Saleha
Meaning
righteous, virtuous; famously borne by Queen Saleha of Brunei, queen consort
The story
Saleha comes from the Arabic salih, righteous and virtuous, a name given in hope of a good and upright life. Its most prominent bearer is Queen Saleha of Brunei, the Raja Isteri, who married Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah in 1965, when both were young members of the royal house, and has been his queen consort since he took the throne two years later, one of the longest tenures of any consort alive. Through Brunei's transformation from quiet British protectorate to oil-rich sultanate she has been a constant, formal presence, associated with charitable and women's organizations at home, and a bridge across the capital's river now bears her name. In American records Saleha is rare, only a faint recent flicker, so it remains an uncommon choice here: gentle to say, serious in meaning, and steady in its single royal story.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Saleha has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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