- Meaning
- Righteousness of the faith
- Arabic
- صلاح الدين
- Say it
- sa-laa-hud-DEEN
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
Famous people with this name
- Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi (Saladin), who took Jerusalem back in 1187
Other spellings
Salaheddine, Selahattin, Saladin
Names from the same root (ص ل ح)
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Questions about Salahuddin
What does Salahuddin mean?
Salahuddin means: Righteousness of the faith.
Is Salahuddin in the Quran?
No. But a name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good.
Is Salahuddin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Salahuddin is a boy’s name.
How do you write Salahuddin in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Salahuddin is written صلاح الدين.