Muslim Name · Male · Arabic origin
Salih Name Meaning in Islam
Righteous, virtuous.
- Meaning
- Righteous, virtuous; the prophet Salih
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ص-ل-ح
- Urdu
- صَالِح
- Pronunciation
- SA-lih
- Lucky number
- 3
Is Salih an Islamic name? Yes. Salih is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Righteous, virtuous; the prophet Salih. Its root appears in the Quran, and the name is in continuous use across the Muslim world. Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
ص-ل-ح. From ṣ-l-ḥ, to be sound, righteous, to set right, same root as iṣlāḥ (reform).
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Sad sincerity, Alif origin, Lam authority, Ha life-breath.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Salih's letters draw from many elements at once, a full palette, not a single note. This is a name that asks its bearer to hold contradictions gracefully: warmth and steadiness, movement and depth. Running through the reading is Al-Samad, the Eternal Refuge, carried by a person as the eternal reliability others rest against. A person named Salih carries a full weather system inside a single quiet chest.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
Prophet Salih (AS), sent to the people of Thamud who carved their homes from mountains. He gave them the she-camel of Allah as a sign: 'This is the she-camel of Allah, a sign for you. Leave her to graze on Allah's earth and do not touch her with harm, lest a painful punishment seize you' (7:73). They hamstrung her. Three days later the divine punishment came.
Salih also means righteous, the quality of being whole and good. 'Do righteous deeds (salihan)' is one of the most repeated commands in the Quran. Top Pakistani, Arab, and global Muslim boys name.
Salih (AS), one of the pre-Ismaeli Arab prophets, is named directly in the Quran nine times. His story is preserved in Surah Al-Araf (7:73 to 79), Surah Hud (11:61 to 68), Surah Ash-Shuara (26:141 to 159), and Surah An-Naml (27:45 to 53).
Salih was sent to the people of Thamud, who carved their homes from the mountains. Allah gave them the she-camel of Allah (naqat Allah) as a sign; when they hamstrung her, Allah destroyed them with a mighty blast. Salih's plea to his people is one of the great Quranic sermons of tawhid.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
- Prophet Ṣāliḥancient·Hijr / Madāʾin ṢāliḥProphet sent to the Thamūd
- Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn al-Ayyūbī (Saladin)1137–1193·Egypt / SyriaFounder of the Ayyubid dynasty; recaptured Jerusalem in 1187
How to Pronounce Salih
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Variants of this name
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Names sharing the ص Sad influence
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Frequently Asked Questions
About the name Salih
What does the name Salih mean?
Each letter under this meaning has its own quality. What does Ilm ul Huroof read in Salih? → What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Salih? →
Is Salih mentioned in the Quran?
Quranic vocabulary lies behind a large share of Muslim names, Salih included where its root appears. Browse all Quranic names in our collection →
What does Salih mean in Urdu?
The Urdu tradition preserved the meaning of each Arabic letter, the same letters that build Salih. How do Arabic letters travel into Urdu names? →
Is Salih a good Islamic name?
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What is the spiritual meaning of Salih in Ilm ul Huroof?
In Ilm ul Huroof, the science of letters that Ibn Arabi worked within, every letter of Salih is a principle, not a phoneme. Read the full introduction to Ilm ul Huroof →
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