Shalih as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Shalih

What is the meaning of the name Shalih ?

The baby name Shalih is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced SHAH-lih (approx.) — /ˈʃɑːlɪħ/ (approx.).

Shalih is Arabic in Origin.

Shalih is a masculine given name of Arabic origin, a Southeast Asian transliteration of Ṣāliḥ (صالح), from the Semitic root Ṣ-L-Ḥ meaning “to be righteous, sound, in good order.” As a personal name it conveys “upright, virtuous, pious,” and by extension “fit, proper.” In Indonesian and Malay religious vocabulary, the sequence sh often renders the Arabic emphatic ṣ (as in shalat for ṣalāt), hence Shalih for Ṣāliḥ.

The name is deeply anchored in Islamic tradition through the Qur’anic Prophet Ṣāliḥ, which encouraged sustained use from the early Islamic centuries across the Middle East, North Africa, and later the Ottoman and Persianate worlds. Regional variants include Ṣāliḥ/Salih (standard Arabic, Turkish, Bosnian), Saleh (Levant, Yemen), Solih (Central Asia, Balkans), and Soleh/Sholeh (Malay, Javanese). Feminine counterparts are Ṣāliḥa/Saliha, Saleha, and Solehah/Sholehah. Contemporary spellings blend religious resonance with local orthography, making Shalih familiar yet distinct.

⚙ Shalih is a rare name. It doesn't appear in any of the major national birth registries we track; we found only 17 recorded uses across 7 countries. Expect very few children to share this name.