Suhayl
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- soo-HAYL
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Suhayl is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the star Canopus”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Suhayl mean?
Arabic: Arabic Suhayl
“the star Canopus”
Also spelled Sohail or Suhail; in Arabic it is the name of the bright southern star Canopus.
Is Suhayl a girl's or a boy's name?
Suhayl is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Suhayl in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Suhayl, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2006, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Suhayl in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Suhayl in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 11 | #1,742 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
Names like Suhayl
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saif, Hamza, Hassan, Saeed, Fahad, Samir, Faisal, Habib, Azeem, Salim, Qasim, Haseeb
Names related to Suhayl
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Suhayl: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/suhayl, updated 20 October 2026.