Saleha as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Saleha

What is the meaning of the name Saleha ?

The baby name Saleha is a girl name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced sah-LEH-hah.

Saleha is Arabic in Origin.

Saleha is an English and South Asian transcription of Arabic Ṣāliḥah, its earliest recoverable form, the feminine active participle of ṣāliḥ from the Semitic root ṣ-l-ḥ, concerned with being sound, upright, or in proper order. In classical Arabic morphology the -ah ending marks the feminine, so the literal sense is righteous or virtuous woman, with pious as a common religious nuance.

The vocabulary of ṣ-l-ḥ is prominent in the Quran, especially for righteous deeds and morally sound persons, which helped Ṣāliḥah enter Muslim naming practice across Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Malay, and Turkish settings. Ottoman Turkish favored Saliha, while South Asian romanization often produces Saleha or Salihah. In the United States it remains rare in Social Security records, appearing chiefly from the late twentieth century and peaking in 2008 with 12 recorded births.