Saleh (name)

Saleh or Saaleh (Arabic: صَالَح ), Arabic form of the Hebrew Shelah, Selah or Methuselah (Hebrew: שֶׁלַח),{{Cite web |title=Name Saleh at Onomast. Meaning and origin of the name Saleh. |url=https://onomast.com/name/24559/Saleh |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=onomast.com}} is a Semitic male name derivative. In Arabic it means "righteous" or "pious".{{Cite web |title=Saleh: Name Meaning, Origin, Popularity, & Inspiration - FamilyEducation |url=https://www.familyeducation.com/baby-names/name-meaning/saleh |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=www.familyeducation.com |language=en}}

Given name

=Salah=

Salah Ezzedine (born 1962), Lebanese businessman accused of running a pyramid scheme

=Saleh=

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=

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

=Saleh / Saleh=

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=

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==

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

Saleh (name)

Given name

=Salah=

=Saleh=

=Salih=

Surname

=Saleh / Saleh=

=Salih=

See also