Salih

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Saleh in US United States, BD Bangladesh, ID Indonesia and 11 more, Salah in DZ Algeria, EG Egypt, FR France and 5 more, Салих in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan and สาและ in TH Thailand.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Salih is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Arabic given name91K records spelled Salih8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Syria, Iraq, Türkiye, United States

  Also written Ṣāliḥ, S'Alih, Sāliḥ, Ṣālih, Sålih

• English given name82K records spelled Salih26 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Yemen, Germany, Türkiye, United States

  Languages: English, German, Western Frisian

  Also written S'Alih, Ṣāliḥ, Şalih, Şäļįh, Sãlìh

• French given name22K records spelled Salih7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Türkiye, Syria, Spain

  Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Ṣāliḥ, Sálih, Salîh, Ṣâliḥ

• Indonesian given name6.8K records spelled Salih5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Malaysia, Syria, India

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Sãlîh, Ṣālih, Ṣāliḥ

• Chinese given name4.3K records spelled Salih2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, United States, Netherlands

  Also written S'Alih

• a separate given name3.7K records spelled Salih18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Ethiopia, Iraq

  Also written Ṣāliḥ, Sālih, S̤āliḥ, Ṣālih, Saliḧ

• Danish given name3.5K records spelled Salih7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, Türkiye, Syria

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish

  Also written Sälîh

• Khmer given name2.4K records spelled Salih3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, India, United States, Vietnam

  Languages: Khmer, Vietnamese

  Also written Sälih

43 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Salih is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, männl. Vom. arabischer Herkunft (arab. sälih »tugendhaft, fromm« zu arab. saluha »rechtschaffen sein«).

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• ‘Virtuous’, ‘devout’. Feminine form: Salha.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Arabic, pious, righteous, upright, just, virtuous, devoted. Geatlall giaally Sa J ue ow, "O my Lord! bestow wisdom on me and unite me to the righteous." (surat al-Shu‘araa’ 26:83). A Prophet. 45, G2 usps Latbe o| Gyel3! "Do you know that Saalih is a rasul from his Lord?" (surat al-A ‘raaf 7:75)

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Arabic, pious, righteous, upright, just, virtuous, devoted, chaste

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In mel, ebb-tide

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

XK ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) — 141 years between 1875–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Saleh Alluhaidanb. 1932SAnot in their usual nameSaudi scholar, judge, imam, preacher, and member of the Council of Senior Scholars
• Salih al-Fawzanb. 1935SASaudi Salafist Islamic scholar (born 1933)
• Saleh Kebzabob. 1947TDnot in their usual nameChadian politician
• Salih Muslimb. 1951SYSyrian Kurdish leader
• Salih Mahmoud Osmanb. 1957SDSudanese politician
• Saleh al-Arourib. 1966PSnot in their usual namesenior leader of Hamas (1966-2024)
• Saleh Al-Shehrib. 1993SAnot in their usual nameSaudi footballer
• Salih Uçanb. 1994TRTurkish association football player (born 1994)
• Saleh Hardanib. 1996IRnot in their usual nameIranian association football player
• Salih Özcanb. 1998DETurkish-German association football player (born 1998)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 449 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Salih?

We estimate roughly 13 thousand people bear Salih (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Salih have the most bearers?

Salih is most frequently recorded in Türkiye, where it is most often spelled salih.

How common is Salih compared with other names?

In Türkiye, Salih is the 26th most common given name of 294,597 given names recorded there.

Is Salih a male or female name?

Salih is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Salih mean?

Recorded meaning: 1. Elverişli, iyi, uygun, yakışır.