Salem is an alternate description of the Arabic name Salim, meaning ‘safe, intact’. But Salem is also a modern English creation, inspired by the name of the biblical town. Its name is Hebrew and means ‘safe, peaceful’.
Salem is a name for all genders, somewhat more commonly used for girls.
Few children have been named Salem in recent years. Although it is used several times each year, only approximately 14 out of 100,000 children are currently called Salem. Whether you’re a boy or a girl, you will most likely be the only person with the special name Salem at your school. In our SmartGenius ranking, Salem is number *** on the list of most common first names.
Salem is an alternate description of the Arabic name Salim, meaning ‘safe, intact’. But Salem is also a modern English creation, inspired by the name of the biblical town. Its name is Hebrew and means ‘safe, peaceful’.
In the US,... Salem is only in use since the 2010s.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter S is a real popular first letter for given names. That’s because 7.7% of all common frist names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letters A, J and K are more common for first names.
With five letters, the name Salem is comparatively short. In fact, 17.0% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly five letters. Only 7% of all first names are even shorter, while 75% have more than five letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that if 7.7% of all first names start with an S, this initial letter occurs more than twice as often as all 26 letters on average.
If your name is Salem and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Salem, you can simply say:
Sun
Apple
Lion
Elephant
Mouse
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Salem
Salem
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
S
A
L
E
M
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
S
A
L
E
M
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Salem sounds like this:
