Type Surname (from nickname)
Usage Arabic, Indonesian, Pakistani, Indian (Muslim)
Scripts مسلم(Arabic, Urdu)
Meaning & History
From the Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim), the active participle of أَسْلَمَ (ʾaslama) "to surrender, expose" (from the same root of the word Islam). The term denotes a follower of Islam.