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Across the world, سلطان (Sultan
, Soltan
, Султан
) is a widespread unisex forename. The first name سلطان is habitual in Western Asia, particularly Turkey, where it is a common female name, Saudi Arabia, where it is a common predominantly male, but very infrequently female name, and Oman (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Turkey, Pakistan, and India. Likewise, سلطان is the last name as well as the forename.
VARIANT | COUNTRY |
---|---|
Soltan, Sultan | Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, India, Pakistan |
Султан | Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan |
سلطان | Turkey |
سلطان is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Sultan , character in Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp; Sultan , the character from Disney's Beauty and the Beast; Sultan , the operatic character in the opera L'incontro improvviso by Joseph Haydn; sultan of Egypt; Sultan Soliman's astrologer , the operatic character in the opera Karl V by Ernst Krenek, Karl V. and Sultan Soliman , the operatic character in the opera Zaide by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, among other works.