Saladin Family History
Saladin Name Meaning
Muslim: from the Arabic personal name Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn ‘righteousness of religion’. This was the title adopted by Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb (c. 1138–1193) known in Europe as Saladin founder of the Ayyubid dynasty in Egypt. Compare Salahuddin . French: nickname for a blustering or tyrannical individual from the name of the medieval Egyptian sultan (see 1 above) who because of his success in combating the Crusaders became demonized in French and Italian folklore as a monster second only to Herod.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022