Throughout the world, Салкын (Салкын 
) is quite a rare female given name. The first name Салкын is habitual in Kyrgyzstan, where it is quite a common girly name, Azerbaijan, where it is quite a rare feminine name, and Kazakhstan, where it is a rare largely girly, but infrequently boy's name. Very seldom, Салкын is the last name as well as the forename.