Given nameUnisex

Selam

/suh-LAHM/

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Meaning

Peace.

Selam is "peace" in Amharic and Tigrinya, and also the everyday greeting, the way one says hello is to wish peace. It anchors names like Selamawit ("she is peaceful").

Selam is also the Ethiopian name for "Lucy", the 3.2-million-year-old ancestor, making it a quiet claim on the deepest human roots.

In the same family

SelamawitThe fuller feminine form, "she of peace".

Who carries it

Amhara Tigrinya (Tigray-Tigrinya)

Provenance

generated: 2026-07-04
source: Model-knowledge aggregation pass (2026-07-04); unverified, awaiting community affirmation.

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