Sulayman
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A surname from Uyghur
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/səɫeɪmən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Sulayman is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country, where it is the 24th most common given name.
- NGNigeria≈1 in 68K(inferred from the name graph)
- TRTürkiye1 in 374as Süleyman
- TMTurkmenistan≈1 in 610as Şuleyman
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Sulayman itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Türkiye (measured from records)
- #549 (measured from records)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 136 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 68K (inferred from the name graph)
219,082 named Süleyman, 2025
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Nigeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Süleyman in TR Türkiye, SY Syria, CY Cyprus, Сулейман in RU Russia, AZ Azerbaijan, Şuleyman in TM Turkmenistan and Suleiman in NG Nigeria.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a Prophet, the biblical Solomon, son of Prophet Dawud. He is renowned for his wisdom granted by Allah (surat al-Naml 27:15). The Qur’an mentions that he had command over jinn and birds. a¢3 jablly Gi¥ly Gall oe orgie Glalut ito, oge5 92 "And before Sulayman were marshalled his armies, of jinns and
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of Muslim Names
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
How Sulayman is read(measured from records)
Sulayman is one spelling over 5 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English33%
A surname from Uyghur.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Arabic13%
a Prophet, the biblical Solomon, son of Prophet Dawud. He is renowned for his wisdom granted by Allah (surat al-Naml 27:15). The Qur’an mentions that he had command over jinn and birds. a¢3 jablly Gi¥ly Gall oe orgie Glalut ito, oge5 92 "And before Sulayman were marshalled his armies, of jinns and
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
Solomon; Tanzanian spellings Suleman, Sulaiman, Suleimani, Suleimana, Suleimain, Sulemani, Suleyman, Seleiman, Seleman.
as a nameAfrican Muslim Names
- French13%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Sulayman in French.
- Russian9.1%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Sulayman in Russian.
- Spanish5.7%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Sulayman in Spanish.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sulayman counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TR Türkiye | #24 | 219,082as Süleyman | 1 in 374 | 219K | Süleyman | 118 |
| RU Russia | #459 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 13K | #181 | Сулейман | 134 |
| TM Turkmenistan | #82 | ≈9,100 est. | ≈1 in 610 | #16 | Şuleyman | 15 |
| AZ Azerbaijan | #121 | ≈8,400 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | 657 | Сулейман | 38 |
| SY Syria | #161 | ≈7,500 est. | ≈1 in 2.6K | — | Süleyman | 18 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 68K | — | Suleiman | 32 |
| AL Albania | — | 1,550as Sulejman | 1 in 2K | 1.6K | — | — |
| CY Cyprus | #41 | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Süleyman | 18 |
219,082 people counted by TÜİK NIP — most used given names, 2025. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: TÜİK NIP — most used given names; Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics; INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Sulayman al-Barunib. 1872LYBerber Ibadi scholar, poet, statesman and a prominent figure in the history of Libya
- Suleiman al-Nabulsib. 1908JOnot in their usual nameJordanian politician (1908–1976)
- Sulayman KassarYEYemeni silversmith
- Sulayman SalihYEYemeni silversmith
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 43 sources across 23 countries.
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Sulayman come from?
- a Prophet, the biblical Solomon, son of Prophet Dawud. He is renowned for his wisdom granted by Allah (surat al-Naml 27:15). The Qur’an mentions that he had command over jinn and birds. Recorded by A Dictionary of Muslim Names.
- What are other forms of the name Sulayman?
- In the etymology graph, Souleymane and Shallum are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Sulayman?
- A machine transcription gives /səɫeɪmən/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Sulayman a male or female name?
- Sulayman is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Sulayman mean?
- In English, A surname from Uyghur.
- In which country does Sulayman have the most bearers?
- In Türkiye, the national register counted about 219 thousand people named Süleyman, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Sulayman?
- In Türkiye, the national register counted 219,082 people named Süleyman in 2025, about 1 in 374 residents.
- How common is Sulayman compared with other names?
- In Türkiye, Sulayman is the 24th most common given name of 264,080 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sulaymanThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sulayman” — the 24th most common given name in Türkiye. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.