Salimata is a feminine West African given name, a form of Salima, the feminine form of Arabic

Salim Salim, Saleem or Selim may refer to: People *Salim (name), or Saleem or Salem or Selim, a name of Arabic origin **Salim (poet) (1800–1866), Kurdish poet **Saleem (playwright), Palestinian-American gay Muslim playwright, actor, DJ, and dancer * ...

, which means "safe" or intact". Notable people with the given name include: *Salimata Diarra (born 1994), Malian footballer *

Salimata Fofana Salimata Fofana is an Ivorian judoka. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 52-kg event at the 2015 African Games held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 52-kg event at the 2016 Afri ...

(born 1997), Ivorian judoka *Salimata Koné (born 1990), Malian footballer *

Salimata Lam Salimata Lam is a Mauritania, Mauritanian Human rights activists, human rights defender. She is an anti-slavery activist, and national coordinator of the Human rights in Mauritania, human rights non-governmental organisation S.O.S. Esclaves. Bio ...

( 2017–present), Mauritanian human rights activist *

Salimata Sawadogo Salimata or Salamata Sawadogo Tapsoba (born December 31, 1958, in Ouagadougou, Upper Volta) is the former chair of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. She is also a magistrate, and (as of 2006), the Ambassador of Burkina Faso t ...

(born 1958), Burkinabé diplomat and magistrate *

Salimata Simporé Salimata Simporé (born 29 January 1987) is a Burkinabé footballer who plays as a forward for Belarusian Premier League club FC Minsk and the Burkina Faso women's national team. Club career Simporé played in Burkina Faso for Princesses in 20 ...

(born 1987), Burkinabé footballer *

Salimata Traoré Salimata Traoré (born 1994) is a politician and member of the national assembly in Mali. See also *Politics of Mali Until the military coup of March 22, 2012 and a second military coup in December 2012 the politics of Mali took place in a f ...

(born 1994), Malian politician