Gender Masculine
Scripts صالح(Arabic) সালেহ(Bengali)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈsˤaː.liħ/(Arabic) /saː.ˈlih/(Turkish)  [key·simplify]
Note In Turkish this name is written with a dotted İ. It appears as SALİH in uppercase and salih in lowercase.

Meaning & History

Means "virtuous" in Arabic, a derivative of صلح (ṣalaḥa) meaning "to be good, to be proper". According to the Quran this was the name of an early Arabian prophet.

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VariantSaleh(Arabic)
Feminine FormsSalha, Saliha(Arabic)
Other Languages & CulturesSaleh(Indonesian)
Surname DescendantsSaleh, Salih(Arabic) Salihović(Bosnian)

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Entry updated October 6, 2024