Saleh (name)
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Saleh or Saaleh (Arabic: صَالَح ) [ Arabic form of the Hebrew Shelah, Selah or Methuselah ( Hebrew: שֶׁלַח ) [1]] is a semitic masculine name derivative from the Arabic language which means "righteous" or "pious".[2]
Given name
[edit]Sauleh
[edit]- Saleh, Islamic Prophet
- Saleh al-Arouri (1966–2024), senior leader of Hamas
- Saleh Abdelaziz Al-Haddad (born 1986), Kuwaiti long jumper
- Saleh and Daoud Al-Kuwaity, Iraqi musician
- Saleh al-Mutlaq, Iraqi politician
- Saleh Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi, Saudi Arabian businessman
Salih
[edit]- Salih ibn Ali (711–769 CE), the Abbasid general and governor in Syria and Egypt
- Salih ibn Harun al-Rashid, the son of Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid
- Salih, 14th century leader of Adal
- Salih Ashmawi (1910–1983), Egyptian politician
- Salih Bozok (1881–1941), Turkish military officer
- Salih Dursun, Turkish footballer
- Salih Güney, Turkish film actor
- Salih Hudayar, Uyghur prime-minister of government
- Salih Muslim Muhammad, Rojava politician
- Salih Neftçi, Turkish financial economist
- Salih Omurtak, Turkish general
- Salih Özcan, Turkish footballer
- Salih Pasha (disambiguation), various Ottoman people
- Salih Sadir, Iraqi footballer
- Salih Uçan, Turkish footballer
- Salih Yıldız (born 2001), Turkish judoka
Surname
[edit]Saleh / Sauleh
[edit]- Abdul Azis Saleh
- Abdul Rahman Saleh, Indonesian aviator and physician
- Adam Saleh, American YouTube personality
- Ahmad Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemeni military commander
- Ali Abdullah Saleh, former President of Yemen
- Allah-Yar Saleh, Iranian politician
- Amrullah Saleh, former vice president and 16th de jure president of Afghanistan
- Anas Khalid Al Saleh (born 1972), Kuwaiti politician
- Farhan Saleh, Lebanese writer and militant
- Hashim Saleh, Omani footballer
- Jahanshah Saleh, Iranian physician
- Nimr Saleh (1929–1991), Palestinian leftist figure
- Raden Saleh, Indonesian painter
- Robert Saleh, American, NFL football coach
- Sania Saleh (1935–1985), Syrian poet
Salih
[edit]- Barham Salih (born 1960), Iraqi Kurdish politician and president of Iraq (2018–2022)
- Tayeb Salih, 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]- Salah (name)
- Salehi
- Mada'in Saleh, an archaeological site in Saudi Arabia
- ^ "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.