Salah (name)
Salah, Salaah, or Saalah (Arabic: صلاح, romanized: Ṣalāḥ, pronounced [sˤɑˈlɑːħ]) is a masculine given name and surname of Arabic and Biblical origins. Its meaning in the Bible is 'mission', or 'sending', whereas the Arabic meaning is 'righteousness', 'goodness', or 'peace'.[1] Notable people with the name include:
Given name
Saalah
- Saalah Yusuf Sutan Mangkuto (1901–1974), Indonesian politician
Salaah
- Salaah Al-Yahyaei (born 1998), Omani footballer
Salah
- Salah (biblical figure), an ancestor of the Israelites
- Salah (dancer) (born 1979), French hip-hop dancer
- Salah Abdallah (born 1955), Egyptian actor
- Salah Abdel-Haq (born 1945), Egyptian politician
- Salah Abdel-Shafi (born 1962), Palestinian economist and ambassador
- Salah Abdeslam (born 1989), Belgian Islamic terrorist
- Salah Adel (born 1995), Sudanese footballer
- Salah Ibrahim Ahmed (born 1947), Iraqi footballer
- Salah Ali, Bahraini politician
- Salah bin Ghanim Al Ali (born 1966), Qatari politician
- Salah Omar al-Ali (1938–2024), Iraqi politician and diplomat
- Salah Ameidan (born 1982), Saharawi long distance runner
- Salah Amin (born 1981), Egyptian footballer
- Salah Ashour (born 1987), Egyptian footballer
- Salah Assad (born 1958), Algerian footballer and sports manager
- Salah Atef (born 1991), Egyptian footballer
- Salah Bachir (born 1955), Canadian philanthropist and businessman
- Salah ibn Al Badiya (1937–2019), Sudanese singer, composer, and actor
- Salah Al Bahar (born 1970), Iraqi singer and composer
- Salah Bakour (born 1982), Algerian footballer
- Salah Al Bandar (born 1955), British-Sudanese known for role in revealing the Bandargate scandal in Bahrain
- Salah al-Bardawil (1959–2025), Palestinian politician
- Salah Basha (born 2003), Italian-Egyptian footballer
- Salah Ba'uthman, Saudi Quranic scholar, university academic, and Quran reciter
- Salah Jassim Beden (born 1956), Iraqi boxer
- Salah Benlabed (born 1950), Algerian architect, academic, novelist, and poet
- Salah Abdul Rasool Al Blooshi (born 1981), Bahraini Guantanamo detainee
- Salah Bouakouir (1908–1961), Algerian politician
- Salah Boubnider (1929–2005), Algerian Army colonel
- Salah Bouchekriou (born 1962), Algerian handball player and coach
- Salah Bouzrara (born 2000), French footballer
- Salah Al Budair (born 1970), Saudi imam
- Salah Busir (1925–1973), Libyan politician, journalist, and historian
- Salah Chaoua (1946–2020), Tunisian footballer
- Salah Choheili (born 1952), Iranian-Australian Mandaean priest
- Salah Choudhury (born 1965/66), Bangladeshi journalist
- Salah Dessouki (1922–2011), Egyptian Olympic fencer
- Salah Elmur (born 1966), Sudanese painter, graphic designer, author, and filmmaker
- Salah Ezzedine (born 1962), Lebanese businessman
- Salah Fadl (1938–2022), Egyptian academic, writer, and translator
- Salah Fakroun (born 1999), Libyan footballer
- Salah Falah, Lebanese football player, coach, and referee
- Salah Farah (died 2016), Kenyan teacher
- Salah Farhat (1894–1979), Tunisian politician
- Salah Farzit (1953–2026), Tunisian singer and composer
- Salah Fettouh (born 1948), Moroccan sprinter
- Salah Ali Al-Ghali (died 2015), Sudanese politician
- Salah Gosh (born 1957), Sudanese Army general
- Salah Goudjil (born 1931), Algerian politician
- Salah Abu al-Haj (born 1974), Jordanian Islamic scholar and researcher
- Salah Halabi (1937–2014), Egyptian army officer
- Salah Al-Hamdani (born 1951), Iraqi poet, actor, and playwright
- Salah Hamouri (born 1985), French-Palestinian lawyer and field researcher
- Salah-Hassan Hanifes (1913–2002), Druze Israeli politician
- Salah Hasaballah, Egyptian politician
- Salah Hasarma (born 1974), Arab-Israeli footballer
- Salah M. Hassan, Sudanese historian, critic, and curator
- Salah Hissou (born 1972), Moroccan long-distance runner
- Salah Ahmed Ibrahim (1933–1993), Sudanese writer, poet, and diplomat
- Salah Isa (1939–2017), Egyptian journalist and historian
- Salah Jadid (1926–1993), Syrian general and political figure
- Salah Jahin (1930–1986), Egyptian poet, lyricist, playwright, and cartoonist
- Salah Jama (born 1980), Somali politician
- Salah Hassan Jama, Somali military official
- Salah Al-Jezoli (born 1985), Sudanese footballer
- Salah Khalaf (1933–1991), Palestinian politician
- Salah Labaki (1906–1955), Lebanese poet, scholar, journalist, and lawyer
- Salah Larbès (1952–2024), Algerian international footballer
- Salah El Mahdi (1925–2014), Tunisian musicologist, conductor, composer, flautist, music critic, and judge
- Salah Aboud Mahmoud (1942–2024), Iraqi officer
- Salah Majid (born 1932), Iraqi Olympic javelin thrower
- Salah Mansour (1923–1979), Egyptian film actor
- Salah Abdel Maqsoud (born 1958), Egyptian politician
- Salah Marghani, Libyan jurist
- Salah Al-Marzouq (born 1970), Kuwaiti handball player
- Salah Mejri (born 1986), Tunisian basketball player
- Salah Mezhiev (born 1977), Russian mufti
- Salah Abdel Moamen, Egyptian politician
- Salah Rashid Mohamed, Emirati footballer
- Salah Mohsen (born 1998), Egyptian footballer
- Salah Montaser (1933–2022), Egyptian writer and journalist
- Salah Sheikh Osman Mose (born 1957), Somali politician
- Salah Bey ben Mostefa (1725–1792), Bey of the Beylik of Constantine
- Salah Al-Mukhtar (born 1944), Iraqi politician
- Salah Nasr (1920–1982), Egyptian former head of the country's General Intelligence Directorate
- Salah Nemer (born 1992), Sudanese footballer
- Salah Niazi (born 1935), Iraqi poet and translator
- Salah Nooruddin (born 1963), Bahraini businessman
- Salah Obaya, Egyptian academic
- Salah Obeid, Iraqi footballer
- Salah El-Ouadie (born 1952), Moroccan poet and human rights activist
- Salah Qoqaiche (born 1967), Moroccan long-distance runner
- Salah Ragab (1935–2008), Egyptian drummer and jazz musician
- Salah Rais (1488–1568), Ottoman privateer
- Salah Rekik (born 1965), Tunisian judoka
- Salah El-Saadany (1943–2024), Egyptian actor
- Salah Abdel Sabour (1931–1981), Egyptian poet, editor, playwright, and essayist
- Salah Salem (1920–1962), Egyptian military officer and politician
- Salah Samadi (born 1976), Algerian footballer
- Salah Abu Seif (1915–1996), Egyptian film director
- Salah Shahrour (born 1988), Syrian footballer
- Salah Shehade (1953–2002), Palestinian Hamas movement member
- Salah Shokweir (born 1929), Egyptian boxer
- Salah Al-Deen Siamand (born 1981), Iraqi footballer
- Salah Sid (born 1950), Algerian-born British radio broadcaster, producer, and voice-over artist
- Salah Soliman (born 1990), Egyptian footballer
- Salah Stétié (1929–2020), Lebanese writer and poet
- Salah Suheimat (1914–1966), Jordanian politician
- Salah Sultan (born 1960), Egyptian Islamic scholar, preacher, and academic
- Salah Taher (1911–2007), Egyptian painter
- Salah Tarif (born 1954), Druze Israeli politician
- Salah Tizani (born 1927), Lebanese actor and comedian
- Salah Mohammed Tubaigy (born 1971), Saudi forensics officer
- Salah Al-Yahri (born 1995), Qatari footballer
- Salah Yaqub, Somali military general
- Salah ben Youssef (1907–1961), Tunisian politician
- Salah Zakaria (born 1999), Qatari footballer
- Salah Al-Zawawi (1937–2023), Palestinian politician and diplomat
- Salah Zulfikar (1926–1993), Egyptian actor
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- Arturo Salah (born 1949), Chilean football player, manager, and administrator
- Asher Salah (born 1967), Israeli historian
- Dana Salah (born 1989), Jordanian-Palestinian singer and songwriter
- Hussein Ahmed Salah (born 1956), Djiboutian long distance runner
- Ibn al-Salah (1181/82–1245), Arab hadith scholar and author
- Ibrahim Salah (footballer, born 1987) (born 1987), Egyptian footballer
- Kamal Al Din Salah (1910–1957), Egyptian diplomat
- Luay Salah (born 1982), Iraqi footballer
- Maha Naji Salah, Yemeni writer and social activist
- Mohamed Salah (born 1992), Egyptian footballer
- Mohamed Salah (footballer, born 1956) (born 1956), Egyptian football manager and player
- Raed Salah (born 1958), Palestinian religious leader
- Trish Salah, Lebanese-Canadian feminist writer, educator, and sociologist
- Yassine Salah (born 1998), Moroccan footballer
- Yiḥyah Salaḥ (1713–1805), Yemeni rabbi, author, and scholar