Şuleyman

given name · Latin script

Şuleyman 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.

rarermore common
  • TRTürkiye1 in 374(measured from records)
  • TMTurkmenistan≈1 in 610
  • CYCyprus≈1 in 1.2K

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 Şuleyman 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)

219,082 people, 2025

#549 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

5 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
136 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 374 (inferred from the name graph)

Türkiye

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ŞuleymanLatin(measured from records)
СулейманCyrillic(measured from records)
สุไลมานThai(measured from records)
სულეიმანიGeorgian(measured from records)
সলেমানBengali(measured from records)

4 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Süleyman in TR Türkiye, SY Syria, CY Cyprus and Сулейман in RU Russia, AZ Azerbaijan.

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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Sources 1

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Şuleyman 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.

Where Şuleyman is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye#24219,0821 in 374219KSüleyman118
RU Russia#459≈11,000 est.≈1 in 13K#181Сулейман134
TM Turkmenistan#82≈9,100 est.≈1 in 610#16Şuleyman15
AZ Azerbaijan#121≈8,400 est.≈1 in 1.2K657Сулейман38
SY Syria#161≈7,500 est.≈1 in 2.6K—Süleyman18
AL Albania—1,550as Sulejman1 in 2K1.6K——
CY Cyprus#41≈1,100 est.≈1 in 1.2K—Süleyman18

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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Şuleyman is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Pashto given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Afghanistan, Syria, Azerbaijan

    Also written Suleyman

19 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Şuleyman under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

Is Şuleyman a male or female name?
Şuleyman 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.
In which country does Şuleyman have the most bearers?
In Türkiye, the national register counted about 219 thousand people named Şuleyman, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled süleyman.
Where is Şuleyman most common?
Şuleyman is densest in Türkiye, where the national register counts about 1 in 374 people carrying it.
How common is the name Şuleyman?
In Türkiye, the national register counted 219,082 people named Şuleyman in 2025, about 1 in 374 residents.
How common is Şuleyman compared with other names?
In Türkiye, Şuleyman is the 24th most common given name of 264,080 given names recorded there.

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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, “Şuleyman” — the 24th most common given name in Türkiye. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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