Salman is an Arabic name that means "safe" or "secure", from the same root as salam, peace. It was the name of Salman the Persian, a companion of the prophet Muhammad, and in modern times it belongs to the writer Salman Rushdie and the Bollywood star Salman Khan. In the United States Salman is used by Muslim families: it stood at number 1961 in 2000, peaked at number 1264 in 2015 and ranks number 2511 among boys' names in 2025.