All over the world, Sulaiman (Sulaiman 
, سليمان 
, Сулейман 
, and others...) is a widespread principally male, but scarcely female forename. The forename Sulaiman is characteristic of Sudan, where it is a common masculine name, Syria, and Libya, where it is a common principally male, but very infrequently female name (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Nigeria, Sudan, and Egypt. Also, Sulaiman is the last name as well as the forename.
Sulaiman is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Sulaiman | Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, India, Nigeria, Indonesia |
| سليمان | Iran, Sudan, Syria, Iraq, Egypt |
| Сулейман, Сулайман | Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Russia, Ukraine |
| สุไลมาน | Thailand |
| סולימאן | Israel |
Sulaiman is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Ostap Bender , the fictional conman from Ilf and Petrov's novels, The Twelve Chairs.
| sulaiman bin yasar (b. 654) |
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| sulaiman ibn harb muhaddith (b. 757) |
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| sulaiman al-tajir merchant and writer (b. 850) |
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| sulaiman al-mustain ruler of Córdoba (r. 1009-10, 1013-16), ES (b. 1000) |
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| sulaiman bin abdullah bin al-basir ID (b. 1211) |
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| sulaiman badrul alam shah sultan of Johor, ID (b. 1699) |
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| sulaiman abu layla pasha (b. 1694) |
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sulaiman dari banjar (b. 1761) |
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| sulaiman al-qanduzi Muslim Author, Scholar and Researcher, AF (b. 1805) |
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sulaiman ar-rasuli Indonesian ulama and founder of Islamic Education Association, ID (b. 1871) |
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| sulaiman shikoh gardner muna sahib (1828-1904) (b. 1828) |
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chatib sulaiman ID (b. 1906) |
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| sulaiman nadvi 19th century Islamic scholar of Pakistan, IN (b. 1884) |
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sulaiman abdul manan Indonesian diplomat, ID (b. 1942) |
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| sulaiman effendi kusumah atmaja (b. 1903) |
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