Sulay

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/sulai/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Sulay is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Colombia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • VEVenezuela1 in 18K(measured from records)
  • COColombia≈1 in 28K
  • HNHonduras≈1 in 67K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Colombia (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,700 people, est.

Sources
116 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 18K (inferred from the name graph)

Venezuela

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

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

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sulay 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 Sulay is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CO Colombia—≈1,700 est.≈1 in 28K1Sulay49
VE Venezuela#9771,6061 in 18K1.6KSulay17
US United States—3531 in 942K312Sulay116
DO Dominican Republic—≈200 est.≈1 in 53K—Sulay10
PE Peru—≈200 est.≈1 in 163K—Sulay26
PA Panama#655≈190 est.≈1 in 21K1Sulay9
HN Honduras#519≈140 est.≈1 in 67K—Sulay13

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: asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); the co-datosgov-candidates register; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Tribunal Electoral — Boletín, postulaciones for the 5 May 2024 general election. 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)

Sulay is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Spain, Peru

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Sülay

  • Lao given name27 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Peru

    Languages: Lao, Thai

    Also written Celia, Sealey, ซีเลีย, Cèlia, ซีเลย์

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Şülay

  • Arabic given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United States, Peru

    Also written Sulày

39 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Sulay is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Cebuano, to try; to attempt

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In mba, to try

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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)

InformalHola Sulay,Hi Sulay, (English)

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 20 sources across 15 countries.

Official registers attesting Sulay
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
VE Venezuelaasosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996)—1.6K#1,023
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020312#26,383
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202041#26,383
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)197934—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199014—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20216—
CO ColombiaColombia — Función Pública SIGEP II public-servant name corpus (datos.gov.co)—1#120
PA PanamaTribunal Electoral — Boletín, postulaciones for the 5 May 2024 general election20241#3,338

Reference works 2

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

How do you pronounce Sulay?
A machine transcription gives /sulai/ (IPA) for Spanish.
Is Sulay a male or female name?
Sulay is a female 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 Sulay have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.7 thousand people named Sulay in Colombia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sulay.
Where is Sulay most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Sulay is densest in Venezuela — about 1 in 18 thousand people — even though Colombia holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Sulay?
In Venezuela, the national register counted 1,606 people named Sulay, about 1 in 18 thousand residents.
How common is Sulay compared with other names?
In Honduras, Sulay is the 519th most common given name of 23,588 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, “Sulay” — the 519th most common given name in Honduras. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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