Saleh or Saaleh (Arabic: صَالَح ), Arabic form of the Hebrew Shelah, Selah or Methuselah (Hebrew: שֶׁלַח),[1] is a Semitic male name derivative. In Arabic it means "righteous" or "pious".[2]
Given name
editSalah
edit- Salah Ezzedine (born 1962), Lebanese businessman accused of running a pyramid scheme
Saleh
edit- Saleh or Salih, Islamic prophet
- Saleh al-Arouri (1966–2024), senior leader of Hamas
- Saleh Abdelaziz Al-Haddad (born 1986), Kuwaiti long jumper
- Saleh Bakri (born 1977), Palestinian film and theater actor
- Salleh Kalbi (1964-2025), Malaysian politician
- Saleh and Daoud Al-Kuwaity (1908–1986), Iraqi-Jewish musicians
- Saleh al-Mutlaq (born 1947), Iraqi politician
- Saleh Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi (1921-2011), Saudi Arabian businessman
- Saleh Shahin (born 1982), Israeli Paralympic medalist rower
- Saleh Al-Fawzan (born 1935), Saudi cleric
- Saleh al-Uthaymin (1929-2001), Saudi cleric
- Saleh bin Abdul-Aziz Al ash-Sheikh (born 1959), Saudi cleric
- Saleh Al-Luhaidan (1932-2022), Saudi cleric
Salih
edit- Salih ibn Ali (711–769 CE), the Abbasid general and governor in Syria and Egypt
- Salih, 14th century leader of Adal
- Salih Ashmawi (1910–1983), Egyptian politician
- Salih Saeed Ba-Amer (1946-2025), Yemeni short story writer
- Salih Bozok (1881–1941), Turkish military officer
- Salih Dursun (born 1991), Turkish footballer
- Salih Güney (born 1945), Turkish film actor
- Salih Hudayar (born 1993), Uyghur prime-minister of government
- Salih Muslim Muhammad (born 1951), Rojava politician
- Salih Neftçi (1947-2009), Turkish financial economist
- Salih Omurtak (1889-1954), Turkish general
- Salih Özcan (born 1998), Turkish footballer
- Salih Pasha (disambiguation), various Ottoman people
- Salih Sadir (born 1981), Iraqi footballer
- Salih Uçan (born 1994), Turkish footballer
- Salih Yıldız (born 2001), Turkish judoka
Surname
editSaleh / Saleh
edit- Abdul Azis Saleh (1914-2001), Indonesian politician
- Abdul Rahman Saleh (1909-1947), Indonesian aviator and physician
- Adam Saleh (born 1993), American YouTube personality
- Ahmad Ali Abdullah Saleh (born 1972), Yemeni military commander
- Ali Abdullah Saleh (1947-2017), former President of Yemen
- Allah-Yar Saleh (1897-1981), Iranian politician
- Amrullah Saleh (born 1972), former vice president and 16th de jure president of Afghanistan
- Anas Khalid Al Saleh (born 1972), Kuwaiti politician
- Dua Saleh, Sudanese-American singer and actor
- Farhan Saleh (born 1947), Lebanese writer and militant
- Hashim Saleh (born 1981), Omani footballer
- Jahanshah Saleh (1905-1995), Iranian physician
- Nathanael Saleh (born 2006), British actor
- Nimr Saleh (1929–1991), Palestinian leftist figure
- Raden Saleh (1811-1880), Indonesian painter
- Robert Saleh (born 1979), American, NFL football coach
- Sania Saleh (1935–1985), Syrian poet
- Yehiya Saleh (1713–1805), Yemenite Rabbi
Salih
edit- Barham Salih (born 1960), Iraqi Kurdish politician and president of Iraq (2018–2022)
- Rizvie Salih, Sri Lankan physician and politician
- Tayeb Salih (1929-2009), Sudanese author
Fictional characters
edit- Saleh, powerful and wise mage from Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones
- Salih Koçovalı, alternate name for Vartolu Sadettin in the Turkish television program Çukur
- Saleh, major antagonist in Tales of Rebirth
- Salleh, a minor character in the Malasyan cartoon Upin & Ipin
- Fatima Saleh, suspect in Criminal Minds
See also
edit- Mada'in Saleh, an archaeological site in Saudi Arabia
- Methuselah
- Salah (name)
- Salehi
- Selah
- Shelah (name)
- Bahman Salehnia, an Iranian football coach
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- ^ "Name Saleh at Onomast. Meaning and origin of the name Saleh". onomast.com. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ^ "Saleh: Name Meaning, Origin, Popularity, & Inspiration - FamilyEducation". www.familyeducation.com. Retrieved 2023-12-03.