Meaning. Peaceful, complete. Salem (Arabic: سالم‎‎, properly transliterated as SÄlim ; it can also be a transliteration of the Hebrew: שָ×לֵ×‎‎ Shalem ; the Arabic name is also transliterated as Salim ) is an Arabic-origin given name and surname, also a Sephardic Jewish surname , and a surname of English origin.