1 | 5,198 | |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #212 | 9 | 4,970 |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #222 | 46 | 6,912 |
| AL | Girls | 0 | #223 | 5 | 4,141 |
| PS | 0 | #226 | 1 | 5,692 | |
| BG | Girls | 0 | #229 | 3 | 3,559 |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #237 | 1 | 7,146 |
| EC | Boys | 0 | #246 | 1 | 3,322 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #248 | 1,622 | 15,035 |
| France | Boys | 2021 | #251 | 145 | 2,865 |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #253 | 1 | 6,830 |
| HR | Boys | 0 | #254 | 6 | 3,997 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #265 | 25 | 6,578 |
| NG | 0 | #270 | 3 | 5,926 | |
| TN | 0 | #274 | 1,357 | 13,765 | |
| SA | 0 | #275 | 21 | 10,560 | |
| SG | 0 | #282 | 1 | 11,010 | |
| Canada | Boys | 2024 | #289 | 18 | 2,588 |
| Austria | Boys | 0 | #290 | 158 | 2,180 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #295 | 9 | 7,909 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #298 | 28 | 7,401 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #299 | 18 | 15,378 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #305 | 1 | 6,530 |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #328 | 2 | 7,429 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #330 | 2 | 9,639 |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #332 | 1 | 5,862 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #336 | 5 | 6,459 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #340 | 47 | 8,413 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #344 | 53 | 15,987 |
| MY | 0 | #354 | 1 | 12,352 | |
| EG | 0 | #355 | 46 | 6,387 | |
| HK | 0 | #357 | 1 | 8,483 | |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #366 | 4 | 8,477 |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #379 | 3 | 7,951 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #381 | 9 | 7,057 |
| NL | 0 | #381 | 11 | 2,481 | |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #382 | 64 | 10,523 |
| BH | 0 | #385 | 169 | 17,937 | |
| Germany | 0 | #386 | 52 | 2,542 | |
| YE | 0 | #390 | 9 | 8,639 | |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #391 | 815 | 5,697 |
| BO | 0 | #404 | 5 | 6,868 | |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #408 | 1 | 11,440 |
| Finland | Boys | 0 | #410 | 18 | 2,041 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #412 | 611 | 17,948 |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #413 | 1 | 5,922 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #415 | 91 | 12,621 |
| CL | 0 | #433 | 2 | 6,867 | |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #434 | 361 | 18,755 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #450 | 255 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #467 | 244 | 18,093 |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #480 | 4 | 7,628 |
| LY | 0 | #490 | 46 | 12,703 | |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #497 | 19 | 19,177 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #499 | 7 | 9,305 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #509 | 2 | 10,188 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #510 | 44 | 20,968 |
| CO | 0 | #510 | 1 | 7,768 | |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #518 | 8 | 11,303 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #521 | 3 | 11,913 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #529 | 139 | 13,071 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #533 | 16 | 10,655 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #538 | 1,986 | 28,008 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #543 | 10 | 10,162 |
| LB | 0 | #545 | 114 | 13,263 | |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #556 | 2 | 12,905 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #560 | 1 | 11,671 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #568 | 115 | 3,552 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #574 | 2 | 12,054 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #579 | 14 | 9,244 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #594 | 14 | 10,983 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #617 | 15 | 13,121 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #621 | 45 | 13,390 |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #629 | 2 | 8,289 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #631 | 2 | 18,916 |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #648 | 4 | 9,488 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #649 | 2 | 16,104 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #664 | 466 | 22,615 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #694 | 263 | 5,873 |
| IT | 0 | #700 | 15 | 4,183 | |
| SY | 0 | #711 | 18 | 11,684 | |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #785 | 1 | 12,213 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #813 | 147 | 14,742 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #817 | 186 | 16,750 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #821 | 115 | 25,931 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #823 | 4 | 15,093 |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #829 | 64 | 7,044 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #864 | 15 | 14,506 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #910 | 21 | 5,610 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #913 | 3 | 14,098 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #915 | 37 | 16,906 |
| DZ | 0 | #917 | 261 | 20,130 | |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #929 | 184 | 25,439 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #956 | 27 | 16,355 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #976 | 514 | 10,046 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #980 | 2 | 15,656 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,009 | 2 | 14,861 |
| MA | 0 | #1,065 | 64 | 20,986 | |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,066 | 7 | 24,821 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,167 | 12 | 25,619 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,264 | 4 | 17,781 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,431 | 16 | 9,415 |
Selim is popular in 78 countries — most recent births per country:
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