Sulayman

Meaning: Peace
Origin: Arabic (from Hebrew via Solomon/Suleiman) — Arabic form of Solomon, from Hebrew shalom

Boy's name · #2300 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Sulayman is climbing: on the charts since 1989, it reached #2300 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 60 boys given the name last year. Roughly 740 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 3 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#486 in England & Wales (2025) · #624 in France (2025) · #676 in Netherlands (2025) · #834 in Sweden (2025) · #1,039 in Ireland (2025) · #1,534 in Belgium (2025) · #2,513 in Canada (2024).

Famous Sulaymans

Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik — Umayyad caliph
Sulayman ibn al-Hakam — Andalusi aristocrat
Sulayman al-Baruni — Berber Ibadi scholar, poet, statesman and a prominent figure in the history of Libya
Sulayman Marreh — Gambian association football player
Sulayman ibn Mihran al-A’mash — Muhaddith

What Sulaymans become

Among 82 notable people named Sulayman:

Military figures appear 3.01× more often than among typical names — e.g. Sulayman ibn Hisham, Military leader.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Sulaiman (#1597), Sulayman would rank around #1204 with about 170 births last year — the newborns split about 64/36 between Sulaiman and Sulayman.

Similar names: Sulaiman · Jahsir · Shulem · Shmiel · Iman · Ayman

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