Suleyman
Turkmen · Boy · 3 syllables
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About the name Suleyman
The name 'Suleyman' means "man of peace" and derives from the Semitic root *š-l-m* (peace, wholeness), making it the Arabic and Turkish form of the Hebrew name Solomon.
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Etymology
The name 'Suleyman' means "man of peace" and derives from the Semitic root *š-l-m* (peace, wholeness), making it the Arabic and Turkish form of the Hebrew name Solomon. It is widely used in Islamic cultures and among Turkic peoples, most notably as the name of the Prophet Sulayman (Solomon) in the Quran and of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.
Suleyman currently ranks #5,365 in the United States as a boy's name. It reached its peak popularity around 2024.
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