From Arabic ṣāliha meaning virtuous and righteous, traditionally a moral and religiously valued feminine name.
Soliha is an Arabic feminine name derived from the trilateral root ṣ-l-ḥ, which carries the fundamental meaning of being good, righteous, or in a state of moral and spiritual soundness. The masculine form, Salih, appears in the Quran as the name of a prophet sent to the people of Thamud, making the name part of a long lineage of Islamic prophetic nomenclature. Soliha as a feminine form — also rendered as Saliha, Soleha, or Solihah — translates as "the righteous one" or "the pious one," and it is used across the Muslim world from Morocco to Malaysia.
The name carries particular resonance in the context of Islamic virtue ethics, where righteousness (ṣalāḥ) is understood not merely as rule-following but as an inner orientation toward God and community. To name a daughter Soliha is to express a parent's deepest hope: that her character will be her most defining quality. The name appears in classical Islamic poetry and scholarship, often invoked in discussions of what it means to live a life of taqwa — God-consciousness — in practice.
In Southeast Asia, particularly Malaysia and Indonesia, Soleha and its variants have been common feminine names for centuries, embedded in a tradition where Arabic Islamic names were adopted wholesale into Malay-speaking cultures. In Central Asia and among South Asian Muslim communities, the spelling Soliha is prevalent, reflecting the Persian and Uzbek phonological influence on the name's transmission. Today the name is embraced globally by Muslim families who value names that are at once spiritually meaningful, cross-culturally recognizable, and genuinely beautiful to say aloud.