Sabah is from the Arabic صباح (Ṣabāḥ — morning, dawn, daybreak). A modern American baby name in the broader Arabic-Muslim heritage aesthetic. Sabah is one of the foundational Arabic feminine + unisex names — central to traditional Muslim heritage. The foundational Arabic ṣabāḥ (morning) is foundational central to foundational Arabic greeting heritage + foundational Ṣabāḥ al-khayr (Good morning) + Ṣabāḥ an-nūr (Morning of light) — foundational standard Arabic morning greetings + foundational central to foundational pan-Arab daily heritage. Notable bearer: Sabah / Jeanette Gergis Feghali (1927-2014) — foundational legendary foundational Lebanese diva + singer + actress + foundational ~3,500 songs in foundational ~50 languages + foundational ~100 films + foundational ~20 stage musicals + foundational career spanning foundational ~70 years (1944-2010) + foundational central to foundational Lebanese + pan-Arab cultural heritage + foundational known as foundational Al-Shahroura (The Singing Bird) + foundational central to foundational Lebanese national identity; foundational also Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah + foundational Al-Sabah ruling family of Kuwait. Foundational Arabic feminine name reflecting Arab musical heritage.
Featured throughout Arabic heritage.
Sabah reduces to five.