In the entire world, Sulev (Sulev 
, Sulevi 
, Сулев 
) is a very rare primarily masculine, but very infrequently girly forename. The forename Sulev is habitual in Northern Europe, particularly Estonia, where it is quite a rare male name, and Finland, where it is a rare male name. More prevalently, Sulev is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Sulev | Estonia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, North Macedonia |
| Sulevi | India, Finland, United States |
| Сулев | Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine |
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sulev roosma Estonian sailor, EE (b. 1932) |
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sulev mäeväli Estonian architectural historian, EE (b. 1936) |
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sulev keedus Estonian film director, EE (b. 1957) |
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| sulev saarup (b. 1904) |
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sulev oll Estonian writer, EE (b. 1964) |
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sulev valner Estonian journalist, EE (b. 1965) |
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sulev vedler Estonian journalist, EE (b. 1970) |
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sulev peäske (b. 1966) |
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| sulev vahtre Estonian historian, EE (b. 1926) |
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| sulev tailo (b. 1920) |
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| sulev mets Estonian journalist, EE (b. 1930) |
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sulev kõks (b. 1971) |
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| sulev kald EE (b. 1924) |
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| sulev lember (b. 1924) |
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| sulev maramaa EE (b. 1925) |
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