A Name Story by Houdhoud
صَبَاح
Sabah
sa-BAAH
“Morning.”
About Sabah
Sabah is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "morning" — an Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
The Arabic word for morning, from the root ص-ب-ح. A name that greets the day. Also the name of Kuwait's ruling family and of the Lebanese singer Sabah.
Feminine in the Levant and Egypt; also a male name in the Gulf.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic
Gender
Girl
Also spelled
Sabaah, Sabahat
Root letters
In Arabic, root letters are the seed that gives a word its meaning. Every word built from them inherits that family of meaning — and Sabah is one such word.
Across history
Who has carried Sabah before.
- Sabah (1927–2014), Lebanese singer and actress
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Sabah
- What does the name Sabah mean?
- Sabah (صَبَاح) means "Morning". The Arabic word for morning, from the root ص-ب-ح. A name that greets the day. Also the name of Kuwait's ruling family and of the Lebanese singer Sabah.
- Is Sabah a name from the Qur'an?
- Sabah does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Arabic name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Sabah a boy or a girl name?
- Sabah is traditionally a girl's name.
- Where does the name Sabah come from?
- Sabah is an Arabic name, built on the root letters Ṣ-B-Ḥ. Feminine in the Levant and Egypt; also a male name in the Gulf.
- How is Sabah spelled?
- Sabah is the most common English spelling. The same Arabic name (صَبَاح) is also written Sabaah and Sabahat. They are one name, not different names — the spelling only reflects how each family or country transliterates the Arabic.
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