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Selamnesh

ሰላምነሽ

/seh-lahm-NESH/Amharic · a girl’s name

“You are peace”

How to say it
seh-lahm-NESH
Traditional Amharic spelling
ሰላምነሽ
Used in
Ethiopia
How common
uncommon

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

Selamneshሰላምነሽ

Nicknames & short forms

Selam

From the same family

01Selam“Peace”Amharicany→︎02Selamawi“A peaceful and calm person”Amharicmale→︎03Selamawit“Peaceful; full of peace”Amharicfemale→︎04Aman“Peace and security”Amharicany→︎05Firdawsi“Paradise; a life filled with beauty and peace”Amharicfemale→︎06Islam“Devotion and submission to God, with associations of peace and wholeness”Amharicmale→︎07Jannat“A child who brings the peace and joy of paradise”Amharicfemale→︎08Rida“Contentment, peace, and gracious acceptance”Amharicfemale→︎09Salim“A man who brings peace and security”Amharicmale→︎10Salima“A peaceful and protected woman”Amharicfemale→︎11Soliyana“Commonly glossed as “sunshine” or “sunlight”; it is not an established Amharic expression for peace and grace.”Amharicfemale→︎12Yirgalem““May the world be calm/at peace.””Amharicfemale→︎