Meaning, origin and history of the name Salih

Gender Masculine

Scripts صالح(Arabic)

Pronounced Pron. SA-leeh(Arabic) [key·IPA]

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. According to the Quran this was the name of an early Arabian prophet.

VariantSaleh(Arabic)

Feminine FormsSalha, Saliha(Arabic)

Surname DescendantsSalih(Arabic) Salihović(Bosnian)