Given name & surname
Saladin
“one who is righteous in his faith”
Saladin is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is righteous in his faith.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who is righteous in his faith.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Saladin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 174
- 174 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1966
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 207 as a first name in 2020; 995 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Saladin’s family of names
Saladin has a related form in Saladen.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Saladin
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Saladin, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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“sword of the faith”
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“hope”
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“Renewer of the Faith”
>99% boys
Muhyi'd-Din
“Renewer of the Faith”
>99% boys
Nouredinne
“light of the faith”
>99% boys
Rahimat
“full of grace”
>99% boys
Nay
“his grace”
>99% boys
Lafeyette
“man of the faith”
>99% boys