Salah

Family name origins & meanings

• Muslim : from a personal name based on Arabic ̣salạ̄h ‘piety’, ‘righteousness’, ‘goodness’. ̣Sallạ̄h is used in combination with other words, for example ̣Sallạ̄h ud-Dīn (see Saladin). The name is widespread in all Muslim countries.
• Jewish (Sephardic) : adoption of the Arabic name.